Cauliflower Chickpea Cacciatore Hunter-gatherer. Veggies and protein = bam, pow! Yumminess! pow! Yumminess! I served over Potato Rosemary Gnocchi pictured, but recipe not included Prep time is about 35-45 mins cook time about 45 minutes This recipe serves about 6-8 and reheats well. I haven’t tried to freeze this dish for later, yet, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t freeze well. Try it out and let me know! I soak and cook my Garbanzo beans ahead of time 5 or more cloves garlic finely minced 1-large Red onion chopped 4-stalks Celery thinly sliced and some of the leaves too again fragrant 3-carrots peeled and diced or thinly sliced 1 medium Eggplant peeled and cubed and pre-browned in a skille

Lentil Bolognese Lentils! Pulses, Lentils! How I’ve come to love something I once deemed as either too hard or too soft and the color was off putting. But, then I learned how to cook and realized it wasn’t the lentils… It was the preparation or the preparer. Now Lentils and I are in love and I just wanna share that love with the world. So Let’s talk about Lentil Bolognese. There are several types of Lentils, my heart most desires the French black lentils or the Petite French Green Lentils. The size and texture is different, but the end result is you can overcook them without them becoming a bowl of mushy soggy mess. Lentils are a grand source of vitamins, iron, protein and fiber these l

Thumpin’ Reverse Chocolate Truffle pie! Who doesn’t love a rich chocolaty, sweet treat? We love it even more when it takes just about 30 minutes to make it seem as though we’ve put in hours. Vegan made switch the pretzels and cookies out and it can be made gluten-free. Non-vegans will dig it too! Serve with coffee and you’ve got a new favorite, promise! *Indicates brand most ingredients can be purchased at Campbell’s nutrition center, whole foods or your local health food store. Hy-Vee’s organic section carries some of the ingredients I utilize as well and they have 10 percent off organic produce every Wednesday. Serving size is 12 people in a 9-inch pie pan; I have also made bars in a 9x

Thumper Butternut squash, Bean & Veggie Soup It's cold, my hands are constantly cold, so are my toes and the tip of my nose so with that said, crock-pot Mondays rock even more so! Imagine you spend thirty minutes preparing something and put it in a ceramic dish and beep, beep, boop, boop, hit the buttons temperature settings and the time settings then walk away like a boss. About two hours in, the smells are intoxicating. Now, imagine you come home from work to such smells and dinner is basically ready. Do your I’m a boss walk back to the crock-pot add the rest of the last minute stuff in and do your James Brown victory dance, you have a home cooked meal that just makes you wanna shout I

White Bean Jackfruit Verde Chili Baby its cold outside, but the crock-pot is fired up and the house is smellin’ legit! So why not warm up from the inside out with a light yet satisfying soup packed with flavor and nutrients! Bam ‘cause that’s how Thumper rolls! With that stated lets get to the business, I’m going to enlighten you to a soup White bean Verde soup but with a Veggie Thumper twist of course! Jackfruit! Have you heard of it? If not here is a link with a bit of info for you about this fabulous fruit that is also an amazing meat substitute. This fruit has opened the This fruit has opened the flood gate to many of my creations lately. http://www.naturespride.eu/our-products/produc

Black Bean Brownies with a Thumper spice twist! Fudgy, Gooey, Chocolaty makes you want another one, two or three. You don’t feel weighted down and you are glad you went for the…. I present to you black bean brownies. Below is a little info about some of the ingredients called for and most are available at Campbell’s Nutrition in DSM or health markets larger grocery stores and Whole Foods. So lets get to the essentials: They are gooeyish, they are chocolaty and they are subtly sweet, more so if you add more sugar. They are gluten free and they are tasty! Prep time is about 15 minutes (not including crock-pot time) 25-35 minutes to cook. You will need a 13x9 pan 30 oz. Black beans (Rinsed and

