One-bowl Lunch

Just squish an avocado into a bowl, cover with spicy hummus and radish sprouts (or some kind of sprouts).

Simply delicious!

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I've discovered Instagram!

As always, I'm behind the technological times.
If you would like to see pictures of my all-vegan mostly-raw kitchen adventures, do follow me on Instagram!
My user name is @Avesa

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Baked Apples!

I threw this together the other day, because I wanted something like apple pie but didn't want to make a whole pie. And I am currently eating more for breakfast since they were so tasty.

Ingredients:

2 apples, cut in half with seeds cut out

chopped pecans

raisins

cinnamon/nutmeg/cloves

brown sugar

coconut oil (or Earth Balance)

Just mix all the dry ingredients together in whatever proportions you will enjoy. Scoop the mixture into the hollowed-out apples halves. Top with a small dollop of coconut oil or Earth balance. Bake at 350 degrees (in a pan with a little bit of water) for about 30 minutes until the apples get soft.

Yum!

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Vanilla Extract

In preparation for holiday gift-giving, I have started making a huge amount of vanilla extract! It's really the easiest thing in the world to make...and it's something that just about everyone uses at one point  or another.
It only requires 2 ingredients: vodka and whole vanilla beans, plus about a month of wait time.

I bought a 1-liter bottle of vodka and 6 vanilla beans.

Cut the vanilla beans into pieces and split them open to expose the seeds (I'm assuming they're seeds?) and drop them into the bottle of vodka. Then just let that bottle sit in a cupboard for at least a month, giving it a gentle shake every once in a while..

I'm going to strain out the seeds and bean bits before putting it in smaller bottles for gifts.

Super easy!!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I came home for Thanksgiving and my mom bought me a Tofurky Feast! I've never had one before, so I'm kind of excited to try it :)

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Raw almond milk

I love making almond milk! It's super easy and relatively cheap and tastes so much better than store-bought varieties...delicious all around.

You will need:

1 cup RAW almonds

3 cups filtered water

splash of vanilla extract

2 medjool dates (pitted)

Soak the RAW almonds in water overnight, then drain and rinse.

Put the soaked almonds in a blender.

Add 3 cups filtered water.

Add vanilla and dates (or sweetener of choice)

Blend for what seems like forever until liquidy.

Pour the liquid though a nut-milk mesh bag and squeezeee.

Now you have almond milk!

And some almond pulp for baking with.

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Delays

Unfortunately, cooking and baking has been pretty low on my priority list lately. Life and whatnot getting in the way. But luckily there's lots of vegan options on campus where I spend most of my days... 

I also have a thing of vanilla Coconut Bliss ice 'cream' that I haven't been able to get myself to finish. But that's another story for another day.

Hopefully I'll discover a fantastic soup recipe soon.

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