My second vegan cookbook

Ice Cream, Ice cream, We all (((((Scream))))) for non-dairy ice cream! Buying ice cream as much as I do can be a little expensive.  I wanted to know how to make varies of non-egg/dairy ice cream. After doing some search on the net and experimenting with other non dairy ice cream recipes, I came upon a non-dairy recipe book and my ice cream photos I thought I would share with you all.

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Here's the link to where I purchased these 6oz ice cream containers

Time for the end of Summer all natural cleanser remedy

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

2 tbsp grade - A pure maple syrup

8oz purified water

pinch cayenne pepper

Before I started an all planted-based diet over ten years ago, I wanted to do a detoxification cleansing first. I did some research and came across the master cleanse program originated by a man name Stanley Burroughs. He is known for using alternative medicine for detoxification and losing weight using fresh lemon juice and a high grade of maple syrup and purified water. 

The first time I tried this method was for 7 days because that was all my body and mind could handle. The first day was the hardest because I thought of only of food, especially during lunch breaks. Lunch was my biggest meal of the day. The second day was just as hard as the first. I wanted to eat around mid day and when I got home, I would open my refrigerator to just touch and smell the food, which help ease my urge to eat believe or not. That was my first mistake to not cleaned out my refrigerator before starting the detoxification program. On the third day, I notice small breakout in my face.

On the forth day I had more breakout on my face and I started experiencing night sweats. I read that my body was going through the detoxification period. On the fifth day I started feeling a little weak. I read that I should add more maple syrup to my lemon drinks for more energy. According to Helen Thomas of the New York Maple Association, Pure maple syrup is not only high in antioxidants, but every spoonful offers nutrients like riboflavin, zinc, magnesium, calcium and potassium, maple syrup has a higher concentration of minerals and antioxidants, yet fewer calories than honey which is not vegan.

On the 6th day my I started drinking more water in between my detox drinks. My breakouts had lessoned and I actually felt less tired during work but I was totally exhausted by the time the went to bed. I was still experiencing night sweats which subsided on about the 14th day. On the last day I decided to stopped the detox drink.  I made a huge pot of homemade vegetable broth enough for about 4 days in which I had for lunch and dinner and on the 8th day I started to gain a little more energy each day. I didn't crave sweets at all or any kind of junk food! I mainly had soups and proteins drinks for desserts and manage to keep my goal weight.

 After one month My skin had cleared from the breakouts, I felt much lighter from the detox which I will spare you the details, lol my dignity if you know what I mean.  I received so many complimented me on how my skin glowed and how cleared it looked  especially from patients who I seen me up close on a daily basis. I worked a medical laboratory and patients would have to sit pretty close to me while I registered their information. I have to admit that starting my plant-based journey after the detox program made it easier to stop eating meat. I don't missed it at all. I started a planted-based diet back in 2008 and had only one relapsed only to start the plant-based diet again in 2009

I'm not advising, just sharing my experiences, please ASK YOUR DOCTOR ADVICE BEFORE YOU CONSIDER ANY DETOX PROGRAM. IT IS NOT FOR EVERYONE!

 

End of Summer lemon Bundt Cake

 

2 cups organic flour  2/3 cups pure cane sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

1 egg replacement (I used bob redmill)

1 cup coconut milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

grated zest of 1 lemons

2 tbsp lemon fresh juice

Grease 9" non stick bundt cake pan pans

In a large bowl, use a whisk to mix the flour, sugar, baking powder together and set aside.

In another small bowl, mix 1 tbsp of bob redmill egg replacer with 3 tbsp of spring water, set aside.

In another bowl or stand mixer add the egg replacer, coconut milk, vegetable oil, lemon zest and lemon juice.

Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and mix until well blended. Try not to over mix or your cake will be too dense.. Pour the mixture into the muffin pans and bake at 350 and check with a toothpick in 20 minutes of baking. If the tooth pick  is clean then, your cake is done

My First Vegan Cookbook!

Before going vegan over 10 years ago my very first recipe cook book was the Original Betty Crocker Cook Book. Had I known I would go on a plant-based diet I should had kept it to veganized her recipes but I sold it at a yard sale.

If you are looking to learn vegan recipes, the Betty Goes Vegan is a pretty good start. This book has 500 of her classical recipes.
I purchased her Vegan cookbook in 2017. Last year I made my first vegan doughnuts following her recipe and they came out so good that they sold out the first day I sold them to a local healthy food restaurant!

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One of my favorite Betty Goes Vegan Baked Goods Recipes was the Doughnuts listed in her book. I can't list her Doughnut recipe but I can post my doughnut photo.

Here's the silicone doughnut mold I used to bake my doughnuts in. Amazon long longer sells the King Bake brand anymore but I found another. Large 12 hole silicone bake mold

It's a wrap!

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1 tsp  Turmeric
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup red onion
1/4 cup red pepper
1/4 green pepper
2 tbsp organic almond milk
1/4 tsp Sunflower Lecithin Powder
daiya shredded cheese
1 tbsp vegan mayo
1 tsp olive oil
Soft tacos
8 oz extra firm tofu

In a skillet add olive oil and cooked the onions, and peppers until done. Remove the onions and peppers and turnoff the skillet. Remove the tofu from package and drain the liquid. Cut the tofu in haf and save one half in the refrigerator. Cot the half into 4 pieces and add them to a food processor, add the turmeric, garlic powder, salt to taste, lecithin powder and almond milk. Mix well but not runny. In a skillet add 1 tsp of olive oil and cook the tofu scramble until well done to your taste. Add the onions and pepper back in and cook for a few more minutes until all the vegetable are mixed in with the tofu scramble.

grill the soft tacos for about a minute. Remove and lay it on a plate and add about 3 tbsp of the tofu scramble, onions and peppers, mayo and salsa of your choice. I made a homemade one

Stir-fry veggies and noodles

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Ingredients
1 pack noodles
2 gardein patties, cubed
4 tbsp sweet chili sauce
1 tbsp brag's amino acid
1 tbsp ginger, minced
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tsp sesame seed oil
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1/2 red onion, chopped
1/2 green and red pepper, chopped
3/4 cup organic frozen mixed vegetables
1/4 cup green onions
1 tsp garlic powder


Directions
In a skillet, add the sesame oil and saute the onions, and peppers until tender, add the brags amino acid and garlic powder then set aside.
bake the two patties according to directions. After the patties have cooled. break up or cut into cubes and add them to the saute veggies. With the heat on med high, mix the cubed patties with the veggies and add the garlic and ginger paste. Turn off the heat and start boiling the noodles according to the package directions. In another pot of boiling water add the frozen mixed vegetables. When the vegetables are done, strain the water and add them to the stir-fry. After straining the water from the noodles add them to the stir-fry and mix everything together with tongs. Add the hot chili sauce. If the stir-fry is to dry for you then add some vegetable stock and more garlic powder.