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Striving for change

20 Thursday Sep 2012

Posted by carolineandsalem in Food, health, Recipes

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For those that know me personally, it should be no surprise that I am looking to make changes to my diet yet once more. I find there is always room for improvement, especially when I fall off the bandwagon – which is quite often.

I’ve been watching a lot of videos on YouTube concerning raw veganism and have tried to increase not only the amount of veggies I eat but also making the majority of the veggies I consume raw. Why? Because, as a general rule, vegetables tend to lose nutrients when cooked. Steaming and sauté-ing are the best ways to preserve nutrients if cooking vegetables. I would say close to 80% of my vegetables consumed are now raw. How do I feel? Great!

Considering I planted a bunch of kale in my father’s garden this year (and I had to go and get some before it went bad), and that neither of my parents really seemed to know too much about kale and how to use it, I decided I would share this kale-based salad recipe I put together on a recent visit to my mother’s. If Dad and Mary Ann are interested, I can certainly make it for them during our next visit.

Please note, this recipe was inspired by Dara Dubinet. Here is a link to her videos – which I love, she just has such great energy – a real ray of sunshine.

Les gens qui me connaissent ne devraient pas être trop surpris que je compte faire encore d’autres changements à mes habitudes alimentaires. Je trouve qu’il y a toujours un peu de place pour améliorer mon alimentation, spécialement quand je retourne à mes anciens démons; chose qui se produit plutôt souvent!

De ces jours-ci, je regarde plusieurs vidéos sur le végétalisme crudivore et je tente donc de consommer non seulement plus de légumes, mais de faire en sorte que la majorité de ces légumes sont crus. Pourquoi? Parce que la règle générale veut que les légumes perdent une certaine valeur nutritive quand ils sont cuits. Par contre, si on compte cuire ses légumes en préservant le plus de ces éléments nutritifs, il est suggéré de les sauter ou les cuire à la vapeur. Je dirais qu’environ 80% de mes légumes sont maintenant consommés crus. Comment je me sens? Super!

Étant donné que j’ai planté du chou kalé (ou chou frisé) dans le jardin de mon père, et que je devrais en récolter avant qu’il ne pourrisse, et aussi que mes parents ne semblaient pas trop quoi faire avec cet aliment et comment le préparer; j’ai décidé de partager cette recette que j’ai préparé quand je suis allée rendre visite à ma mère récemment. Si mon père et Mary Ann sont intéressés, il me fera plaisir de leur en préparer lors de notre prochaine visite.

SVP notez que cette recette est inspirée par unes des recettes de Dara Dubinet. Voici un lien à ces vidéos sur YouTube. J’adore ces vidéos et l’énergie positive qu’elle dégage. Bref, un vrai rayon de soleil!

Dara Dubinet inspired kale salad with figs.
Une salade aux figues et choux kalé inspiré par Dara Dubinet.


Caro’s twist on the Kale Queen salad

Ingredients
-2 cups of kale, torn into bite-sized pieces
-2 cups of lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
-Red onion, diced
-Figs, peeled (optional) and cut into quaters
-half an orange, chopped into pieces
-juice of half an orange
-half an avocado, mashed
-2 tsp honey
-a few pinches of cinnamon
-olive oil
-salt to taste
-poppy seeds (optional)

Putting it together:
1- Mix the kale, lettuce, red onion, figs and orange pieces in a large bowl.
2- For the dressing, mix the mashed avocado, orange juice, cinnamon, honey, olive oil and a bit of salt.
3- Pour the dressing onto the greens, add poppy seeds to your liking and toss. Adjust salt as needed.

La salade Kale Queen modifié à la Caro

Ingrédients
-2 tasses de chou kale (ou chou frisé), déchiqueté en petits morceaux
-2 tasses de laitue, déchiquetée en petits morceaux
-Onion rouge, en petits cubes
-Figues, pelées (optionel) et coupées en quarts
-la moitié d’une orange, coupée en morceaux
-jus de la moitié d’une orange
-moitié d’un avocat, écrasé
-2 c.à.t. de miel
-quelques pincées de cannelle
-huile d’olive
-sel, au goût
-graines de pavot (optionel)

Préparation:
1- Dans un saladier, mélanger le chou, la laitue, l’onion rouge, les figues et les morceaux d’orange.
2- Pour la vinaigrette, mélanger dans un petit bol l’avocat, le jus d’orange, la cannelle, le miel, l’huile d’olive et le sel.
3- Aroser la vinaigrette sur le mélange de laitue et choux, ajouter les graines de pavot (optionel) et remuer. Ajuster le sel à votre goût.

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Sunday morning breakfast = Pancakes!

23 Sunday Oct 2011

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Salem requested pancakes for breakfast this morning. Of course, I went on over to allrecipes.com to find a basic recipe to switch around and make my own.
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Pancakes with a hint of protein
Ingredients:
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 Tbspn sugar
1 tspn cinnamon
1 tspn baking powder
1/2 tspn baking soda
1/4 tspn salt
1 scoop of vanilla protein powder
1 cup milk
2 Tbspn melted butter
1 egg
1/2 tspn vanilla

Instructions:
1. Mix dry ingredients and form a well in the center.
2. Beat wet ingredients. Pour into well in center of dry mix.
3. Beat until smooth, cover and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.
4. Heat lightly oiled pan over med-high heat. Do not mix again – this will destroy any air bubbles formed and will make for a harder and heavier pancake. 1 pancake = 1/4 cup of batter. Flip when top gets bubbly. Serve!

A simple dinner out with the man

15 Saturday Oct 2011

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Salem and I are out on a date. We tried out WrapCity Gourmet on DeMaisonneuve. The food is good but a bit expensive – thankfully, we had coupons. The place is nice though.

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A busy weekend full of “bouffe cochonne”

10 Monday Oct 2011

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We had a mixed Thanksgiving weekend yet no turkey in sight! That’s my only complaint.
Salem and I went to Juliette et Chocolat on Saturday night and stuffed our faces! I had Le Triffle which is made up of layers of whipped cream, fleur de sel caramel and brownie bits and melted chocolate on the side. Salem had the chocolate, peanut butter and banana crepe. Yummy!
Sunday morning, we went to Kouing Amann on Mont-Royal for some croissant. We even had some fresh cheese croissant right out of the oven! A-ma-zing!

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