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Vegan Recipes
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Have you ever cooked for vegans before? These people are vegetarians and they are more interested with your vegan recipes than that of other recipes you have in mind. If you have a catering service and you have vegan customers at hand, then you must be familiar with their food restrictions, because hey are definitely sensitive when it comes to things that have to do with their diet or anything that they have to eat.
If you would be able to serve the best vegan recipes you have in mind, and these vegetarians felt happy about the whole experience, then this would be a very great opportunity for you to look into. Probably you can cater to these people unlike other catering services that are having problems serving people that are more interested with vegan choices of food.
One of the most common source of protein which you should not forget to add to your vegan recipes are soybeans. Soybeans are highly regarded for its capability to replace animal protein. Most of the vegan recipes that you can look into are more focused on producing various recipes with the use of tofu. Soy could also be a source of various nutrients as well as vitamins, and is one of the healthy foods that everybody can take advantage of.
You can find a lot of vegan recipes even internationally. Don’t be surprised, because everybody would like to indulge to healthy eating, and that is the reason why, more and more people turn out to be more interested in veggie stuff. However, if you would really like to eat healthy you should opt to have a well balanced diet, so you can get enough nourishment for your body.
If you are looking for further vegan recipes for reference, you may try looking for it online. There are a lot of options you can look into from searching online. You will find a lot of websites available which provides free vegan recipes that your vegan customers would love.
You may also find vegan recipes online that are being voted by various members of the website, and from there, you will have an idea what vegan recipes would these vegan customers will be interested with. After getting hold of those recipes you may try them on your own before serving them to the public.
These free online recipes would be very great for you and for your vegan catering business. You’ll definitely earn a big fortune from your food business if you would be able to cater to what most of these vegetarian people would love to eat.
Grapefruit Diet
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009The grapefruit diet is one of the earliest known Hollywood fad diets. It first came to fame in the 1930’s when many stars used it. It became part of photocopy lore, faxed from machine to machine, in the 1970’s. The diet has been described as bad by the Mayo Clinic, often associated with the diet.
Originally the grapefruit diet was an Atkins style diet that added one half grapefruit before each meal. The diet only allows three meals each day, with no snacking in between meals. The diet claimed that people could lose 10 pounds in 10 days, or 5 pounds in five days. The distribution was just as far fetched, no weight loss for four days then five pounds lost all on the fifth day. It was based on the claim that grapefruit contains fat burning enzymes, something that has never been proven.
Researchers showed that the diet may work in a 2004 study. Eating just ½ grapefruit prior to meals helped people in the study lose 3.6 pounds in twelve weeks. Drinking the juice from the grapefruit led to only slightly less weight loss. Many of the participants lost more than 10 pounds in 12 weeks. The doctor who conducted the study found that the grapefruit diet seems to reduce levels of insulin. But the study didn’t limit people to just diet, they also exercised more which may have resulted in the weight loss.
Here’s a typical grapefruit diet:
- Eight 8 ounce glasses of water each day, this is a must.
- Eat until full.
- Eat all the food listed at each meal, skipping food interferes with fat burning.
- Grapefruit is the key so eat that as specified.
- Try to avoid coffee, but if drunk consume only three cups a day.
- No snacking.
- Butter is OK.
- Avoid sweets and starches such as bread and potatoes.
- Protein and vegetables are fine.
- Eating more will actually result in more weight loss.
- Follow the diet for 12 days, skip two days, then start again.
- Grapefruit with each meal is ½ or 18 ounces of juice.
VEG TV: The Enlightened Kitchen: Tempeh Tostada_part two
Friday, October 31st, 2008Healthy and Delicious Tempeh Tostada continues…. Download recipe:
http://www.vegtv.com/203-3.html
VEG TV: The Enlightened Kitchen: Tempeh Tostada_part one
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Marie makes Tempeh Tostadas that are hearty, healthy, and absolutely delicious! Download recipe: http://www.vegtv.com/203-1.html
Fat-Free Pumpkin Cookies
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Recipe courtesy of: The Fatfree Vegan Kitchen
1/2 cup whole wheat flour (I used white whole wheat flour)
1/2 cup unbleached flour
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup agave nectar
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2/3 cup okara (or 8 ounces firm tofu, blended in a food processor until smooth)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon turbinado sugar — or icing, below
Preheat oven to 375F.
Mix the flours, oats, baking soda, spices, and salt in a mixing bowl. Mix the agave nectar, pumpkin, okara (tofu), and vanilla in another bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir just until well-blended. Do not over-stir.
Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to drop rounded tablespoons of dough at least two inches apart on a baking sheet lined with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Flatten each cookie slightly with a fork. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar, if desired. Bake for 10-16 minutes or until edges are golden and middles seem done. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before transferring each cookie to a wire rack. Allow to cool completely before serving.
Optional icing:
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons agave nectar
2 teaspoons non-dairy milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract or other extract (I used pecan)
food coloring (optional)
In a small mixing bowl, add the agave nectar, milk, and extract to the confectioners’ sugar. Add additional milk a half-teaspoon at a time, stirring constantly, until the icing is smooth and spreadable but not so thin that it runs off. If you add too much milk, add a little more sugar to balance it out. Add food coloring a drop at a time until the right color is achieved. Spread over cooled cookies and allow to dry.
Makes about 15 cookies. Per cookie (with sugar, no icing) : 76 Calories (kcal); trace Total Fat; (3% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 78mg Sodium; 1g Fiber. Weight Watchers: 1 Point.
With icing: 110 Calories (kcal); trace Total Fat; (2% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 27g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 78mg Sodium; 1g Fiber. Weight Watchers: 2 Points.
Nutritional information is approximate and is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. “Gluten-free” label is strictly a cataloging tag meant to be helpful for recipe searches and does not ensure that
the recipe is completely free of gluten. Always read ingredient labels carefully and contact manufacturers to make sure that products actually are vegan and/or gluten-free.
