Roasted Winter Veggie Bowl

Roasted Winter Veggies with Sweet Potato Carrot Sauce

Amanda Nicole SmithLunch, Sauce, Vegan Leave a Comment

There’s nothing better than roasted root veggies in the wintertime. More specifically sweet potato, carrot, rutabaga, and watermelon radish smothered in a creamy roasted sweet potato carrot sauce . Roasted vegetables always make great winter lunches, simply because it’s warm, easy to make and filling. They also help fulfill our craving for sweets, and as you know, limiting sugar helps our immune …

Fresh Spring Rolls

Fresh Spring Rolls | Peanut Butter Dipping Sauce

Amanda Nicole SmithDetox, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, Quick & Easy, Sauce, Vegan 2 Comments

Fresh spring rolls made from cabbage, carrots, celeriac, romaine lettuce, and brown rice paper, dunked in a peanut butter dipping sauce. So simple and so tasty! Maybe I should call these winter rolls, since I’m predominately using winter vegetables. 😉 In the summer I’ll use red bell pepper, cucumber, carrots, radish and/or sprouts. There are so many spring roll variations, …

Raw Vegan Pot Pie

Raw Vegan Pot Pie

Amanda Nicole SmithDehydrated, Dinner, Gluten Free, Raw Vegan, Vegan Leave a Comment

A super fresh and flavorful vegan pot pie made with winter root veggies, herbaceous gravy, and gluten-free buckwheat crust. This pot pie can be prepared completely raw, cooked, or a hybrid depending on available tools, time and preferences. I always try to find balance between raw food and cooked food. There is a lot of controversy about the health pros and …

Raw Vegan Nut Free Taco Meat

Raw Vegan Taco Meat | Nut-free

Amanda Nicole SmithDinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, Nut-Free, Popular, Quick & Easy, Raw Vegan, Vegan Leave a Comment

A simple nut-free raw vegan taco meat, made from basic ingredients; sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, carrots and a bunch of spices. I know a lot of you out there suffer from some kind of nut allergy, so this one is for you guys, and anyone else who is tired of nuts and their expensiveness. Raw vegan burritos is one of our core weekly …

BBQ Popcorn Cauliflower Wraps

BBQ Popcorn Cauliflower Wraps

Amanda Nicole SmithDinner, Lunch, Nut-Free, Raw Vegan, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Crunchy raw vegan popcorn cauliflower mixed with raw vegan BBQ sauce and added to a wrap with cabbage and carrots. Adding cabbage and carrots to the wrap makes it taste as if coleslaw has been perfectly intertwined, and we all know coleslaw is delicious with BBQ! Or you could actually make a raw vegan coleslaw to add to the wrap or as a …

Raw Vegan Stir Fry

Amanda Nicole SmithDetox, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, No Tools Needed, Nut-Free, Quick & Easy, Raw Vegan, Vegan 1 Comment

A basic raw vegan stir fry made in 5 minutes with whole ingredients like kelp noodles and shredded veggies. This is probably one of the healthiest, quickest, most flavorful meals ever; just mix kelp noodles right out the fridge with shredded vegetables, spices, herbs, tamari/soy sauce, and an acid. The flavor possibilities are endless, I always encourage you to try your favorite veggies …

Raw Vegan Chili Ferment

Lacto-fermented Veggie Chili

Amanda Nicole SmithCultured | Fermented | Pickled, Detox, Dinner, Lunch, Raw Vegan, Vegan 3 Comments

A sweet, spicy and savory fermented chili made purely from fresh fragrant spices, herbs and veggies. In this ferment we bring together carrots, cauliflower, daikon radish, tomatoes, and red bell peppers to take on the texture of chili. Add to that the Anaheim peppers, garlic, onion, smoked paprika, celery seed, chili powder and cumin. This is one of the most flavorful ferments I’ve …

Pak Dong Mixin’ Meal Bowl

Amanda Nicole SmithCultured | Fermented | Pickled, Detox, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, No Tools Needed, Quick & Easy, Vegan Leave a Comment

A quick and easy hearty bowl of rice, greens, herbs, spices and fermented veggies. Pak dong is a Thai sweet and spicy pickled cabbage and carrot. It’s juices make the perfect dressing and the sweet and spicy vegetables are the perfect texture, nice and crunchy. Every 1-2 months I make a gallon of pak dong for easy lunches and dinners. My …

Veggie Pasta Salad with Herb Infused Dressing

Veggie Pasta Salad | Herb Infused Dressing

Amanda Nicole SmithDetox, Dinner, No Tools Needed, Vegan Leave a Comment

Veggies and noodles smothered in an herb infused oil and vinegar dressing. Feast for the whole week and have packed lunches to go with this veggie pasta salad; featuring beets, cucumbers, bell peppers, broccoli and red onions. The herb infused dressing is one of my favorite additions, adding healthy omega fatty acids and numerous benefits from all the spices and …