The Minimalist Yogi

It's hard to belief but it's already Thursday; I am surprise by how fast the week flew by. I think the reasoning probably because I’ve kept myself pretty much occupied this whole week. Lets talk about food! So for lunch today I felt really lazy so I decided to try something that’s minimalist, and took me literally five minutes to do it, and cost me about ten dollar. Also, today is a historical day for me because I’ve tried my first Dragon fruit; which I was a little disappointed about because I expected it to be sweet, or bitter but it was bland no  flavour   Oh, I just had to share this  cool  nail polish with you guys, it's my  favourite  colour of the summer, hot PINK.  INGREDIENTS  •     1 cup of Raw chickpea/or canned •     1 cup of wheat berries •     Olive oil  •     1 tbsp. salt •     1 carrot • ...

                  Hola everyone, its day three and I am still thriving on tofu!!! continuing on the tofu marathon today we are going south and taking a classic mexican recipe and making it into a vegan's dream meal. This recipe is really simple and as always its vegan and vegetarian friendly, but above all i think whether you are a vegan or not you will enjoy this dish. Ingredients  -Firm tofu - tomato -half oragane -2 tbsp cumin -1 tbsp black pepper -1 salt -2 tbsp olive oil -3 tbsp Mexican chilli powder Salsa : -1 Tomato (remove seeds) -1 jalapeño -3 green onions -1 tbsp lime juice -1 tbsp olive oil -1 tbsp black pepper -1 tbsp salt Steps:  1. In large cooking pan, pour little of olive oil, let it heat a little and add tomato. Saute chopped tomato spice with cumin, chilli powder, black pepper and salt. Let it cook till tomatoes are dead or close to a sauce. 2. Add diced tofu into the tomato, mix very...

                    So my passsion for food is growing almost everyday, and its further reinforced by this awesome show on the Food Network call Eat street, it broadcasts street food across north American. Recently they went to London England, and came across this amazing guy who cooks Indian food on the street, "Everybody LoveLove Jhal Muri Express" one of his top seller is Jhal Muri a fusion of indian spices with lentil and others. So I decided to do my own version of Jhal Muri, instead of calling it Jhal Muri its call, 'Indian Express"Here is the link for the orginal recipe of Jhal Muri,  streetfoodkolkata.com Indian Express: Ingredient -1/ 4 cup of French lentills (washed and resined) or can -Chick pea (can) -1/4 cup of wild rice -1 cucumber (chopped) -1 tomato (chopped) -3 green onion -1 cayenna and jalapeno pepper (chopped) -2 tbsp grounded ginger -2 tbsp fresh lime juice -1 tbsp mustard seeds -2 tbsp gro...

Hiya beautiful people, hope you've all had an amazing week full of adventures and great memories!!!  If you recall from my last post, I said I was spending the weekend trying different recipes which is what I did, and I must say I am very PROUD of the end results. I Manage to do two dishes, a main course and a side dish. Today I am going to blog about the side dish, Barley salad with spicy sauce. This recipe is amazingly simple, and has the potential of improvement and changes.  Ingredients  -2-3 cups of Barley  -2 Green onion -1 Cherry tomato  -1 or 1/2 Cucumber  -1 Yellow Bell pepper -1 1/2 tbsp of black pepper  -1 tbsp of chilli pepper (grounded)  -1 tbsp of red pepper flacks  -1/2 tbsp of sea salt  -2 tbsp of vinegar -1 tbsp of olive oil  Steps  1. Wash and resein barley. While a water is boiling add salt, and Barley, let it cook for 20-30 minutes. Remember Barley is similar to rice, so don't be h...

This is my vegan breakfast, 1. Cranberry (dried) vitamin C and fiber 2. Raspberry-vitamin C 53% 3. Snap pea-protein 23% 4. Blackberry-folate 36mcg 5. Glass of organ juice 6. Water! Cheers!