These mango pickles will have you wanting to take a trip to Mauritius. Sour, flavorful, and exquisitely interesting. Mauritius has it’s own unique style of pickle, so get ready, gastronauts! Unlike other sorts of pickles, these are meant to be enjoyed pretty quickly. They are quick to make but will only keep for a few days! So you’ll have to get right to it!
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Raw Vegan Lasagna With Cashew Cheese
If you follow the recipes we post here with any regularity, you already know how crazy we are for zucchini. You might know the famous capacity for this undervalued vegetable to become noodles. Well, lasagna is a sort of noodle. And so here we are! Zucchini Lasagna! This amazing lasagna is lasagna without wheat and without cheese! It’s basically a magic trick. But unlike magic tricks, even you can produce it! It’s remarkably simple. All you need is a food processor. A mandolin is helpful but not required!
Raw Homemade Veggie Wraps
This recipe is probably the best way to use up leftover bits and pieces ever imagined. There’s something uniquely lovely about wraps, and the ability to make up some delicious wholesome raw veggie wraps from your kitchen scraps seems to good to be true — but it isn’t! And these wraps are so much better than your typical wrap because the wraps themselves are made of veggies! It’s veggies all the way down, people!
You can make these lovely wraps out of whatever you happen to have lying around and they should turn out awesome, so long as you stick to the proportions in the recipe.
Coconut Cream Banana Bread Cookies
These cookies are a combination of so many wonderful things! Banana bread, coconut cream, and cookies! You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t love any of those things, and these things are all of those things! Raw, vegan, gluten free banana bread coconut cream cookies, and all the ingredients are fruits, seeds, and nuts! Who needs corn syrup??
Spinach and Carrot Green Soup
A hearty green soup soothes the soul! And it’s not bad for the body, either. This yummy soup is full of only the simplest whole food ingredients, and with all that color you know it’s chock-full of nutrients, enzymes, and phytochemicals. You can substitute out pretty much any ingredient in this green soup to suit your preferences, but make sure to use lots of greens! Green soup is great for breakfast or lunch, or even for a light dinner. You can also enjoy it as a side dish if you’re enjoying a more extravagant dinner.
Curry Coconut Soup
This soup might be raw, but that doesn’t mean it can’t also be hot! There’s nothing like the flavor combinations in That food, combining the sweet with the sour, with a healthy dose of spice thrown in for good measure. Mm mm. Ginger, cilantro, garlic, coconut… This curry coconut soup is not lacking in the flavor department.
This raw vegan soup can be enjoyed warm. Raw doesn’t have to mean cold! If you’re trying to warm your bones on a cool day, consider warming your veggies up a bit in warm water before you set to chopping them up. And of course, make sure you vary your level of chili peppers in accordance with your heat tolerance!
Goji Apple Smoothie
There’s a lot of smoothies out there. We’ve all probably got our favorites. Well this Goji Apple Smoothie is Emily von Euw’s favorite (for now), and who are we mere mortals to question her smoothie judgement? You’ve got the regular suspects: your apples and your bananas. Then you’ve got your grapes: a common fruit but one not often seen in smoothies.
Then, of course, you’ve got your goji berries. As you’re no doubt aware by now, goji berries have been taking the world by storm with their long list of health benefits. On top of that, they’re pretty delicious.
Chipotle Mayo Stuffed Avocados
Do you ever find yourself missing chipotle mayo? Well no more! It turns out that cashews make a great base for raw chipotle mayo, and avocado is the perfect vessel with which to transport said “mayo” to your fortunate mouth!
This recipe looks awesome, tastes awesome, and is super easy to make. You’ve got at least 8 vegetables in this one tight package, and that means a variety of nutrients to keep your engines running clean. And of course, you’ve got all the flavor your taste buds can handle. One couldn’t wish for more.
Pickled Asparagus
Pickles are great. Fermented pickles are even greater! Just like with other fermented products, all that microbial activity means all sorts of benefits for your gut and overall health.
