The Minimalist Yogi

So I had a very stressful day today and release myself I've decided to bake which is something I refuse to do because what I bake never comes out as it supposed to. But today being a very stressful and wanting something sweet that's vegan so I thought baking would be the right remedy to my stress. Baking being my least of my skills instead of the granola turning into a granola bar it turned into a granola cereal, which is fine because I can still eat it either for breakfast or late night snack.  I love granola bars and cereal because it has many nutritional values; that could help lower your cholesterol and prevent certain chronic diseases. This is my revised version of Oh She Glow  granola with little modification here and there to make it my own.  INGREDIENTS ·        1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract ·        2 cups of gluten-free rolled oats ·        1 cup o...

When I came first became vegetarian I had no idea what I was doing; my initial motive was driven by a desire of losing weight, but as the years went by it turned into a lifestyle driven by a concern of how unsustainable our current food system is. As well as general concern with the increase industrialization of our food system; this concern was further reinforced when I read Michael Pollan book The Omnivore's Dilemma: A NaturalHistory of Four Meal s, a fantastic book that provides a critically look into our food industry. I an cannot say precisely when I turned vegetarian I might be now 11-12 years now, but it does not matter to me anymore because is sorta a life style to me now. But this is not to say when I started it was easy, it was hard particularly trying to find the perfect meal that's easy for me to cook without depending on my mother.  This finally changed when I finally got bought my first vegan book;  Easy Vegan: Simple Recipes for Healthy Ea...

The question I always get when people find out that I am a vegetarian and “Part –time vegan” is where do you get your protein then don’t you miss bacon. The second question is funny because I’ve NEVER had bacon in my life before so the idea of me missing something I’ve never tried before is just downright stupid. The misconception people have regarding non-meat eaters is that we deprive of ourselves of everything particularly the delicious food specifically those consists of meat e.g., BLT. But vegetarian/vegan can have BLT that’s even better than the one with meat; which brings me to this week’s recipe Vegan BLT. INGREDIENTS 1 ripe avocado 3 Cremini Mushroom 1 extra firm tofu 1 Bell Pepper Kale (steamed) Olive Oil Almonds 2 ½ tbsp. turmeric 2 ½   tbsp. Za'atar spice 1 tbsp salt Walnut-Olive Bread INSTRUCTIONS In a mixing bowl place your bell pepper, cremini tofu and tofu. Spice the tofu, pepper and mushroom with tu...

I realize today that I haven’t had pancake in YEARS! (5-6 years)! So for lunch I thought why not have pancakes! To be honest the only reason I don’t do a lot of baking it’s because I suck at baking. I love cooking but not baking. I know making pancakes is not really baking, but in my book it is baking. I have to say though that this pancake turned out way better than I expected it to be, and it was delicious. Also,  it's  gluten free, wheat free and milk free, which makes a great breakfast for the weekend  INGREDIENTS •      1 Cups flour (El Peto Product) •     2 tbsp. baking powder •     1 tbsp. vanilla extract •     1tbsp. poppy seeds •     1 tbsp. vegetable oil •     1 tbsp. salt •     2 cup of almond milk •     Maple Syrup INSTRUCTIONS In a mixing bowl combine all dry ingredients (Flour, baking powd...