The Minimalist Yogi

So, I am officially done second year, and I have to admit it was a hard year, the course load, and attempting to keep a difficult job. Regardless it was completely worth it, now I can pay attention to cooking, trying new recipes, reading for fun and not for a book report, and do a lot of yoga. I am not going to make any promise of blogging everyday because you've probably notice that I am not good with keeping my promises so, instead I am going to try to blog as much as possible, and keep you guys updated as much as possible. The next coming days are going to be great because I am attending this Eco-expo and writing festivals that I cannot wait to blog about. But till day, I am going to share with you guys some recipes that I've tried, and hopefully in the coming days give you guys an sight into African food. I was recently looking at a photo on Pinterest , and came across this really good-looking pasta that I was drooling over. Unfortunately I was not able to...

Happy new year, and I hope all of your wishes and dreams do come true this year. So,  I had little to no time to blog at all during the first semester, but I truly hope this semester will be different. If you are a vegan, or vegetarian you probably know about the amazing food magazine call Vegetarian Magazine. This magazine has great recipes, for vegan, vegetarian, or even meat eaters. So, this week I had the chance of trying one of their recipes, however like always I like to make it my own. This is my firs time making carrot soup, and i have to say it turned out pretty good, but the only downside i putt way too much garlic, and I cannot handle the taste of garlic that seems to linger. Also, the difference between the my recipe and Vegetarian times, I used almond instead of almond for the pesto. Also, the pesto is my own home made recipe. Furthermore, in my recipe as always I cannot stand any food that lack seasoning and spices, so I ensured that I used favourable spices.  ...

                          Hola everyone, hope all is good. Continuing on the tofu marathon today we are having a delicious tofu salad. This is unlike any other salad, its classic yet modern!  Ingredients: -Half firm tofu  -1 cup of sesame seeds  -1 Jalapeño pepper -1 tomato  -1carrot  -Toasts sesame vinegar  - 1 tbsp Mexican chilli powder  -1/2 tbsp Cumin  - 2 tbsp Olive Oil -1 tbsp Black ground pepper -Redwine vinegar  -Romanian Lettuce  -1 tbsp salt Steps:  1. In  large bowl chopped tofu into desirable size, spice with cumin, mexican chilli powder, and  black pepper. Add 1 tbsp of sesame vinegar and let it set in the sesame vinegar for 3 minutes, let the tofu observe the vinegar.  2. In the meanwhile in a large bowl chop tomato, carrot, jalapeño pepper, and romanian lettuce. Spice with salt...

        As a vegetarian and almost vegan people always ask me where do you get your protein, and my answer is always tofu! My major source of protein is tofu becuase I just LOVE TOFu and there are many things you can make tofu out of, like pizza, burger, burrito and more. So to prove to those who hate tofu or don't understand how I can eat tofu almost everyday and not get sick of it, i've decided to cook classic dishes using tofu!!! Today I will be showing how a simple pizza can turned into a beautiful tofu recipe. Ingredients : -Pizza dough (prackaged uncooked pizza dough) -1 small tomato -1/2 red bell pepper - 1/2 firm tofu -3 green onion -2 carrots -1 cayenna and jalapeno pepper -Half tomato sauce -1/2 tbsp ground black pepper -1 tbsp cumin -1 tbsp ground ginger -1 tbsp ground tamarind -2 coriander -1 sea salt -2 tbsp olive oil -vegan cheese steps : 1. Chop all vegetables into desirable shapes. 2. In a large cooking pot, add 1 tbsp of olive o...

I think we all love pasta, and pasta is one of those ingredients that you can make with anything, pasta with sauce, vegetables, meat, fish or whatever you desire. I decided to experiment with onion pasta which came out to be probably one of my favourite recipes. The whole thing is really simple and takes less than 45 minutes to do. Ingredients -Pasta (packed) -3 tomato (chopped-seedless) leave in cold water for 5 minutes -2 large white onions (chopped in ring shapes) -2 tbsp cumin -2 tbsp curry -2 tbsp black pepper -4 tbsp olive oil -1 tbsp sea salt -1 tbsp ginger (grounded) -2 tbsp coriander -2 tbsp mexican chilli powder -4 garlic (chopped) -Red wine vinegar Steps: 1. Cook pasta according to package. Once done,  resins and let it cool off. 2. In a large cooking pot, add olive oil let it heat, add onions spice with cumin, ginger, mexican chilli powder, salt, curry, coriander and black pepper. Stir regularly, sauté onion till golden brown. make sure its soft and ...

                    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...