Breakfast: Dairy-free Banana Berry Smoothie
This is a simple breakfast to prepare and will get your morning started right!
1 ripe banana cut into chunks
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup almond milk, rice or soy milk
1 tsp flaxseed
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Toss in blender and blend until smooth. Add ice to desired consistency
Lunch: Sweet Potato and Quinoa Salad
This salad has great color, flavor and texture! And, it's not a lot of work! And, this grain is packed with protein and can be purchased at any supermarket or health food store in your neighborhood.
1 cup raw quinoa (cook according to directions on package)
Cook 1 sweet potato, peel and dice into small pieces. Toss together the quinoa, sweet potato, diced red pepper, and minced onion or shallot. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Whisk oil and vinegar together and toss into salad. Garnish with chives. You can also spice it up with diced avocado and add 1/4 tsp cayenne, chili powder, or hot red pepper flakes (if you go this way, use freshly squeezed lime juice in place of the vinegar and cilantro in place of the chives).
Snack: Fresh Cubed Cantaloupe and Mixed Raw Nuts
Dinner: Asian Stir-Fry with Tofu
In a large saute pan, heat 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and saute minced garlic and minced fresh ginger. Add veggies (sliced red pepper, sliced yellow pepper, sliced onion, sliced blanched bok choy, blanched string beans, blanched chopped broccoli, mushrooms) and extra-firm tofu and toss to combine. Continue to toss and saute until they reached the desired level of "doneness", depending on your taste. Add a ginger-miso sauce (I like Candle Cafe's, which is 1 tbsp minced garlic, 1/4 cup minced fresh ginger, 1/2 cup white miso, 1/4 cup agave nectar, 1/4 cup tamari soy sauce, 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil- place all these ingredients in blender with 1 cup of water and blend until smooth). When you add the ginger-miso sauce to the stir-fry, you can also add some sliced water chestnuts for a few more minutes, just to heat.
This meal can be served with either brown rice or whole wheat soba noodles.
Dessert: Sliced Apple with Sprinkled Cinnamon.
