Fabulous Vegan Recipes

Tonight for dinner I had a pretty awesome salad and I was able to ditch the oil and use miso for the dressing. Miso is amazing; we are learning in IIN that soy in its natural form is full of protein, fiber and amazing nutrients. Miso is an excellent example of this and it also has many healing properties, it strengthens the immune system and fights cancer. Miso is a dark paste made from rice or barley. It's very salty so a little goes a long way. Miso and umeboshi paste: two amazing foods I was introduced to while reading The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone.

I went to my local growers market yesterday and bought my normal stuff: a ton of greens from the organic produce vendor, some tomatoes to make my gravy and also homemade pasta.  They added a pasta vendor to the lineup and he was talking to me about his homemade pastas.  Two of them are made with eggs so I chose from the ones that were egg-free.  

Tonight I didn't plan what I was going to have for dinner but I needed to make it a completely clean meal since I'm starting a cleanse.  The cleanse is a little bit of the 28 day Arbonne cleanse and a little bit of the Superhero diet in The Kind Diet cookbook.  Basically, you avoid alcohol, caffeine, gluten, flour, sugar and vinegar products for a specific amount of time (I'm going to take it week by week).So, I made a big salad and added a few things and I made a salad dressing that my friend Melissa made on Saturday-it was awesome!  No vinegar involved. Salad: mixed greens of your choice.  Start with romaine lettuce and then add a variety of mixed greens (kale, spinach, arugula).  I then tossed in leftover brown rice pasta from last night, lupini beans, and organic slaw.  Dressing: 1/8 of a cup of freshly squeezed lemon, 1/4 cup of olive oil, a pinch of salt, 1 tsp of fresh pepper, a clove of garlic (also add mint but I didn't have any).  Combine all the ingre