White bean and Red Potato Herbed Patties We know it can be hard for a thumper to always incorporate a protein and other essential nutrients by eating, especially when you aren’t sure what you are doing. Don’t fall into the carbatarian category. I always find a way to add more veggies to my veggies and clean proteins to my dishes to get the most out of each eating session. This recipe certainly has you covered! 2 C. cooked white beans, Northern or Cannellini work fine. Or you can use chickpeas too, In the cooler months I crock-pot and cook beans and divvy portions up for ease of use later. 6 or 7 Red cubed new potatoes (smaller ones) boiled until soft. I scrub the potatoes, then chop and

Surprising meatlovers with meatless creations and shroom haters with mushroom meatballs ‘cause they don’t know unless you tell em :). Crimini Mushroom benefits- selenium, copper, potassium, phosphorus and zinc. Also B vitamin powerhouse B2 and niacin B1 and B6 plus they have protein! The Goods One pound and some change of crimini mushrooms finely chopped. I added mine to the food processer and gave a couple quick pulses A dash celery salt Medium onion finely chopped 5 cloves of garlic minced 2 oz. Nutritional yeast or 1oz parm cheese ½ C. GF rolled oats ½ C. bread crumbs (I used rolled oats that I had run through the food processor not finely ground though) 2 neat eggs (brand) or egg repla

Lentil Tacos Serves 6-7 plus leftovers bonus it freezes well. 15-20 minutes for prep and 35-40 to cook the lentils. I love black bean tacos and all but, sometimes when you get to that third hard-shelled taco the bottom can sometimes be a little soggy. Then one day I wanted tacos on the fly and didn’t have beans pre-soaked so the idea was born to fill a taco shell with lentils! Such a versatile legume! There are also a variety of different ways to mix this Lentil taco mix up so if you make extra you won’t be bored. First you have the taco recipe. Second, you can do soft corn tortillas another night, simply top with chopped onion, cilantro and tomatoes. Third, you can add vegetarian refried

Thumper Marinated Mushroom Steaks Total prep about 20 minutes, total time about 1 hour 45 minutes (I hour marinating at the very least) you can make the rest while you marinate :) Feeds four five or six. I had 12 oz of broth remaining. Four or Five large Portobello mushrooms, cleanse with a clean damp cloth, remove the caps from the stem. Ingredients: Four or five cloves of garlic finely diced (food processor or chopper) ½ C. Vegan Worchester sauce 2 TBSP. Liquid Aminos or (Tamari Soy Sauce) 1 c. Veggie broth combine all liquids in a bowl and mix well 1 TBSP olive oil a few dashes of liquid smoke or a few turns of Alder smoked salt instead now I don’t really measure if you remember from pre

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Oatmeal Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies Winter days even when it sometimes feels like a spring day these times call for a sweet treat. Perhaps some of you made resolutions that restrict your food freedoms… So I present to you Oatmeal Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Pairs fabulously with Matcha green tea or a dark roast cup of coffee a good book and you are set. Prep time about 20/30, 40 if making Flax gel eggs and including clean up less than 10 to bake. ¾ C. melted coconut oil. (Heat a pan of water and once removed from heat place coconut oil jar in the pan, loosen the lid first) 1 ½ Cups Brown Sugar 2 Eggs, or 2 Flax eggs, or 3 TBSP flax gel egg ½ Cup Cocoa Powder 1 TBSP. Cinnamon ½ tsp.

Slightly spicy Taco Penne Pasta Thumper Style! I knew I wanted Penne noodles and I wanted black beans and I of course wanted veggies… With these things in mind Taco Penne Pasta was born and Damn it was good! Plus I made enough to be the winning mom, another round of leftovers and per my sons request packed it in his lunch for three days as well. My cost for all of the items (organic) was about $25 since I had all the spices, garlic onion and herbs on hand and it made around 9-11 servings. Hearty but not a heavy dish it was filling yet, didn’t put me to sleep! Meat lovers will love this rendition on pasta too. Prep time about 35 cook time not including squash was about 25 minutes To be safe