Roasted Veggie Pizza on Pita

Here's a quick and easy homemade pizza recipe on pita. It saves you the time of making the dough, but still allows for a homemade feel. You can make this pizza with any assortment of your favorite roasted veggies.

delicious, quick, homemade pizza

Roasted Veggie Pizza on Pita
1 small aubergine, sliced
1 medium courgette, sliced
1 red onion, cut into small wedges
1 red pepper, thinly sliced
1 yellow pepper, thinly sliced
1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/4 tsp. black pepper
4 individual pizza bases or pieces of pita bread
150 ml tomato sauce

• Preheat the oven to 425°F/220°C/Gas Mark 7.
• Combine the vegetables, oil, vinegar, thyme and pepper in a large baking dish and toss to mix well. Bake, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Set aside.
• Place the pizza bases or pita bread on baking sheets. Spread about 2 Tbsp. of the tomato sauce on each base or pita then top with the roasted vegetables. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Makes 4 servings
Recipe from PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Vegan Carrot Spice Muffins

Levi loves muffins, and they make the perfect healthy snack, so I'm always on the lookout for new muffin recipes. These turned out to be light, fluffy and delicious.

Levi approved!

Vegan Carrot Spice Muffins

Recipe from oh she glows (Adapted from FFVK)
Yield: 12 muffins
Dry:

• 1 & 3/4 cup whole-grain Kamut flour (or white whole wheat flour)
• 1/4 cup natural sugar
• 1 tbsp ground flax seed
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3//4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 3/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/8 tsp ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt

Wet + Mix-ins:

• 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce (oil replacer)
• 1/2 cup coconut milk OR yogurt - I used almond milk
• 1/4 cup + 3 tbsp water
• 1.5 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1.5 cups grated carrots
• 1/2 cup raisins, soaked in water and drained
• 1/3 cup chopped & toasted walnuts (optional)

Directions:
1. Toast the walnuts (optional) on a baking sheet for about 8 minutes at 300F. Remove and set aside. Preheat oven to 400F and line a muffin tin with liners.
2. Whisk all dry ingredients together in a large bowl. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients (maple syrup, applesauce, coconut milk, water, vanilla). Add the wet to the dry and mix until just incorporated. Batter will be THICK!
3. Fold in the carrots, raisins, and walnuts. Scoop batter into the muffin liners, filling batter to the top. Bake for about 18 minutes at 400F until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for about 10 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.

Read more: http://ohsheglows.com/2011/04/11/vegan-carrot-spice-muffins-for-grandpa/#ixzz2QAT2FSD9

Vegan Traveller

We love to travel to the small Family Islands of the Bahamas. Not much seems to grow on these islands and they are often limited on food so it's almost impossible to be vegan. We bring as much food supplies as we can, but here's a meal that can be put together in most parts of the world; pasta & salad.

We brought our own brown rice pasta and bought a tomato based sauce to put on top. As a side we put together a salad with tomato and cucumber. Voila!

Masala Burgers

These are delicious & easy to make. Most veggie burgers fall apart quite easily, but these hold together well.  Recipe from Everyday Happy Herbivore; vegan meals in 30 mins or less!

Masala Burger topped with tomato, pickle and veganaise.
Served with a side of home fries & ketchup.

Check out Happy Herbivore for more quick, easy & nutritious vegan recipes

Hot Beet Borscht Soup

Beets are said to boost the immune system, and since we've all been fighting colds and flu's this season, a Hot Beet Borscht is the perfect recipe.

Hot Beet Borscht Soup

Hot Beet Borscht Soup
5 peeled chopped fresh beets
10 cups water
dash salt
2 medium onions
1 tbsp salt
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup apple cider vinager

In a large pot combine beets, water, dash salt and onions, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cover, simmer for 30-40 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients.

Recipe from The Kripalu Cookbook

Vegan Banana Apple Spice Muffins

Super moist delicious banana apple muffins!

Vegan Banana Apple Spice Muffins

Vegan Banana Apple Spice Muffins

Ingredients

3 Bananas, mashed
3/4 cup of Granulated Sugar
1 1/2 cups of Flour
1 Apple, diced
1 tbsp Flax Seed Meal
3 tbsp water
3/4 cup of no sugar added Apple Sauce
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Canola Oil
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
A little bit of cinnamon sugar to sprinkle on the top

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare the muffin tins with paper wrappers.

Mix together the flax seed meal with the water. Let it sit for a minute or two, then mix again.

Mash the bananas and add the sugar, flax seed mixture, apples, apple sauce, vanilla and oil. Mix together.

In another bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda.

Add the dry mixture into the wet ingredients and combine.

Fill the muffin tins up to the top of each wrapper and sprinkle a small amount of cinnamon sugar on the top of each muffin.

Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Walnuts would also be delicious and add a nice bite to the muffins. You can also add different spices like nutmeg, cloves, ginger and allspice to your liking.

Recipe yields 12 muffins.

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe by SparkPeople.com user XMUSICALBEAUTYX.

Sweet Potato & Spinach Cannelloni

Since Levi's favorite food at the moment is pasta, I've been looking at creative ways of serving it and including nutrients in each meal. Cannelloni is perfect, it's pasta stuffed with good stuff!

not the most appetizing photo, but it tasted amazing!

Sweet Potato & Spinach Cannelloni
Cannelloni noodles
Tomato sauce (1 16oz jar)
Olive oil
1 onion
1 package spinach
1 package silken tofu
1 cooked sweet potato
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp salt
Pepper

Sauté onions in olive oil. Stir in spinach, turn off heat.

Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl. Stir in onions and spinach.

Preheat oven at 350. Pour a thin layer of sauce in baking dish. Stuff cannelloni with tofu/veg mixture. Place in baking dish. Pour remaining sauce overtop. Cover. Bake for 30 minutes.