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Diana’s Oriental Mixed Vegetables

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This delicious dish you can have it ready to be mixed either with rice, quinoa,legumes or with any type of animal protein.

Diana’s Oriental Mixed Vegetables

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger
  • ½ sweet onion chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
  • 1 Bock Choy chopped (the leaves and the stalks)
  • 1 orange pepper cut Julian style
  • 2 carrots cut in slices
  • 2 yellow zucchini chopped
  • 1 package of green beans cut in halves
  • 1 small eggplant cut in cubes
  • ½ cup sliced raw almonds
  • ½ cup tamari sauce
  • Pepper to taste
  • Coconut oil

    Coconut Oil

 

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Preparation:

  • Boil the green beans until tender and drain.
  • Roast the almonds until brown set aside
  •  In a separate pan heat the coconut oil and grill: Onions, garlic and ginger, until lightly golden, set aside.
  • Grill the peppers and the carrots, set aside
  • Grill eggplant, zucchini and Bock Choy.
  • Mix all vegetables with the tamari sauce and pepper, let it cook for 3-4 minutes.
  • Sprinkle the almonds on top and serve

Enjoy. Keep it refrigerated for just a couple of days in a glass and closed container.

What vegetables do you enjoy the most?

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Vegetarian Diana’s Quinoa Salad

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If you are looking for a delicious/ fat burning recipe that’s easy; that you can make in 20 mn; something that is healthy, it’s a complete meal, has lots of color and flavor…..

Here I have the solution:

• It’s a vegetarian dish

• It has complete protein
• It has starchy carbohydrates
• Lots of vegetables
• And good fats

Quinoa Salad

 Ingredients:

• ½ cup quinoa (follow instructions on package and add 1 tablespoon of turmeric to the water)
• ½ cups steamed green beans
• 1 can of organic beans previously washed and drained
• ½ sweet onion chopped and grilled (no oil)
• 1 small yellow zucchini chopped
• ½ orange pepper chopped
• ½ cup sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup craisins
• 1 cup Sprouted beans
• ½ cup of boiled mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoon of fresh Cilantro chopped
• Salt and pepper
Mix all ingredients and enjoy!!!
½ cup of fresh avocado that you can add at the moment of eating.
You can make more quantity and leave it on the refrigerator for later.

 

Bon Apetit!!!
Eat Delicious, Eat Healthy…..We Live Once!!!

Diana’s Vegetable Soup

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Being in shape and healthy  for some people it is a struggle, but the truth is, that it shouldn’t be. That’s why we have to work with trial and error to see what really works for us and be PATIENCE!!!

Here I want to share this recipe that just came into my mind. Today talking with a client that can’t find the time to cook and eat the right foods, this Yummii and flavored soup came into my mind, and “voila” it does have life, spice and a lot of taste. Hope you like it as I did.

Diana’s Vegetable Soup

(You can add any type of lean organic meat. organic chicken or turkey breast)
I did it vegetarian.
All vegetables are FRESH.

 Ingredients:

  •  1/2 cup Beans soaked overnight in warm water. Change the water a few times.
  • 1 medium sweet onion
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • ½ squash
  • 1 bag fresh French green beans
  • 2 tablespoon fresh ginger
  • ¼ fennel with everything
  • 3 stalks celery
  • 1 medium yellow zucchini
  • ½ orange pepper
  • 1 leek (just the white part)
  • 2 medium parsnips
  • 2 medium carrots
  • 1 small sweet potato
  • ¼ cup Fresh cilantro
  • Dash of cayenne pepper
  • Indian curry
  • Salt

Preparation

Chop and grill the onion and the garlic in little oil in a tall pan.
Add water and cooked the beans for 20mn aprox.

While it cooks: take the squash remove the seeds and place it on an oven safe pan and bake it face down on 350 * with 2 tablespoon of water for 20mn aprox.. Take it out peel it and cut it.

While everything is cooking chop the rest of the vegetable, add them to the pan with the beans with enough water, add the squash, the cayenne pepper, curry and salt; boil everything for 20 more mn on low heat covered.

Let it cool, take ¼ of the vegetable soup and blend it, add it to the rest of the soup for a creamy texture.

I love eating, I love enjoying my food I love life!!!