Recipe Of The Week is 'Sweet and Sour Cauliflower' & 'Nachos!'

Black Bean Tempeh Nachos With Cashew Cheese

Serves

4

Cooking Time

10

Ingredients

Cashew Cheese:

• 3/4 cup raw cashews, soaked from 1 hour to overnight and drained
• 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
• 1 tablespoon tapioca starch or tapioca flour (they are the same thing)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup water

Tempeh Nachos:

• 10 to 18 ounces tortilla chips
• 1 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 cup diced red onion
• 1 Roma tomato, diced small
• 8 ounces tempeh, diced very small
• 1 hot chili pepper, sliced thin crosswise
• 2 tablespoons raw shelled hempseed
• 1 avocado
• Juice from one lime

Preparation

Cashew Cheese:

1. Add all the cheese ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Transfer this blended mixture into a small saucepan. Cook on medium heat and stir until the sauce thickens a bit. It will take about 5 to 10 minutes. Take off the heat to cool slightly.

To assemble the nachos:

1. Lay all the chips on a platter. Sprinkle black beans over the chips. Dot with cashew cheese. Sprinkle the red onion, tomato, tempeh, chili pepper, and hempseed all over the top.
2. Dice the avocado and dredge in lime juice. Sprinkle diced avocado over the nachos.

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High Protein Vegan, Ginny McMeans

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Nuts, grains, vegetables, fruits, and seeds all provide healthy fuel for the body, and in combination they make complete protein powerhouses that easily deliver this essential nutrient. Whether it is Multi- Layered Avocado Toast for breakfast, Acadian Black Beans and Rice for dinner, or No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies to satisfy a sweet tooth, blogger and recipe developer Ginny Kay McMeans has a protein-packed option for everyone. The High-Protein Vegan Cookbook highlights the ins- and- outs of vegan protein, including how to build muscle and lose weight, the best foods to eat to achieve a strong, healthy body, and recipes for DIY seitan. With more than 125 protein-rich, plant-based recipes, McMeans proves that vegans don’t have to skimp on this important nutrient. Reproduced by permission of the Countryman Press. All rights reserved.

Sweet and Sour Cauliflower

Ingredients

• 1 head of cauliflower
• 2 cups water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 cup celeriac
• 1/8 cup parsnip
• 1/8 cup salt
• 1-2 cloves garlic
• 1 1/2 tablespoons ginger
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon rice flour, or 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum

Preparation

1. Blend together all of the sauce ingredients.
2. Pull apart the cauliflower into bite-sized pieces.
3. Mix together the cauliflower and sauce in a mixing bowl.
4. Stuff the cauliflower tightly into a sanitized quart sized mason jar and cover with either a metal band lid or an airlock lid.
5. Ferment on the counter for 2-4 days, releasing some of the carbon dioxide twice a day.
6. Once done, store in the refrigerator.

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Amanda Nicole Smith is all about pure food and fitness, which make up what she calls a “Purified Lifestyle." When she’s not practicing and teaching aerial acrobatics or hanging from trees, she's experimenting with raw vegan recipes, sprouting, fermenting, and taking photos of all her creations. Amanda finds joy in recreating favorite recipes, making them with simple whole ingredients and sharing them with friends and family. She sees food as fuel to do the things we love and to feel the best we can. "By learning to listen to our intuition and instinct we are able to be and do what we feel is ultimately best for ourselves." Her goal is to help others purify their own lifestyles by focusing on inner thoughts and feelings, replacing favorite go to foods with healthier equivalents, and finding fun fitness activities that empower.

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