All posts filed under: food

First spring look of 2021

So in love with the 2021 romantic spring vibe, below you’ll find where to get this look with link. I’ve added in such an amazing perfume which has become a favorite. Skirt and Top are from fashion nova – I linked similar pieces from other sites as well underneath the image. Fashion nova links: https://www.fashionnova.com/products/wild-for-you-satin-midi-skirt-black-white top:https://www.fashionnova.com/products/the-one-that-got-away-crop-top-black

Teas

Teas are essential to me. I have always loved drinking tea, aside from tea being absolutely delicious and relaxing, it is extremely beneficial to your health. Teas can help ease symptoms of health problems or any type of symptomatic dilemma you might be having. These are the type of teas I drink and I will add common problems that you might be having, and how tea can relieve some of those symptoms for you. My favorite tea: Green tea   Benefits Green tea is loaded with anti-oxidants that can reduce formation of free radicals in the body, antioxidants protect cells and molecules from damage. Free radicals are known to play a role in aging (who doesn’t want to slow down the aging process?) It improves brain function due to the caffeine. Look- I am all for caffeine in moderate usage. There are a lot of back and forth studies to caffeine wether it be good or bad. All I know is that I find it extremely beneficial to my health. Green tea is different from …

Mushroom Spaghetti Zoodle

  I grew up eating a lot of pasta, I’m half Italian so we always celebrated this part of me even though I grew up with the Filipino side raising me most of my life, haha. Being 25 now my body does not like gluten or any type of heavy bread carb, I know this because I’ve tried every single diet out there. I don’t feel comfortable living a high carb diet, because my body just does not like it and I gain a lot of weight. Everyone is different! I don’t eat meat but I find clean carbs to eat, such as veggies and fruit. I stay away from simple carbs like bread,rice, and pasta ( very limited in my diet) and I’m totally ok with that. There are many cleaner alternatives like quinoa and lentils and cauliflower rice. So this Zoodle recipe is perfect for me if I’m craving an Italian spaghetti dish. I pretty much eyed all of my measurements because this was only for me. I also used all organic products. …

vegan basil pesto edamame pasta

  Need a pasta fix? This edamame pasta has more than half the protein of the regular pastas you buy at the grocery. Half the carbs. Better tasting. No joke. What you’ll need for the vegan pesto: Hand full of basil 2/3 cup of olive oil 5-6 cloves of garlic Dry roasted macadamia nuts or pine nuts (i used Mac nuts) Put all in a blender or food processor until paste like. Add sea salt to taste and blend for a few seconds again. Edamame pasta This brand is called Explore Asian edamame spaghetti shape pasta, I bought it on amazon. You only boil for about 4 mins as it is much softer and delicate than pasta. Strain pasta put as much pesto as you want then you are done! Enjoy!

Simple PineNana Nice Cream

Really obsessed with nice cream, theres no such thing as overdosing on bananas right?! LOL… adding simply pineapple to my nice cream is my fave, sometimes the simplest ones are the best ones!…. I swear my nice cream photo looked better, but I couldn’t wait to take a bite! What you’ll need: 4-5 frozen bananas, if you want a bigger serving than go ahead and put a couple more frozen bananas in there. **Please make sure your bananas are frozen, if they are not it’ll be smoothie like consistency which defeats the purpose** 1/3 of a cup of slice pineapple. Instructions: Place frozen banana in a quality blender. Blend until frozen bananas are a thick  consistency, you may have to put bananas in place back in the bottom, they have a tendency to stick to the side using my blender.   Add pineapple until blended well. Enjoy!!  

Date balls

So I literally have the biggest sweet tooth. Also I like a crunchy sweet snack, this is such a healthy way to kick your bad sugar addiction. This has only two ingredients and very easy to make. What you’ll need: Granola Date Paste ( I have a post on how to make) Instructions: Lay granola out on a large plate. Grab some date paste and make into a ball circular shape. Roll the paste onto the granola until you’ve got a solid granola ball. Make as many as you like! Chill in fridge for about 30 minutes. Enjoy!

Date paste/spread 

ONE INGREDIENT! All you need is a good blender. These taste like caramel. You will not be sorry! Place about 15-20 dates in a blender, make sure they are pitted and moist, if you didn’t find any moist dates just soak them in hot water for 10 minutes… I accidentally bought the ones with pitts and I had to de-Pitt all of them. Oops! Blend until paste consistency or to your liking. Note that these will stick to the walls of your blender and I just have to go back and place them on the bottom with a spoon… If it is too dry in consistency put some water little by little to moisten the paste. I used this for my chocolate date cups and granola date balls. So yummy!! Enjoy!!!

Vegan Date,coconut, or pb chocolate cups

Peanut butter filled Date filled Coconut manna swirl       These are honestly one of the easiest sweet treats you can make. What you’ll need: Semi sweet chocolate mini chips (I use enjoy life brand because they are dairy, nut and soy free) Date paste (if you want the date filled cup) Coconut manna, natural cane sugar (if you want the coconut swirl cup) Peanut butter -try to get it at its purest form, I make mine at home- (if you want the peanut butter cup) A muffin/cupcake sheet and paper bake cups so they don’t stick Instructions Melt about a cup of your chocolate chips in a microwave or on the stove until it is creamy liquid consistency Once your chocolate is melted, start putting a layer of chocolate (not too much) in the paper bake cups that are in the cupcake sheet. even the first layer of chocolate ( I like to tap my sheet onto the table to easily even it out) Put your choice of filling onto your first chocolate layer, carefully..so it won’t sink to …

Mango & Sticky rice with coconut cream

One of my favorite Thai dessert dishes. I don’t like buying mango and sticky rice because sometimes I like my rice a little more coconuty than what they sell in restaurants. I made a dipping/cream sauce with mine to add flavor to the rice…. And it is so amazing! What you’ll need: 1 cup of rice Mangos 1 or 2 depends on how much you’ll want. I also used alfalfa mangos which are my fave. All purpose  flour (I use tapioca because it is gluten free) Coconut milk Natural cane sugar Coconut manna (I’ve never seen anyone use this but it makes a world of difference in the flavoring) Instructions: First things first you must soak your one cup of rice overnight.. If needed to have dish by today I’ve seen people soak for 30 mins.  Once rice is soaked, put it in rice cooker/steamer. Work on your sauce while your rice is cooking There will be 2 sauces made one sauce to soak rice after it is cooked and my coconut cream. 1st sauce …