I love it when a random
“grab two things and see what happens” move in the kitchen turns
out to be so yummy. This avocado & pear salad is an extremely easy
recipe that mixes pears with avocados, and finishes it off with some fresh
lime and basil. Add this to your list of simple raw fruit and vegetable
go-to’s. It’s perfectly refreshing for hot summer days. Enjoy!
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Basil, basil, and more basil!
When a basil plant decides to take hold it really pumps it out. So, I
schedule a few minutes each day to go out and cut the flowering basil tops,
to keep the plant going all summer long. Which winds me up with a lot of
extra basil hanging around the kitchen. Here is a great
sweet-meets-savory idea for a lazy afternoon salad, with vegan hazelnut pesto
as the star of the show. You can also do a non vegan version of this by using
parmesan or another hard aged cheese in place of the nutritional yeast.
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A couple weeks ago I was riding
my bicycle through Little Tokyo, which almost always leads to a stopover at
the Japanese supermarket. I stocked up on brown sushi rice, grabbed some
fresh produce and ventured into some plant-based sushi making when I got
home. I ended up with a pretty good variety of totally vegan sushi. This one
with red peppers ended up being one of the favorites, partly because of the
way the red pepper resembles traditional sushi fish like ahi tuna. In a recent
article on my nutrition blog, I shared some high alkaline foods
that people in their day to day cooking. Both red pepper and avocado made the
list. So, in a way, you can look at this as a healthy, alkalizing sushi!
Enjoy!
