Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[Greco]

Victoria Boutenko, author of Green for life, demonstrates how to make a delicious green smoothie.

Good to see a generously built veggie woman

I enjoy posting videos from time to time
and share information with you all

This am green smoothie made by grand-nephew:

avocado (ripe)

walnuts

red leaf lettuce

green chard

spinach

H2O

delicious I found it amazing that we didn't use any bananas
and it was good...the creaminess came from the avocado

living and learning, Greco, have a great Sunday

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by greco

Good to see a generously built veggie woman


living and learning, Greco, have a great Sunday

YES! Thats such a stigma, that we are all sickly anorexic

I'm certainly not.

PS. that smoothie sounded great, very mediterrian! (sp)

[Greco]

Hi Veggie People,

This evening's green juice:

celery

cucumber

apple

aloe vera

a detoxifying green juice
great for these hot days

preparing for a longer
detox in August
in hotter dryer clime/Home

Long and quiet drive back
here yesterday am

missing my honorable nephew
and grand-nephews, especially
veggie boy nephew

good to know who I'll give my
juicer and blender to when its
time smiling

So, detoxing its been happening since I began
my green juicing, and blending green smoothies
and stopped eating meat of any kind

Now I'm focusing on giving my digestive system a longer
period of rest and much more nutrients

Question if anyone is listening...How has being veggie/vegan
changed you? That's open-ended enough

Greco

[Greco]

Hi Veggie People,

Found this recipe and thought you may enjoy it,especially
those of you that enjoy Greek yogurt,

alas I will not make it until I find a substitute for
the yogurt so here it is:

omega-3 rich for breakfast or dessert

Ingredients:

1 cup
of quinoa, rinsed

1 cup of fresh, organic blueberries

2/3 cup of raw honey

1/4 cup of walnuts

1 teaspoon of nutmeg

2 cups of spring/filtered H2O (water)

1 cup of probiotic-rich organic Greek
yogurt

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Stir in the quinoa,
cover, and reduce heat and simmer for about 10-15 mins, or until
water is absorbed. Remove from heat and let cool, chill.

Mix together the honey, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

Divide chilled quinoa into 6-8 servings.

Place blueberry-yogurt mixture on each serving. Drizzle
each serving with oney, cinnamon and nutmeg mixture.

Top with walnuts. Serve and enjoy.

This sounds delicious...any suggestions for yogurt
substitute?

Greco

[nycfem]

This sounds so delicious! What's funny is that I recently began eating Greek yogurt (maybe replace w/soy yogurt or apple sauce?) mixed with quinoa, and it just blew me away how much I liked it. The sour with the grainy taste is just so good. I've been making veggie chili and having that mixture on the side. Thanks for the breakfast idea. Everything you listed below is a favorite ingredient, and I would not have thought of that! Can't wait to try!

Originally Posted by greco

Hi Veggie People,

Found this recipe and thought you may enjoy it,especially
those of you that enjoy Greek yogurt,

alas I will not make it until I find a substitute for
the yogurt so here it is:

omega-3 rich for breakfast or dessert

Ingredients:

1 cup
of quinoa, rinsed

1 cup of fresh, organic blueberries

2/3 cup of raw honey

1/4 cup of walnuts

1 teaspoon of nutmeg

2 cups of spring/filtered H2O (water)

1 cup of probiotic-rich organic Greek
yogurt

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Stir in the quinoa,
cover, and reduce heat and simmer for about 10-15 mins, or until
water is absorbed. Remove from heat and let cool, chill.

Mix together the honey, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.

Divide chilled quinoa into 6-8 servings.

Place blueberry-yogurt mixture on each serving. Drizzle
each serving with oney, cinnamon and nutmeg mixture.

Top with walnuts. Serve and enjoy.

This sounds delicious...any suggestions for yogurt
substitute?

Greco

[Greco]

nyc,

Will experiment with the apple sauce, good suggestion, soy yogurt if I can find a brand that has not been genetically modified (GMO) I'll give that a try as well.

GMO soy is not labeled in this country as such, what is labeled is when it is not genetically modified so will give it a shot.

Thanks, Greco

Originally Posted by nycfembbw

This sounds so delicious! What's funny is that I recently began eating Greek yogurt (maybe replace w/soy yogurt or apple sauce?) mixed with quinoa, and it just blew me away how much I liked it. The sour with the grainy taste is just so good. I've been making veggie chili and having that mixture on the side. Thanks for the breakfast idea. Everything you listed below is a favorite ingredient, and I would not have thought of that! Can't wait to try!

[Greco]

Hi Veggie People,

Here's the next recipe with yogurt

0-3 Parfait
Serves 4

Ingredients:

1.5 cups sliced organic strawberries

1.5 cups organic blueberries

1.5 cups organic raspberries

1 12oz container of organic,
probiotic Greek yogurt

1Tablespoon vanilla

3Tablespoons honey

1 banana sliced

3 teaspoons flaxseed, ground

1,5 cups of organic granola with
walnuts, almonds, raisins, etc.

Directions:

In a separate mixing bowl, stir together
the Greek yogurt, vanilla, honey. Set aside.

In a large clear parfait bowl, layer 1/2 cup
strawberries, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup
raspberries, 1 teaspoon of flaxseeds, 1/3
of the Greek yogurt mixture, 1/3 of the sliced
banana, and 1/2 cup of granola.

Repeat this process until your parfait is built
with the remaining ingredients.

Serve or refrigerate and serve later.

This sounds delicious, though I would lessen
the amount of honey. The fruit is sweet enough
for my taste, may leave the honey out all together.

And the yogurt, I'll try it with something else
perhaps soft tofu.

Enjoy it.

Greco, still detoxing and finding it not
so difficult