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Guilt-Free Chocolate Cake: Low-Fat, Low-Sodium AND Vegan!
Healthy cake?
I’d be lying if I said I started out with that in mind. I don’t typically gravitate towards healthy desserts, unless I’m truly desperate. But sometimes in baking, as in life, things magically fall into place.
January 25th, 2012 in
Dessert, Vegan or Vegan Adaptable | tags: low fat desserts, low sodium recipes, Simply Klassic Home, vegan recipes, white whole wheat flour |
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Sweet Potatoes Stuffed with Chili
Meatless Monday is here again! WOOHOO!
I’ve spent the past week scouring all of my cookbooks for another dish to wow you with. Something simple but stupendous. I found today’s recipe tucked in an old, out-of-print cookbook by Prevention. Although it had no photo, it didn’t matter. The ingredients spoke to me. They said, Make me, Christy. Together, we will be DELICIOUS. I swear, sometimes I feel like a low-sodium recipe whisperer.
When I say today’s meatless meal is amazing, I mean it. It isn’t just low-sodium and vegetarian – but sans sour cream, it’s even vegan! And the level of flavor with absolutely no salt?? Incredible.
Scrub some sweet potatoes and pop them into the oven. While they bake, whip together a simple black bean chili. If you don’t have all the ingredients below, improvise. Add corn instead of peas, substitute kidney or pinto beans for black, plain yogurt for the sour cream, and so on. It’s a meal that’s adaptable, not to mention cheap and tasty. Oh! and super healthy too. Because that’s the point of Meatless Mondays, right? (It can be hard to remember when dinner tastes SO GOOD!)
NOTE: If pressed for time, you can skip oven-baking the sweet potatoes and just microwave them instead. The texture will differ, but they’ll still be super tasty.
January 23rd, 2012 in
Main Dishes, Vegan or Vegan Adaptable, Vegetarian | tags: low sodium recipes, Meatless Monday |
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Win a FREE copy of my cookbook, Kick the Can!
Happy Saturday, everyone! The lovely Nat @ Book Line and Sinker is featuring my cookbook Kick the Can! as part of her ongoing Weekend Cooking series. If you’d like to enter to win a FREE copy of Kick the Can! and get a preview (she’s shared my recipe for Cheesy Potato Chowder), CLICK HERE!
The lucky winner will be chosen this Wednesday, January 25th – enter now so you don’t miss out!
GOOD LUCK!
January 21st, 2012 in
From the Kitchen, Promotional Giveaway | tags: Book Line and Sinker, Kick the Can!, low sodium cookbooks |
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Brand New Recipe Index!!!
I have finished my first project of the new year – a brand new Recipe Index for this website!
Super Yummy Meatless Meatloaf (Low Sodium & Vegan, too!)
One of my new year’s resolutions is to reduce the amount of meat my family & I are consuming. To further this goal I’ve committed to Meatless Monday for the duration of 2012. I hope you’ll join me!
Today you’re in for a TREAT. This is one of my favorite meat-free main courses; certain to please die-hard meat eaters and vegetarians alike. The premise is simple. Boil three potatoes and mash, along with a can of salt-free kidney beans. Add some sauteed onion, garlic and bell pepper. Season with tangy ketchup, BBQ sauce and mustard (all salt-free of course), stir in oats for heft, then pop in the oven and bake. Before it’s done, top with extra sauce and a sprinkling of cheese. The result is gooey, moist, melt-in-your-mouth comfort food. Pure deliciousness with absolutely no guilt!
The basic recipe makes for easy adaptation. Try salt-free salsa instead ketchup or BBQ sauce, add different vegetables and herbs (like corn, jalapenos and fresh cilantro), or just use what you have on hand. If you can’t find salt-free condiments locally, order online from Healthy Heart Market.
January 16th, 2012 in
Main Dishes, Meatless Monday, Vegan or Vegan Adaptable, Vegetarian | tags: low sodium recipes, Meatless Monday, vegan recipes, vegetarian recipes |
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Low Sodium Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette
A week before Christmas, I was at my local grocery store when I came upon a small sack of Meyer Lemons. In my (almost) three years here in Portland, this was the first time I’d seen Meyer Lemons, let alone held one in my hand. I was so incredibly excited I started squealing, right there in the produce aisle! If you’ve never had a Meyer Lemon before, you don’t know what you’re missing. To lemon-lovers they are perfection. And for someone on a low-sodium diet, Meyer Lemons are GOLD.
Meyer Lemon season runs now through April. Until they’re gone, I’ll be savoring their tart sweetness every chance I get, daily if possible, and especially in this vinaigrette. This dressing is just so good, and so incredibly low in sodium, you may want to skip the salad and simply lick your bowl. My husband and I pour extra onto our plates when the greens are gone, and sop up the vinaigrette with bread or our fingers. I’m serious when I say it’s one of the best recipes EVER.
NOTE: If fat & calories are a concern, reduce the amount of oil in the recipe. Start with 1/2 cup and work from there, adding additional oil if desired. (With 1/2 cup oil, there are 100 calories per 2 T. serving and 9 g fat.)
January 11th, 2012 in
Salads and Dressings | tags: dudafresh.com, low sodium salad dressing, salt free salad dressing |
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