Friends, Muffins, and Cookies...What more could I ask for?

A few days ago my good friend Georgia came over to my house. Georgia happens to be a great baker (not vegan, but regardless!) and I happen to be vegan, so I thought that we could join forces and make some great vegan baked goods! The result was fantastic. We found two recipes from vegweb.com, one being a recipe for oatmeal-raspberry-chocolate chip cookies, and the other a recipe for blueberry bran muffins. We added some ginger juice to the muffin recipe to make a wonderful ginger-blueberry bran muffin! Enjoy the links for the recipes and the photos! Hope you are all having a beautiful and happy day.  


Recipe for the muffins: 
*add ginger if you're into that :) 
*Also, We used half the amount of sugar and replaced the rest with half of a banana to decrease the amount of sugar! 
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=13552.0


Recipe for the cookies: 
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=34600.0

Ginger- Blueberry Bran Muffins (super healthy) 

Before they went into the oven...all fresh and high-quality ingredients! So Beautiful

Have an INCREDIBLE week! 

love, 

Callie 

Wake Up Those Taste Buds With A Curried Veggie Burger!

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! 
Today is a beautiful day, so I thought I would share one of my favorite new recipes with all of you! 
One night when I was searching for something exciting to make for dinner I came across a recipe for black bean-pea burgers from my favorite blog, sketch-freeveganeating.blogspot.com. The result was the most delicious dinner I've eaten in ages! My not vegan mom even loved this meal :) I made some short-grain brown rice and an incredible kale salad to go with the "burger". 


Recipe: 
Happy Kale Salad
1. 2 cups of chopped up organic kale
2. 1/4 head of purple cabbage (julienned) 
3. 1 medium sized carrot (peeled and julienned) 
4. 2 tbsp olive oil 
5. 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar 
6. sea salt and black pepper to taste
directions: Mix the kale, carrots, and purple cabbage then massage the rest of the ingredients into the vegetable mixture and let chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve. 

Black bean-Pea burgers
http://sketch-freeveganeating.blogspot.com/2011/06/black-bean-pea-burgers.html

mmmmmmmmmm!

Enjoy! 
Callie

Oreos...VEGANIZED

The other day my older sister, Madison and I were craving something that tasted like junk food. I began to veraciously search through my recipe books and various vegan food blogs I follow trying to find the perfect recipe. FINALLY I came across this recipe on the fantastic blog, "Namely Marly". Madison and I proceeded to make these homemade, vegan oreos and the result was FANTASTIC. If I ever plan a tea party, these will most definitely be on my table! 


Recipe link: 
http://www.namelymarly.com/2011/08/homemade-oreo-cookies/

Before the frosting. 

AFTER THE FROSTING...before we devoured them. 

My best friend Alex, my older sister Madison, and me in the pink shirt  as we enjoy the  outcome of our "hard work". 

Have a beautiful day! 
Callie 

Bring on the Hummus!

I am a HUGE hummus fan. There are so many ways to make a classic hummus recipe extra-ordinary. A few nights ago I was craving something different then my usual asian-style stir fry; so, this is what I came up with. Homemade hummus, brown rice,  a fresh and organic tomato and  cucumber salad along with a toasted whole-wheat pita bread (I was hoping to make one from scratch but I didn't have time so I purchased this one from Trader Joes...it was delicious!) 


Recipe: 
Hummus 
1. one can of organic garbanzo beans (spill out the liquid from the can) 
2. 1/4 cup raw tahini
3. 1-2 tbs of high quality olive oil
4. sea salt and pepper to tast
5. a few drops of shoyu sauce
6. 2-3 tbs of fresh lemon juice 
Directions: blend all of the ingredients in a food processor until smooth.

Tomato and Cucumber salad
1. 3 organic roma tomatoes 
2. 2 organic cucumbers
3. 1/2 cup olive oil 
4. 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 
5. sea salt and pepper to taste
Directions: First, cube the tomatoes and cucumbers and toss with other ingredients in a large bowl. After this let the salad soak in the marinade and chill in the fridge for 15-20 minutes. 

Gratitude, love, and stability,
Callie

Real Food Daily Dinner

Hi everyone!
Callie and I had an AMAZING dinner with our three friends, Aliza, Courtney, and Kali last night and we want everyone to try one of our favorite vegan restaurants, Real Food Daily. As you can see in previous posts, Callie interned at RFD in May and loved it. We all got different items to show the variety of the food they serve and every. single. thing. was delicious! Here are some photos of our meal, sorry the quality isn't up to the best standards (I think we were so excited to eat the food, we took the pictures quickly:)

                                                       Tacos

                                                       Oreo Cake

                                                       Pizza (my personal favorite)

                                                      Nori Maki (vegan sushi!!)

                                                  Love, Meg

TWITTER VEGAN STYLE

Hi Beautiful People!!!
I know have my own twitter account...so if you want to hear about all of my vegan adventures...follow me on twitter!
 My account name is callieelissa

See you on the web!

Green Smoothie That Tasted Like Dessert!

I'm a HUGE fan of smoothies for breakfast. They make me feel energized and ready to start my day. Unlike the feeling I generally get after eating something heavy like cereal or toast with almond butter, smoothies leave me feeling light and refreshed! Here is a recipe for one of my favorite green smoothies...don't be alarmed by the color. 

Banana-Kale Protein Smoothie
Ingredients: 
1-2 frozen bananas
1 1/2 cups of chopped up kale (you can sub the kale with any other green IE: spinach, chard, lettuce etc) 
1 heaping TBSP of raw almond butter
1 cup of unsweetened almond milk 
*if you like your smoothies on the sweeter side you can add one pitted medjool date to the mix. 
Directions: 
Blend everything together in the blender until it is rich and creamy. I use a very high-powered blender called a vita-mix and I HIGHLY recommend making that purchase...it's an incredible investment. Look it up on google. 
P.S I like to sprinkle some organic cocoa nibs and low-fat/low-sugar granola on top of my green smoothie for an extra CRUNCH! 


Enjoy! By drinking this, you are helping both your hunger and your body! 


gratitude and happiness, 
Callie