Good Food

When we cut out foods to help make us healthier, we often forget that there are wonderful substitutes for that food.

Here are a few recipes to help with the loss of a food or ingredient in recipes.

Enjoy!


Butter Replacer
1/2 cup cold pressed flax oil

1 tablespoon powdered lecithin

1/2 cup nutritional yeast

salt to taste

Mix and chill.



Tempeh is a great meat replacement. It has a chewy texture and takes on the flavours around it.

I like using it in stir-frys (since I don't eat meat).



Tempeh and Vegetables Wraps

Total servings: 4

Recipe ingredients

200 g tempeh, cut in 1 cm cubes

2 Tbs shoyu

3 Tbs water

1 Tbs ginger syrup

100 g carrots, diced

1 medium onion, chopped

3 Tbs seroendeng

3 Tbs barbecue sauce

salt and pepper to taste



Recipe directions

Marinate the tempeh in the mixture of shoyu, water and ginger syrup for about 30 minutes, turning the tempeh a few times. Drain tempeh.


Put vegetable oil in skillet and bake tempeh on both sides until crispy on the outside. Add the carrot and onion and bake for 5 minutes. Take skillet from heat and barbecue sauce and add seroendeng (mixture of grated coconut, peanuts, onions and spices). Bring to taste with salt and pepper.


Divide over 4 pieces aluminum foil and form wraps. Grill the wraps on both sides during 5 minutes.


Serve the tempeh and vegetable wraps immediately.


Vegan: Yes

Vegetarian: Yes


KREAMY ALMOND YOGURT

(great when you are cutting out dairy)

MAKES 4 SERVINGS

1 cup almonds

1 cup water, as needed

Juice of 1/2 lemon, about 1 tablespoon

Blend almonds and lemon juice on high to mix well in blender. Gradually add as much water as needed to create a yogurt consistency.



Pour into bowl and enjoy.



Kellee Ganci