Plant strong toddler!

So we have a happy and healthy 16 month old and it's amazing to watch him grow! He is already becoming plant strong.  His favorite quick meals are Dr. McDougall's ready to eat soups!  He LOVES the lentil soup.  Even when he's tired he'll eat lots of it and sign for "more, please" (we use baby sign language while he is learning to talk.) 

He gets a real treat when I make the big cup soups and he can drink out of the cup like daddy!  So far his favorite is the spilt pea.

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Don't think that it's all ready made food here though!  I have gotten adventurous and come up with some fun stuff!  We often have Tacos Thursdays but recently I mixed it up.  I took the mushrooms we usually start with for the tacos and added some blackstrap molasses!  Rich in iron, calcium, magnesium and other micro nutrients blackstrap molasses added a gentle earthy sweetness to the mushrooms.  Now when I cook I often don't measure so much as add to taste but I will try to recreate what I did so you can try it yourself if you wish.

3/4 to 1 pound of mushrooms (I used mostly portobello and some white)

1/3 cup vegetable broth

1/4 cup blackstrap molasses

After cleaning the mushrooms, cut them into your desired size (we have to go small with a little mouth eating with us.)

Heat a large frying pan to medium, add the broth.  Add the mushrooms occasionally stirring.  As you stir them drizzle the blackstrap molasses over them trying to cover as much of the mushrooms as possible.  Continue to stir until the mushrooms are tender.

That's it!  I served them with brown rice and a large salad, but you can choose any sides you wish.

Enjoy!

A Happy Husband

RECIPES: What the Happy Nurse & I Are Eating This Week! Baba Ganoush, Plant-Strong Pizza, Cuban Black Beans, Salads & MORE!!!

As I write this post I'm waiting for homemade pizza dough to rise in the oven.  I had the afternoon off and after coming home to the exciting discovery of an Amazon box on my doorstep, I decided to delve straight in to Mark Sutton's new book "Heart Healthy Pizza!"  I'll keep you all posted on the pizza construction process but so far it looks very promising!!  


It feels like I haven't written a food plan post in FOREVER, but its been a hectic few weeks and between vacation and work I just haven't had time!  I kept up my commitment to salads (as I wrote in this post) and have actually come up with a few yummy salad ideas on my own!  Much to my surprise, I'm really liking the addition of salads to my daily diet!  It makes getting the necessary veggies (I eat minimum of 2 cups straight veggies per meal) in easier!


WHAT ARE YOU EATING THIS WEEK??!!! ANY RECIPES TO PASS ON?


Snacks:

• Smokey Baba Ghanoush from the Party Vegan by Robin Robertson:  Made this for a party last weekend and WOW it was a hit! I HIGHLY recommend you get this cookbook--I've posted about recipes from it here & here.)
• Robin Robertson's Polenta Crostini with Eggplant Tapenade also from her book, Party Vegan.  I used store bought polenta as the base.  The Tapenade was AMAZING.  You mix together the inside of one eggplant (roasted in the oven for 20 mins & then cooled so you can peel the skin off) with 1/2 cup kalamata olives, 3 garlic cloves, salt and pepper.  I adapted the recipe a bit because I didn't have any capers and was making this all in a big rush before the party!  Everyone LOVED it! 

