Blog - Plant Based Dallas

The best sweetest snack ever is dehydrated plantains! Buy them green and wait until they start getting very black and are soft and squishy when squeezed. Cut into 1/3 in discs. This time I added cinnamon and hemp seeds on top. Then dehydrate at 125 for 4-6 hours until they are the consistency you like. Check on them after 4 hours, add more time as needed. Once cooled, store i...

This worked out great as a make ahead meal for 4 to 6 people.

1. A day or two before you need a lunch or dinner meal, make a double batch of polenta (6 cups of water to 2 cups of polenta). Once thickened, pour into a 9 x 14 glass pan and smooth out and store in fridge till the day you need it.

2. Prepare on the stove top a mixture of cooked veggies, beans, sals...

Winner Pasta Meal!

Thanks to Chef AJ for showing us a very simple and easy meal in the instant pot. You’ll need a box of jovial brown rice pasta, choose either penne or fuscilli. She served this delicious pasta on top of fresh Romaine with a Cashew Caesar dressing on top of it. You could just as easily put the pasta on top of a big bed of greens.

For the pasta, y...

A great way to use up your Thai Basil from the garden. I pureed dates and water instead of maple syrup. Thanks to @manailsingh for the wonderful recipe!

Oatmeal raisin cookies

Into blender: 4 very ripe bananas, 6 medjool dates, 1/2-3/4 c almonds, 1 c soymilk, 2 t cinnamon, 2 t vanilla, 1/3 c flax meal, 1/2 c coconut, 1-2 t almond flavoring. Puree well. Put mixture into large bowl and add raisins, dried cherries, pumpkin/hemp/sesame seeds, 1 t baking soda, 1 t baking powder. Mix well. Add oats (start with 1.5 cups) and m...