The Minimalist Yogi

Add caption Hola, everyone, the weekend as finally come.To be honest I personally think the week went too fast, regardless I am please that the weekend is here. I meant to blog yesterday, but I had a little incident that left me shaken and just wanted to hide in my room.  Enough about my life, lets talk about FOOD!!!, as always I am trying different recipes just about everyday, and over the week I decided to make my own recipe. The key ingredients in this recipe is Tofu and Potatoes, I love tofu if I could live only on tofu I'd probably be able to do it.  Ingredients   4 potatoes (two of each kind, Norland red and Yukon Gold) chopped and diced packaged Firm tofu  1 Green bell pepper  2 green onion  3 tbsp red wine vinegar  1 tbsp sea salt  2 tbsp chili powder  3 tbsp  red pepper flakes  3 tbsp black pepper  olive oil  3 tbsp chili powder  4 chili pepper  2 Jalapeño pepper Steps 1. Pre...

Hi everyone, hope you've all had a great week, and plan great adventures for the weekend. Yesterday I had the great pleasure of making one of my favourite recipe, despite the long process it was completely worth it, stuffed vegan shells. This recipe proves to everyone that vegans can eat anything that non-vegans can eat. I've never cooked pasta shells before and I must say, I can't wait to experiment more with it. As a guideline, I used two sites, 101cookbooks.com and allrecipes.com Sauce : 2 tbsp vegan margarine or olive oil 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flake 1tbsp sea salt  3 medium cloves of garlic, finely chopped 2 (14.5 ounce) can tomato sauce (roasted garlic and herbs) 3 tbsp red wine vinegar 1 tbsp chilli powder 1 tbsp curry powder 1 tbsp cumin 1 tbsp black pepper   Filling :  1 (16 ounce) package extra firm tofu, drained  1 tbsp vegan margarine or olive oil 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 1/2 tbsp chilli powder 1...

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...

  Hello gals and gents, hope you're all having an amazing start to the week. As a vegetarian people always ask me where I get my proteins and I always say tofu because I love Tofu, but there are other sources of proteins as well such as beans. So Today i took the day off to make a yummy black beans stew. Its really simple and took me less than a 30 minutes to cook. The key to this yummy recipes is the spices. All the products for this stew was bought at Herb and Spice Shop on Bank Street. Ingredients : -Black Beans (caned) and pink beans -2-3 tbs of oil (vegetable, corn or olive) -1 small onion, diced -3 jalapeño pepper (diced) -6 red Cayenne pepper -Green onion (chop) -Parsley leaf -2 tbsp of curry powder -2 tbsp of Cayenne ground pepper -2 tbsp of chill Mexican powder -2 tbsp of cumin powder -2 tbsp of black pepper -1 tbsp of salt -2 tbsp of white vinegar  Direction:   -Drain and resine beans. Cook for about 5 minutes. Drain and resin again.  ...

Namaste everyone, long time no see or should I say long time no writing. Hope you've all had a great summer full of amazing experiences and new discoveries. As always when I have something to write on this blog it always has something to do with food. I am always looking for the best place to eat, a place that's organic, vegan and vegetarian friendly, and I've found a place that's accommodate the needs of everyone, whether you are vegetarian or not they have something for everyone. This amazing place is call Bowich, its an organic sandwich place in Downtown centre, Bank Street. My friend and I have been wanting to go this place for long time, and last week we finally went and I am amaze at their food. The place is very welcoming and "homey." one of my favourite thing about this restaurant beside the bright colour chairs, indie hipster atmosphere, and amazing food is their cups for water, instead of using a glass they've decided to use jars as cups, whi...