recipes from Adrienne Asher
I’ve been cooking my way through Rip Esselstyn’s The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet: Eat Plants, Lose Weight, Save Your Health, and every single recipe is a winner. Highly recommended! For instance, here’s my version of one of his recipes that I made for dinner tonight—
Mexican Polenta Bowl
Serves two, generously
1 cup dry polenta
¼ cup nutritional … Read more
Just the thing for mashed potatoes, plain baked potatoes, whole wheat biscuits, oven-fries, whole wheat pasta, or hot turkey sandwiches. There’s a gluten-free version at the bottom of the main recipe.
Nonfat Mushroom Gravy
Yield: 2 cups+
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 teaspoon onion, minced (or onion powder)
1/2 teaspoon g
This is a light middle-of-summer salad that’s wonderful with heavier foods like barbecue baked beans, and potato salad.
Cucumber-Tomato Salad
6 cups cucumbers (about 2 pounds), coarsely sliced or chopped
2 large tomatoes (about 1 pound), coarsely chopped
1 bunch green onions, chopped
Optional: 1 cup pitted olives (such as Kalamata or Gaeta), halved
1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint
Cool, refreshing, mint-lime goodness!
Summertime Virgin Mojito
1 part simple syrup
1-1/2 parts lime juice
6 mint leaves, whole (do not shred)
Soda water
1 sprig mint
To make a simple syrup, add equal parts coconut sugar and water, heat until the sugar dissolves into the water, and allow to cool.
To create the drink, muddle* the lime juice, mint … Read more
Barbecue Baked Beans
2 medium carrots, diced
1 large onion, diced
3 large cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup water
1-1/4 cups plain tomato sauce
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup pure dark maple syrup
2 teaspoons liquid smoke
1/4 cup vegan Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 cans white beans, drained and … Read more
Chili-Peach Baked Beans
4 (15-oz.) cans unsalted cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 ripe peaches (about 1 lb.), peeled and finely diced (about 2 cups / frozen ok, too)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup organic ketchup
1/2 cup dark rum
1/4 cup dark molasses
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons chopped canned chipotle chiles in … Read more