Sweet and Savory Spinach Delight
You’ll Need
1/4 whole pineapple chopped
1 avocado
1 orange bell pepper
4 handfulls spinach
1 table spoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
sprinkle crush red pepper flakes
Now What
Chop and combine pineapple, bell pepper, avocado & spinach
Mix dijon, balsamic and red pepper flakes in separate bowl
Combine and Mix
Enjoy!
Indian Veggie Surprise
You’ll need
1 cup mixed rice / lentils / split peas
2 sweet potatoes
1 yellow bell pepper
1 red onion
5 handfulls of spinach
2 cups chopped mushrooms
turmeric
red pepper flakes
Now What
cook rice mix
chop potatoes and soak in water for 10 minutes
chop onions. add to skillet on medium heat. little earth balance in skillet
drain potatoes. add turmeric and red pepper flakes to potatoes
add potatoes to skillet
stir mixture and cook for 10 minutes
chop and add bell pepper
chop and add mushrooms
add spinach and stir until spinach shrinks
add rice mixture and stir up
add (or skip) 1/2 cup simmer sauce
stir for 2 minutes
remove from heat and enjoy!
Heart Healthy Spinach Delight!
Serves 2 - or 1 for now and one for later!
4 big handfulls of spinach
1 red bell pepper
1 big handfull of mushrooms
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 lemon
1/2 tablespoon dijon
2 tablespoons balsamic
Now What
Cut and mix all ingredients
Mix dijon and balsamic
Mix everything and enjoy!
xo
Tara
Spring Spice Chopt Delight!
You’ll Need
(makes 2+ bowls / servings)
2 handfuls kale
1 apple
1 handful of cauliflower
5 mushrooms (any kind)
1 red bell pepper
1/2 lemon
1 table spoon dijon
2 table spoons balsamic
2 shakes your favorite hot sauce
Now What
Squeeze lemon juice over kale and massage until shrinks
Mix veggies in big bowl
Mix dijon balsamic and hot sauce in little bowl
Pour dijon mixture over veggies and mix
Enjoy!
Detox Kale Crunch Salad! Enjoy!
Roasted Tomato Pepper Soup
You’ll Need
4 Organic Tomatos
1 Red Pepper
2 cloves of garlic
1 red onion
1/4 cup of coconut milk
Now What
Toss whole tomatos, and garlic in oven to roast
Chop onion and simmer in pan with a little olive oil
Take tomatos out after 15-20 minutes
Chop tomatos and add to pan
Add garlic to pan
Chop and add red pepper to pan
Add crushed red pepper flakes
Stir, cover, and let simmer for 20 minutes
Add coconut milk
Stir, cover, and let simmer for 10 minutes
Vitamix and Enjoy!
I added acorn squash seeds I roasted up as well as a nice topping!
Mung Bean Curry
You’ll Need
Mung Beans
1 part mung, 3 part water, boil for 5 minutes
1/2 red onion
1 orange pepper
1 green pepper
2 stalks celery
1 table spoon Earth Balance
1/2 jar Madras Curry
cast iron skillet
Now What
cook up the mung and set aside
stick a table spoon vegan butter spread into cast iron
chop and add onion
chop and add celery and peppers
simmer for 5-10 minutes - stir often
add mung
add curry (optional) great without curry too!
Arugula carrot green pepper pasta salad (Taken with Instagram)
The surprise is that this tastes amazing and will leave you feeling fantastic! And it looks like a sunburst work of art so that’s fun too.
You’ll Need
1 cup of quinoa (prepared and set aside)
2 handfuls spinach
1 orange pepper
1 lemon
Now What
Prepare quinoa
Steam spinach
Cut pepper into slices
Build your sunshine from the bottom up
Quinoa on the bottom
Topped with Spinach
Orange pepper slices around the base
Squeeze fresh lemon all over
Enjoy!
xo
Tara
Lunch. Arugula olive yellow pepper wrapped (Taken with Instagram)
You’ll Need
Handful arugula
a few olives
1 yellow pepper
1 table spoon hummus
Now What
Chop veggies
Spread hummus on wrap
Combine and mix salad
Add to wrap
Enjoy the leftovers on the side :)














