Fresh Pico de Gallo.

Mom cut this by hand, with a small knife and bowl in her lap…. jalapeños, cilantro, onion and tomato, lime lemon salt touch of vinegar.

Pita Pizza

Whole wheat pita bread topped with a clean OIL FREE marinara sauce . Sliced Campari tomato’s , free dill , free Italian Parsley, fresh scallions  kosher salt , black pepper, and nutritional yeast.

Home Dehydrated foods

Have access to a serious cabelas dehydrator. This one can do some volume. So when bananas went on the reduced for quick sale for .39 cents a pound I was in. Then we added apples , mangoes, kiwi and pineapple. Key seems to be ripe fruit cut consistently. Great for road trips and cereal. I’ll try…

Pita Pizza

Whole wheat pita  with a clean tomato sauce. Add vegtables and nutritional yeast. Last and not least Upton’s Seitan Italian crumbles. As close as plant strong can get you minus the oink. I was really impressed. Seasoned well, high in protein and no oil. As a rule I stay away from fake food but this…

Burritos 

Took my Indian inspired chick pea stew with onions sundried tomatos potato cilantro and a host of spices added micro greens from alfalfa sprouts, amaranth, sweet pea, carrot and bib lettuce and let us not forget home grown tomatoes. Roll and tuck with beautiful view to aid in digestion. 

Micro Greens

Saturday at the farmers market yields these tasty micro greens “real tomatos” and fresh baked whole grain walnut raisin bread, with no added oil or sugar.  Sweet pea shoots, carrot shoots and forgot the red one but it taste like beets. I added the Tree Nut cheese, which I eat as a treat and not…

Chick peas 

Eat them in salads soups rice dishes.high in protein and good in so many ways. Have you every  had them raw , they are awesome. And if you put the pods over a fire ,  it adds a touch of smokeyness . 

Kitchen Counter Taco’s

Appropriately named because I make and eat them feverishly at the counter never making it to a civilized setting . Fat free refried beans , fresh Cilantro, Italian Parsley, Dill , mini sweet peppers, avocado and purple onion. Lemon and hot sauce. Use the cleanest corn tortillas I could find. 

Curried Chickpeas and Spinich Pasta

Started with a can of chickpeas in a small pan, simmered until soft. Seasoned with curry powder, cracked tellicherry black pepper, kosher salt , turmeric, garlic powder, touch of chili powder and teaspoon of maple syrup. Boil pasta to directions , chop fresh Italian parsley, dill weed , scallions and grape tomatos. Fold into pasta…

Cut your own Greens

I’m not buying bagged or boxed greens any more. It is more expensive and not as fresh. Simply build your own mix, as seen here. 

Leftover rice pilaf and fresh salad Bowl

The pilaf is brown Texmati rice with onions ,chickpeas , carrots, raisins, garlic and seasoning , cumin seed, cumin, salt pepper, and onion powder . For the salad I chopped Dino Kale, arugula, purple cabbage , fresh dill, mini sweet peppers and fresh salad dressing consisting of maple syrup, Dijon mustard and apple cider vinegar…