Entrees & Soup

• PIZZZAAAAA!!!  As mentioned above, from Mark Sutton's new book "Heart Healthy Pizza":  Homemade Pizza with Light White-Brown Sauce topped with olives, sundried tomatoes & peppers.  I'm making the pizza dough with gluten-free all purpose flour from Bob's Red Mill!  To get a taste of the type of recipes offered in the cookbook, check out a few sample recipes on Mark Sutton's website.
• My old AMAZING soup stand-by The Healthy Librarian's version of Robin Robertson's Sweet Potato, Spinach, Fire-Roasted Tomatoes, and a Bit of Peanut Butter Soup
• Healthy Girl's Kitchen's Coconut Curry Kale, Chick Pea and Sweet Potato Soup:  I liked this but it probably wasn't my absolute favorite--which surprised me because I expected it to be!  I was missing a few ingredients though--like the bok choy so I may have just totally missed the boat on this recipe because of incorrect ingredients!!
• Mushroom Tibs from "Appetite for Reduction" by Isa Chandra Moskowitz:  The Happy Nurse and I had a delicious vegan meal at an Ethiopian restaurant on our date night last week so I had to incorporate some Ethiopian food for this week!  YUM!
• Healthy Girl's Kitchen's Cuban Black Beans & Kale:  I've been wanting a Cuban black bean recipe!  After having the vegetarian plate at the FANTASTIC Columbia Restaurant in Tampa (on our vacation) I've been craving some good black beans.  Can't wait to make this recipe this weekend!  I've been waiting for my plantain's to turn black so I can cook them & they are almost ready so with a few onions on top, I may just be able to recreate part of the dinner we happily ate there!
• Beetballs by Susan Voisin of Fat Free Vegan Kitchen:  HELLOOOOOOO wonderful!  I'm so excited to have a "meat ball" without soy in it!  Whooohooo!! :-)

Salads:

• Rice Noodle Salad (cold) mixed with my Shredded Kale and Carrot salad (below) & Cool Slaw Dressing from "Appetite for Reduction" by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
• Shredded Kale & Carrot salad--this has been an exciting find that I figured out all on my own!  Inspired by the awesome My New Roots' Winter Slaw recipe, I shredded kale and carrot together for a basic, yummy and nutritious salad.  I've eaten this a few different ways:

• With raisins mixed in, no dressing
• With "Cool Slaw"Dressing from the Appetite for Reduction Cookbook by Isa Chandra (I can't tell you how highly I recommend this cookbook!!!  She has tons of low fat dressing recipes & everything I've made from here so far is excellent) (recipe below)

"Cool Slaw Dressing" (recipe from Isa Chandra Moskowitz's Appetite for Reduction Cookbook)

Mix in a blender or food processor:

1/4 cup cashew pieces

2 Tbl minced onions (she says fresh, I used dried minced)

1/2 cup water

5 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar

1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp non-cane sugar sweetener of choice

1/2 tsp salt

pepper

• Caesar Salad:  With Healthy Girl's Kitchen's  "No-Oil Caesar Salad Dressing,"  I modified the recipe a bit.  I used pinto beans this week instead of garbanzo.  I add more capers (she says 2 Tbl, I add the whole bottle!).  I add more dates (she says 2, I add 5!).  See the original (and I'm sure delicious) recipe here.

COMING SOON!!:

• Preparing for a Joint Replacement--What can YOU do BEFORE surgery to have a quicker recovery? ~post series in two parts: Knee & then Hip ~
• SLEEP:  Why Is it Critical for Your Health ~ Join the Sleep Challenge!!!
• Interviews With My Favorite Plant-Strong Bloggers!
• AND MORE!!

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RECIPES: My Own Butternut Squash Soup!

Asian Pear! :-)

Ok I don't share recipes of my own very often but this is super easy and OH SO YUMMY!! :-)

Butternut Squash Soup

Makes 4-6 Servings

Ingredients::

1 butternut squash

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 Tbl cinnamon (optional)

2 Asian pears

4-6 cups vegetable broth (we use Trader Joe's brand)

salt & pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 

1)  Cut the butternut squash in half with a sharp knife and scoop out the seeds.

2)  Place the butternut squash soft side down in a glass casserole dish with 1 inch of water in the base.  (if I'm in a hurry, I'll cut the squash into smaller pieces than just the half because it takes a lot less cooking time!)

3)  Cook in Oven for 30mins-1 hour (depending on the size of the squash) until the flesh of the squash is soft and can be EASILY "mashed" down with a spoon

4)  Let the squash cool

5)  While the squash cools, finely chop up 2 Asian Pears (leave the skin on) and put into a big soup pot with 4 cups vegetable broth

6)  Scoop out the insides into a bowl and thoroughly puree the squash--if its cooked right this should be simple to do with a basic mixing spoon rather than a food processor or electric mixer--if its too hard the squash may need more baking time! (Sometimes I make this a 2 step process--I bake the squash one night, scoop out the insides into a ziploc bag once it has cooled and then make the soup in the next few day).  

