And it's Monday again

For breakfast I had:

Apricot Mesquite chia cereal
2 tbsp chia seeds
soaked in 1 cup water
4 sliced apricots
1 sliced mango
1/2 tbsp of mesquite

I also had a small bowl of millet cereal with flax milk-- at breakfast late and wasn't sure when I'd be getting lunch.

Fo lunch I made:

Refried Black Bean Quesadilla with pumpkin seed cheese smothered swiss chard
Makes 2

2 rice tortilla
1 tomato chopped
6 tbsp refried black beans
1 small bundle swiss chard

cheese--
1 cup pumpkin seeds
 2-3 tbsp water
3 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 teaspoons agave
1 dash braggs

Mix the cheese ingredients in a blender until chunky -- consistency of ricotta.

Wash and chop the swiss chard, and pour cheese mixture on top, mix well.

Spread out 3tbsps refried beans onto the middle of the tortilla and put it in the oven
or broiler for 5-7 minutes until rice tortilla gets soft in the middle and crispy on the outside.

Remove tortilla from oven and spread tomatoes, in the middle and half of the swiss chard cheese mixture.


Dinner:

Veggie burgers
Sauerkraut
Daiya swiss cheese
ketchup
bread
bread and butter pickles

I got home late tonight.. so picked up some of my favorite veggie burgers, put on the cheese -- can throw them in the oven or microwave and then add the rest of the ingredients :)

Super easy.

Fruity Rainbow Seaweed Salad

Picture is to come.

This serves one :)

1 avocado pitted and cubed
1 mango pitted and cubed
1/2 cup strawberries halved
2 tbsp sauerkraut
2 shakes kelp flakes
1 tbsp fresh mint chopped
2 shakes nutritional yeast
juice of 1 lime
1/2 cup kelp noodles

Toss all the ingredients together. Enjoy :) 

Hearty greens & quinoa salad with walnut-sesame dressing

Lunch or dinner for 2 with some leftovers :)

Steamed Vegetables
1/2 radicchio sliced thinly
1 bunch broccolini roughly chopped 1-2 inch pieces

Black lentils + Quinoa
1/2 cup of lentils
1/2 cup of quinoa

Arugula and Yellow Beet Salad
3 cups of spinach
2 cups of baby arugula
1/2 yellow beet grated, or thinly sliced

Walnut-Sesame Dressing 

1/4 cup walnuts

1/4 cup cashews

2 tbsp sesame seeds

2 tbsp almonds

1 tbsp vinegar

1 cup of water

3 tbsp nutritional yeast

1/2 tsp garlic powder and onion powder each

1 tbsp basil
1 tsp agave
1 micropinch of stevia

Garnishes
sriracha sauce
2 slices of tomato
3 yellow beet sticks

Wash the lentils and quinoa, and put in a pot, fill the pot with water until the water covers the lentils and quinoa by about an inch.  Bring to a boil, then simmer until water is evaporated, about 20 minutes.



After lentils have been set on the stove, steam the vegetables until the broccolini is bright green and the radicchio has wilted slightly.  While the vegetables are steaming, cut the salad ingredients and place in a bowl. Place all of the ingredients for the dressing in a high powered blender like a vitamix and blend until smooth. Garnish with sriracha.

Place 1-2 cups of salad on the plate.  Follow with a 1/4 cup of steamed vegetables, 1/4 cup of quinoa and lentils and 5 tbsp of dressing.  Garnish with tomato and beets.

 Mix well and enjoy :)