Of course, pretty much anything can be pickled.. But typically we mostly pickle cucumbers. What’s up with that? Let’s expand our horizons! What could be a better candidate than the mighty pickled asparagus? Pickled asparagus is a great source of Vitamin B6, calcium, zinc and magnesium, which is a great compliment to all that probiotic goodness.
Oh, and they taste freaking amazing. Some pickled garlic and chilis add an extra yummy kick to the probiotic snack, too.
Turmeric Ginger Cheesecakes
Getting to have cake that is actually good for you is a clear sign that you’re doing alright. With this turmeric and ginger cheesecake, there’s really nothing unhealthy to be had. But not only is it not unhealthy, it’s positively healthy!
Ginger and turmeric are actually closely related, and they’re both super powerful, safe anti-inflammatory natural medicines. Ginger has been shown to be particularly useful for helping with arthritis, while turmeric is great for asthma and auto-immune disorders affecting the skin.
Plus they’re super duper tasty! And that in an of itself is enough reason for anyone to want to get into this turmeric ginger cheesecake!
German Chocolate Cake
This German chocolate cake was inspired by the popularity of date balls. If you’ve ever enjoyed a date ball and wondered “what if this was cake?”, then this German chocolate cake is surely for you!
Even if you’ve never had that particular thought, you probably do like cake. And this cake is a great one. A chocolate cake that is healthy and nutritious is a lovely thing, especially one that is so simple to make!
With the natural sweetness of dates, there’s no need for any additional sweeteners except for a touch of agave in the drizzle. If you’ve ever had date balls, you’ll know that’s all the sweetness you’ll ever need!
Basil Alfredo Sauce
Rich creamy Alfredo sauce over a bed of perfectly squishy noodles. Yes, of course we’re talking raw!
If you haven’t already discovered the awesome magic of zucchini noodles, prepare to have your mind blown. Those noodles in that image up there are fresh raw zucchini! But before you get too excited about that, keep in mind we’re only getting started: this recipe is all about the sauce.
A rich creamy Alfredo sauce is a real comfort food for many of us. But it’s not something which screams raw vegan — or so it would seem! With a little bit of ingenuity and some cashews there’s nothing you can’t do. Throw in some basil and some garlic, and you’re on your way to a happy evening indeed. And you can do it all in under 20 minutes.
Buffalo Cauliflower Wings With Avo Ranch Sauce
Did you know that eating spicy food might just be really good for you? As if we needed another reason to feel the burn!
Cauliflower may not have wings, but neither does a buffalo. You don’t need to eat a chicken if you’re looking to get your spice on. All you need is some crispy cauliflower, a handful of spices, and a tall glass of water (just in case!).
As any spice junky can tell you, no buffalo “wing” is complete without an equally tasty dip. And since we’re talking buffalo, it might as well be a ranch dip! Creamy and tangy with avocado and lemon, it provides a great contrast to the hot hot heat of the cauliflower.
These buffalo “wings” are a great party snack. If you’ve got a few friends coming round, you can easily scale the recipe up.
Green Glowing Smoothie Bowl
Well folks, it’s no secret that it’s been a hot summer. Even the TV weather people are finally starting to seem a little bit less excited by another day of record-setting heat. If you’re looking to stay cool on the outside, then you might as well get cool on the inside!
This Green Glowing Smoothie Bowl is like a delicious fruit salad in ice cream form. But instead of the sugar and junk you might find in that regular old ice cream we all remember from our younger days, you’ve got basil leaves, kale, and a plethora of lovely fruits!
It’s like nice cream, but it’s a smoothie bowl. A smoothie in a bowl. Come on!
Mango Peach Matcha Layered Smoothie
Don’t be fooled by the name of this smoothie! Mango and peach might be the two central ingredients, but there’s a lot more going on here than just those two wonderful fruits! We’ve got bananas, we’ve got celery, we’ve got chia and coconut water. We’ve even got some turmeric.
And that’s just for the base layer! Some of the really fun stuff comes in on the next layer. Here we’ve got our spirulina, our hemp seeds, and of course, our matcha powder. All these high-energy, protein and nutrient rich foods make this an excellent smoothie to enjoy after a good workout.
Of course, you should feel free to throw on any extras you might want. Blueberries and pomegranates make for a fine topping!