7)  Add 1/2 tsp nutmeg (I usually add a bit more than this--I put the first 1/2 tsp in and then taste the soup after it gets going and since I like nutmeg, if I can't taste the nutmeg--I add more!)

8)  Add 1 Tbl cinnamon (I sometimes add more than 1 Tbl--I like cinnamon!)

9)  Bring the soup to a boil and then turn down to simmer for approximately 15-20 mins (alternatively you can cook the whole thing in a slow cooker!)

10)  Enjoy!

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RECIPES: What the Happy Nurse & I Are Eating This Week! Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup, Stuffed Acorn Squash, Lentil Spread, Olive & Tomato Biscotti, Caesar Salad & MORE!

Ok so I was sick with the flu the whole first week of the New Year and then my husband succumbed as well so no bulk cooking again this week--just throwing things together in the slow cooker and the Cuisinart with as little fuss as possible.  You'd think that with that lack of effort we'd be eating pretty sad food this week--quite the contrary actually!  The meals this week have been seriously yummy--I'm sampling from a bunch of different new cookbooks :-)


What are all of you eating this week?!  Any favorite meals or recipes to share with everyone?  :-)


Main Dishes

HGK's Sri Lankan Kale

Healthy Girl's Kitchen's Sri Lankan Kale (leftovers!  YUMMMMMM!!)--great flavor, perfect & surprising lime taste makes this recipe delicious!!


Butternut Coconut Squash from "Appetite for Reduction" by Isa Chandra Moskowitz (leftover yumminess--made it super quick compared to the recipe in the book because I was running late to work--threw basmati rice in with cooked butternut squash, 1/2 teaspoon of coconut extract, a handful of chopped walnuts and oat milk until the mix was moist.  YUM)

Sweet Potato-White Bean Soup, Coconut Pumpkin Soup
& the stuffed Acorn Squash halves!! YUM!

Sweet Potato-White Bean Soup  from  Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester:  Excited about this because it included swiss chard which is super nutritious!


Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup from the  Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester:  This looks amazing--I used the Healthy Librarian's coconut milk trick for this (oat milk + coconut extract) to reduce fat.


Acorn Squash Stuffed with Cranberry & Brown Rice Medley from the  Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester:  Who knew you could cook a squash in a slow cooker?!  That is why I love this new cookbook--awesome ideas!

 Romaine & Avocado Salad with Cilantro-Lime Dressing from the Party Vegan by Robin Robertson   this dressing is fabulous.  I cut the oil by 3/4 and used water instead--it tasted just fine!  In fact, I may just use water totally next time because the cilantro is such a strong flavor that you really don't notice the lack of oil!

Vegan Caesar Salad with Healthy Girl's Kitchen's AWESOME No-oil Caesar Salad dressing!  Ok let me just explain how good this salad dressing is--way too good!!  I seriously could almost eat it by itself with some crackers :-) She uses chickpeas to thicken the sauce.  The only substitutions I had to make were I added oat milk instead of the soy sauce & a second bottle of capers (I think it needed it because the soy sauce is a strong flavor & a bit saltier so the capers compensated.)  YUM!


Sandwiches, Snacks & Side Dishes


Lentil Spread:  Sandwiches with sliced cherry tomatoes and this AMAZING lentil spread that I found on The Healthy Librarian's site.  Its SO good!  Be careful with the chipotle peppers in adobe sauce--I misread the recipe the whole time and thought it said "one CAN of the chipotle peppers", not ONE pepper!!"  Suffice to say, with one tiny bite I nearly burned my mouth off and had to throw out the first batch!  Once that trauma was over though and I remade it properly, the actual spread was so so so delicious!

Biscotti Dough!

