I haven’t posted recipes in a month or so. Here are some of my faves.

Breakfast:

I have altered my smoothie recipe these days. It’s nice to shake things up. I use a banana, a bit of water, some psyllium husks, hemp protein, Udo’s Oil (Omega 3*6*9 oil) and then I add peaches and strawberries or pineapple and an orange depending on the mood. I love the berry shake but I hate picking raspberry seeds out of my teeth for the next hour.

I have also been enjoying the PC Organic cereals these days. I like the raisin bran one. And another great breakfast is peach and brown sugar oatmeal. Yummm.

Snack:

Nuts, cheese etc.

Lunch:

Bean soup. -Navy beans or lentils or whatever with mixed veggies in a tomato base. I like to add a side salad to that. My pregnancy has changed my appetite a lot and that I am just not craving beans at all. That is making me more and more dependant on cheese which I am not really craving either. This protein thing is becoming a real hassle.

Supper:

To be honest these days all I want for supper is poutine. I can’t have that everyday of course so I have been making veggie pizzas, mushroom raviolis (I buy these) and butternut squash lasagnas. I love pasta.

I will throw in a recipe though. Homemade veggie burgers and homemade buns.

The buns are made in the bread machine. I let them rise there then I take the dough out, reshape in a pan and let rise another 30-60 mins. Then I bake in the oven at 325* for about 40 mins.

The ingredients go in the machine in this order: 1 1/2 cups of water, 2 tbsp of oil, 2 tsp of salt, 1 cup of whole wheat bread flour, 2 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour, 1 cup of whole grains (I buy these bulk at Planet Organic), 1/3 cup of brown sugar and 2 tsp of fast rise yeast.

The ingredients for the patties are: 1 cup of mushrooms (chopped), 1/4 cup peanuts, 1 carrot chopped, 1/2 onion chopped, 1/2 zucchini chopped.

I cook that in a pan with some oil to get a soft flavour then you throw it all in a food processor, add 2 cups of bread crumbs, 1 tbsp of parsley and a tsp of yeast extract (I used nutritional yeast) and 1 tbsp flour. I added half a can of kidney beans for protein to the processor. Shape into patties and then cook in a pan until browned. You can BBQ too. I love these! They are much more flavourful than black bean burgers. They stay real soft too.

Then top with whatever you like!