Recipes

Recipes

Easy Tasty Tofu

Cube one pound of tofu. (firm, organic tofu is my favorite)

2 T tamari (more or less depending on taste-remember tofu is tasteless on its own)

3-4 cloves of garlic minced.

2 tablespoons of sesame seeds or sunflower seeds

·         Cook in a frying pan until brown with the tamari and garlic (you may wan to add more tamari to increase taste). There is plenty of water in the tofu to cook for a while. If your pan sticks add a little olive oil.

·         Add the seeds after 5 minutes of cooking on medium heat.

·         At the end ass hot sesame oil (1-3 tsp to taste)

·         Total cooking time around 10-15 minutes.

You also can add greens to this dish if you have a big frying pan with a lid.

 
Oatmeal

Steel cut oatmeal 1/4C per person

1-      cup water (or more- see how much absorbs)

¼ Cup Amaranth (optional or add additional ¼ cup oatmeal)

1 tsp. Flax seed- preferably ground to release the oil- add at the end- do not cook

Almonds- 10 or so

3 Dried prunes, mangos or apricots (fresh fruit add after cooking

1/8 tsp. salt

Soak all the ingredients over night except the flax meal. If you use just the seed then add in the pot at night. If possible use a double boiler to cook in the morning, this way you will never burn it. You can also bring to a soft boil, turn off, and let it sit for 10 minutes. Bring to a boil again, and it is ready to serve.

Add any of the following if you like, after you bring to boil the first time:

1/8 tsp vanilla

1/8 tsp cinnamon (you may want more or less of those flavors)

1/8 tsp cardamom

Add the flax meal after cooking so as not to destroy the omega 3 oils

Add maple syrup and milk, rice milk or soy milk and serve.

Red Beans (the small ones- no kidney)

Beans are great cooked in a slow cooker (crock pot). Mix all the ingredients together and cook all day with the slow cooker or you can cook for several hours on the stovetop. Serve wit brown rice.

4C red beans (soaked overnight) and drained

1 apple

1onion- diced

Basil- 1T

Mint- 1T

Thyme- 1T

Black strap molasses- 1T

Salt- to taste

Sauerkraut and Beet Salad