Green Olive & Sundried Tomato Biscotti from the Party Vegan by Robin Robertson:  Surprisingly easy to make!  And SO good!  I made it for the first time with full fat (i.e. all the olive oil) but I'm going to try to repeat it in the future & try different substitutions for the fats!

Hummus with Rice Crackers (the hummus is my own recipe, thrown together from a bunch of different tahini-free hummus recipes--green onions, a tiny bit of adobe sauce with chipotle pepper, dijon mustard, cumin, coriander, salt, pepper, garlic, water and vegetable broth.  No measurements.  Sounds crazy but it is crazy good!)


Spiced Rice-Lentil Squares by the Fat Free Vegan Kitchen--looking forward to FINALLY trying these--always need more bars for on the run & I couldn't make them the last time they were on our plan because I didn't have any allspice!!

Happy Herbivore's Pumpkin Bread from The Happy Herbivore Cookbook by Lindsay Nixon: Ok, this is a really delicious bread & super easy to make!  Just be careful slicing it because I was careless and managed to cut myself pretty badly with the knife when I sliced my loaf!!  :-( After that disaster was addressed, I happily enjoyed the spice of the bread. Instead of the whole wheat pastry flour, I substituted All Purpose Gluten-Free flour (which bumped the fiber and protein content of the bread considerably).  Instead of pumpkin pie spice (which I didn't have) I substituted cinnamon, ginger & allspice.  I wish I had ground cloves b/c I think it would have been even better.  If you make this, the only thing to remember is that her baked items tend to cook for a LONG time--when it says an hour, plan on an hour and 15 to 20 mins in actuality!


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RECIPES: My Own Potato-Leek Soup! :-)

Ok so I'm a bit nervous about this post because I really don't have a super amount of confidence in my own vegan cooking skills & I've never written a recipe before but....I'm going to take a courageous leap!!  I won't do this often (remember, I'm a doctor NOT a chef!) but here is my recipe for my very own Potato-Leek Soup :-) (a version of Ann Esselstyn's Potato Soup from Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease):

Potato-Leek Soup (reminds me of the potato leek soup made by my Mom when I was little! It tastes like POTATOES and NOT cream!)

Makes 4-6 servings

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1 pound potatoes--Yukon Gold and Red Russet are best

1 Leek

1 cup Oat Milk

1/4-1 cup water

1-2 Tbl dry Dill

salt and pepper to taste

1.  Wash the potatoes and leave the skins on.  Chop them up and put them in a big pot.  Fill the pot with water up until the potatoes are just floating off the bottom of the pot.  Boil the potatoes until the potatoes can be easily mashed in with a fork--usually about 20 mins.  

2.  While the potatoes are boiling, cut the bottom off the leek and thoroughly wash all the leek fronds.  Chop each frond into approximately ¼-1/2 inch pieces.

3.  Place the fronds in a frying pan and sauté in about 3 Tbl water (or vegetable broth) until the pieces are soft and brown-tinged. Add more water (or vegetable broth) as needed to maintain the sauté.

4.  Once the potatoes are done, drain off the water

5.   Put the cooked potatoes, the sauteed leeks (including the leeks’ sautéing water/broth) and 1/4 cup of water in a food processor and puree.  While pureeing add the cup of Oat milk, 1Tbl Dill and the salt & pepper.  If the soup is too chunky for your taste, thin it with more water.  Feel free to use more oat milk to increase creaminess or more dill (I use a LOT more dill because I LOVE dill)!

6.  Either transfer the now pureed soup back into a pot to heat up OR if it is still warm enough--serve directly from the food processor!


Ok!  Hope it turns out yummy for you too!  My husband loves it so its a winner in my book :-)


Merry Christmas Eve to all those that celebrate it!  

Coming Up After the Holidays:

• SuperImmunity for Kids ~Part 2~!
• A Truly Healthy New Year
• Medical System Tuesday: Tip #10 For The Best Hospital Care:  Try Not to Be Alone! ~ Insider Tips on How to Get the BEST Medical Care in the Hospital ~
• Sleep, Why it is Critical to Our Health!
• Treating Pain with Food--more thoughts

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What the Happy Nurse & I Are Bringing for Christmas Dinner(s) & Links to Other Holiday Dishes!!!

