I’m making good on my outstanding debts. Here’s the long promised coconut cashew butter recipe. Coconut Cashew Butter 2 cups unsweetened coconut flakes 1 cup raw cashews 1 tsp salt 1 1/4 cup water First I pulsed the coconut and cashews for 5 minutes. That’s a long time. I scraped down the sides between each minute session. After it started to get thick and wet I started adding water in 1/4 cup increments. I added the water while it was pulsing (leaving the top on and just pouring the water through the shoot). Depending on… Read more >
Elise
December 12, 2011
coconut, nuts, tortilla wraprecipe
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I had to divide this into eight (8!!) portions to grind. 16 ounces of Starbucks Christmas blend later I had grounds from wall to wall in the kitchen and my hands were permeated with the delicious aroma of java. Good thing you can’t absorb caffeine intradermally. Or can you? I just found out our apartment in Buenos Aires has a coffee maker. I’m SO looking forward to Argentinean roasts. Can you tell my one-track-mind is completely vacation focused? I still have a couple more work shifts, so I’m doing everything I can to keep my… Read more >
Elise
December 4, 2011
buckwheat, butternut squash, coconut, nutbutter, nutmilk, nuts, peanut butter, squash, tempeh, tofu
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This is one you’re gonna want to bookmark. Red Enchiladas (vegan, gluten free) Ingredients: 12 corn tortillas red enchilada sauce 1 can chickpeas (or 1 1/2 cups chickpeas) 1/2 cup soaked cashews 1 medium red bell pepper 5 mushrooms 1/2 cup salsa 1 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp paprika dash of cayenne pepper dash of chili powder dash of salt Directions: 1. Drain and blend the soaked cashews. [I soaked them overnight, but anything over 2 hours will be fine] 2. One by one, pulse the chickpeas, bell pepper, & mushrooms in a blender/food… Read more >
Elise
December 4, 2011
chickpeas, mexican food, nutsrecipe
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The flood actually started Sunday morning, and after four unreturned calls to our landlord we took matters into our own hands and began calling plumbers. Apparently Sundays aren’t ideal for your pipes to burst because we called every plumber in Santa Monica and nobody returned our calls…until 30 minutes later. We finally got one guy to agree to come look at the sink…after putting down a $100 deposit. He didn’t arrive until 75 minutes later. At that point we had several drenched towels and one full a$$ bucket. He “worked” on the leak for… Read more >
Elise
November 29, 2011
cereal, coconut, field roast, kale, nutbutter, nuts, peanut butter, potatoes, quinoa, root veggies, tempeh, tofu, vegan cookies
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Kyle got jealous with all my chocolate peanut butter cup eating. So I made him something to shut him up delight his taste buds, too. I made four, thinking they’d last him through the week. I don’t know what I was thinking. Nutty Fudge Cups (vegan, gluten free) [yields 4 cups] Ingredients: 3/4 cup vegan chocolate chips, melted 2 tbsp peanut butter 2 tbsp Earth Balance, melted 2 tbsp powdered sugar (I used NuNaturals stevia baking blend) 1/4 cup walnuts, crushed Directions: Melt chocolate chips. Melt butter. Combine with the rest of the ingredients. … Read more >
Elise
November 20, 2011
chocolate, earth balance, nuts, peanut butterrecipe
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