VegLite – Healthy Vegan Recipes

September 1, 2011

yo frooties!

Filed under: Breakfast,Desserts — Tags: , , , , , , — dimitra @ 11:38 am

Do you ever crave dessert for breakfast. (Or in my case for dinner)? Well this looks like dessert, feels like dessert but it’s a super healthy fruity glass full of yumminess. It’s soy yogurt blended with frozen fruits and layered with oat flakes in between.

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Ingredients (makes 2 big servings)

2 1/2 cup soy (or coconut) yogurt
10 frozen blackberries
5 frozen strawberries
1/2 cup frozen mango cubes
8 Tbsp oat flakes

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In a food processor blend 3/4 cup of soy yogurt with the blackberries (makes 1 cup of blackberry soy yogurt). Divide the mixture in two and pour into 2 martini glasses. Sprinkle 2 Tbsp of oat flakes on top of the blackberry yogurt in each glass. Continue by blending 3/4 cup of soy yogurt with the strawberries (makes 1 cup of strawberry yogurt). Divide again the mixture in two and pour on top of the oat flakes layer. Sprinkle another 2 Tbsp of oat flakes on top of the strawberry yogurt in each glass. Continue by blending 1 cup of soy yogurt with the mango cubes (makes 1 1/2 cup of mango yogurt). Divide the mango yogurt in two and pour on top of the second oat flakes layer. For a sweeter version you can add 1 Tbsp of light agave nectar each time you are blending the yogurt with the fruits. Refrigerate for half hour before serving so the oat flakes can get soft. Enjoy!

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July 16, 2011

creamy smoked tofu potato salad

Filed under: Salads — Tags: , , , — dimitra @ 11:55 am

This is a delicious mayo free vegan potato salad. You can serve it as a side dish, bring it at a picnic or make a wrap with it. As I am not a big fan of mayonnaise, I used natural soy yogurt for the creamy sauce. I do not remove the skin from the potatoes, unless I am making mashed potatoes,  so I advise you to do the same. A medium potato – with the skin – offers approximately 10 gr of iron when without the skin only 2 gr of iron. So next time you will be about to peel your potatoes, think twice!

Ingredients

12 medium white potatoes (skin on)
1 cup smoked tofu, cubed
1 red bell pepper, diced
2 spring onions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup fresh parsley
1/4 cup rucola
1/4 cup capers
3/4 cup soy yogurt
1/4 cup mustard
1 TS apple cider vinegar
freshly ground pepper

creamy smoked tofu potato salad

Cut the pototoes in 4 and boil them until they are fork tender, about 15 minutes. Drain the potatoes and set aside. Combine soy yogurt, mustard, apple cider vinegar, parsley and pepper in a small bowl and set aside. To assemble the salad place potatoes in a large bowl, add the smoked tofu bites, rucola, red pepper, spring onions and capers. Toss with the creamy dressing and refrigerate for at least an hour.  Enjoy!

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