Well we are taking a quick pause here from the Holiday Happiness Marathon for a check in on what food is in the works for this week's holidays!  


The Happy Nurse & I have to make two sets of different Christmas dinner contributions (plant-strong of course!) because we have a lovely marathon of events in the 48hours surrounding Christmas!  Its a bit tricky to figure out what to bring.  On top of finding a dish that will appeal to everyone we also had to think that the dish might turn into our main meal (depending on the vegan options--remember my holiday tips post).  In addition, both the Happy Nurse & I are working right before and right after Christmas so whatever we choose needs to be very low maintenance!  Soooooo with these things in mind:

For Dinner #1: 

• Polenta Bites with Herbed Cashew Cream & Tomatoes Forks Over Knives Recipe Book (OMG SOOOOO outstandingly good!  Super easy if you buy the polenta at the grocery store already made which I did!!  Discovering how to make the "Cashew Cheese" was so much fun (and once again, super easy!)
• Spiced Greens The Happy Herbivore Cookbook (helllo slow cooker)

For Dinner #2:

• Happy Herbivore's Aztec Corn Soup (helllo slow cooker also!) Not only is this soup absolutely delicious, it is also extremely nutritious because of the quinoa base.  Quinoa is the "perfect food"--it has all of the amino acids in it (pretty much the only food that has that!).  It also is very yummy with an almost nutty flavor.  The green chilis in this soup are what make it sing.  Can't wait to share one of my favorites with the family!)
• Spiced Greens  The Happy Herbivore Cookbook (oh yes, we are trying to be smart this year & bring the same dish to both events!)

Now if you are still trying to figure out what you are going to make, here are a few other ideas from my Best of the Blogosphere! last week:

Holiday Meal Suggestions:

I found this holiday recipe gold mine:  Bon Appetit's Best Gluten-Free & Vegan Blogs for the Holidays!  How can you ever go wrong with Bon Appetit?!  

The Healthy Librarian's Top Ten Holiday Weekend Dishes (as voted by her family!):  Can I just say that the HL really has some of the tastiest recipes ever & the fact that they are nearly all Esselstyn-approved--awesome!

Happy Herbivore Plant-Based Vegan Christmas Recipes:  As always, Lindsay Nixon gives us a bunch of delicious recipe suggestions for the Holidays.  

Healthy Girl's Kitchen's "Links for Latkas":  Ok so I'm not Jewish but I grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood and work at a Jewish hospital so unsurprisingly, I LOVE Latkas.  That said they are super unhealthy and I haven't had some in forever.  Thank you Wendy for posting all these healthy Latka options--whether you celebrate Chanukah or not, make some Latkas!! SO yummy!

Post Punk Kitchen: Holiday Recipes:  Ok this is an AMAZING collection of plant-strong holiday options!!  As always I particularly love the ease of finding recipes--click on a picture, boom you are there (like the Happy Herbivore recipe site that I like so much)  New Blog for me to follow!  Looking forward to it! :-)

My New Roots Blog:  Yummy looking, very nutrient-dense, immune-promoting holiday options.  Another great new blog I've found!

Continuing THIS WEEK 

• ITS THE HOLIDAY HAPPINESS MARATHON!!!  Doctors, Nurses & Patients Share Special Medical Moments That Will Warm Your Heart During the Holiday Chaos!

Coming Up After the Holidays:

• SuperImmunity for Kids ~Part 2~!
• Medical System Tuesday: Tip #10 For The Best Hospital Care:  Try Not to Be Alone! ~ Insider Tips on How to Get the BEST Medical Care in the Hospital ~
• Treating Pain with Food--more thoughts

The medical information on this site is provided as an information resource only, and is not to be used or relied on for any diagnostic or treatment purposes. This information is not intended to be patient education, does not create any patient-physician relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment.  Please consult your health care provider before making any healthcare decisions or for guidance about a specific medical condition. The Happy Rehab Doc expressly disclaims responsibility, and shall have no liability, for any damages, loss, injury, or liability whatsoever suffered as a result of your reliance on the information contained in this site.  By visiting this site you agree to the foregoing terms and conditions.

Practical Stuff: Kitchen Appliances That I LOVE!! (Gift Ideas?!)

Ok!  so as promised here are the kitchen appliances that I just can't live without now that I've started down this Esselstyn/ Vegan Road! 

Three Kitchen Appliances I Love:

I've never cooked so much in my life so these little machines really make a HUGE difference time-wise for me AND my husband (The Happy Nurse).  The Happy Nurse is actually the one who advocated for us getting the rice cooker AND the 3-in-1 Slow Cooker awesomeness!  Of COURSE the appliances he recommended turn out to be the most helpful items of all! And he says he isn't a good cook--HA!  Sure he isn't....Mr. Expert on Kitchen Equiment!:-)

First we have the "Aroma" Rice Cooker.  It was $35 on Amazon and pretty much the best tool for us in the kitchen until the 3-in-1 Slow Cooker came along and nudged it out of the top spot!  The reason why this rice cooker is amazing is because basically it enables us to cook without being in the kitchen.  You fill it up with a grain and water.  Then you push the butten: "Cook" and leave it alone!  The cooker determines the cook time & off it goes--then it "dings" when its done! I love this thing AND love that it was cheap!  It cooks quinoa and all sorts of grains (including rice of course) perfectly!   I have to admit that I was a rice burner prior to using this (mostly because I would get distracted and forget to pull the pot off the stove at a certain point!) No longer!

Next we have the 3-in-1 Slow Cooker!  This was an incredible find of my husbands at Walmart one day.  Only $36 and is AMAZING!  We can cook three different soups/stews AT THE SAME TIME! (in this picture we have Barley Soup, 12 Bean Soup and Aztec Corn Soup!) You can set each pot to low/high/off.  This is our favorite kitchen appliance.  Love love love! 

My Cuisinart Food Processor! I have one because my Mom has had one since before I was born (she used it to make us homemade baby food!) and I have this particular model because my wonderful stepsister (a total foodie & kitchen expert & blogger for that matter) helped me figure out what to buy!  I love this thing--nothing like a food processor to make things easier!  Its the most expensive of my kitchen tools (it was painful to shell out the $135 it cost even though it was on sale at Amazon) but it really has been worth the investment.  I have the Cuisinart DLC-2009CHB Prep 9-Cup Food Processor in Brushed Stainless. It was top-rated in Consumer Reports & I can see why!  

Coming Up:

• BOOK REVIEW:  "29 Gifts!"
• Best of the Blogsphere for THIS week!
• What the Happy Nurse & I are Making for Christmas Dinner (x 2 houses!)

NEXT WEEK from December 19-December 25th: 

• ITS THE HOLIDAY HAPPINESS MARATHON!!!  Doctors, Nurses & Patients Share Special Medical Moments That Will Warm Your Heart During the Holiday Chaos!

Coming Up After the Holidays:

• SuperImmunity for Kids ~Part 2~!
• Medical System Tuesday: Tip #10 For The Best Hospital Care:  Try Not to Be Alone! ~ Insider Tips on How to Get the BEST Medical Care in the Hospital ~
• Treating Pain with Food--more thoughts

The medical information on this site is provided as an information resource only, and is not to be used or relied on for any diagnostic or treatment purposes. This information is not intended to be patient education, does not create any patient-physician relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment.  Please consult your health care provider before making any healthcare decisions or for guidance about a specific medical condition. The Happy Rehab Doc expressly disclaims responsibility, and shall have no liability, for any damages, loss, injury, or liability whatsoever suffered as a result of your reliance on the information contained in this site.  By visiting this site you agree to the foregoing terms and conditions.