Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Bomb Burritos

Summer time is simply the best! We have been enjoying spending time with the wittle guy. I'm staying home for the time being so I can be a full time mom and help RC with his new business because...we are moving!

I will always have a very special place in my heart for Boise, but the best thing for our family is to raise our kid(s) in a smaller environment. Lots of craziness going on with trying to list our Boise house and closing on our new home! We are so excited and are trying really hard to embrace all the changes and unknowns right now. Warren is doing the best with it so far, haha.

Here are a few highlights of our summer with an almost 11 month old.







And now for a recipe! This recipe was loosely adapted from this recipe.


Serves: 12 burritos

Base of Burrito
- 12 tortilla shells (10 inch), I used Ezekiel Sprouted Grain tortillas
- 2 onions, diced
-5 garlic cloves
- 1/2 tbsp smoked paprika
-1/2 tbsp mustard powder
-1 tbsp cumin powder
-1 tbsp chili powder
-1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
-3 tbsp soy sauce
-1 can fire roasted green chilies (4 oz can)
-4 cups walnut ground meat recipe here. (or less, I used just 2 cups)
-1 1/2 -2 cups vegetable broth
-4 1/2 cups mashed sweet potato
-3-6 tbsp nutritional yeast (depending on how much kale you use, 3 tbsp per bunch)
-4 heaping cups kale, chopped, about 2 bunches
-5-6 drops hot sauce

Stuffing
-3 avocados, sliced
-sliced black olives
-6 stalks green onion, chopped
-1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
-3/4 to 1 cup sunflower seeds
-salsa

Rice
2 c. brown rice
1 small 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 tsp. ground cumin
2 tsp. garlic salt
1 tsp. ground oregano
4 1/4 cups water
1/4 c. chopped onion

I put it in my rice cooker, and it was perfect!

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Spray casserole dish with olive oil.
2. In a large deep pan, saute onions and garlic with some oil or vegetable broth until soft. Stir in the spices (mustard powder, paprika, cumin, chili powder, cayenne pepper), soy sauce, and fire roasted peppers.
3. With the back of a wooden spoon, mash walnut meat into the onion mixture. Add 1 1/2 cups of vegetable broth and mashed sweet potato to the pan. Stir and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add additional vegetable broth if the mixture becomes too thick.
4. While the sweet potato mixture is cooking, in a medium pan, saute kale with the nutritional yeast and hot sauce until the kale is lightly cooked.

Assemble the Burritos

1. Place a large tortilla on a plate. I heated it in the microwave for about 20 seconds so it was easier to roll. Add 1/2 cup of the sweet potato mixture, 1/4 cup of kale, a couple slices of avocado, cilantro, green onion, a handful of sunflower seeds, and 1-2 tbsp of the miso dressing. Tightly roll the tortilla into a burrito. Place "seam-down" on the pan. Continue until you use all the tortillas and sweet potato mixture.
2. Bake for 30 minutes until light golden brown on top. Later I will figure out a good "cheese" recipe to drizzle on top. But for now, plain works for me!
3. Leave to cool, wrap and place in a freezer safe container to freeze or eat all 12 burritos at once. Who am I to judge?


Sunday, May 6, 2018

Creamy Cashew Chowder

Well I guess I have some catching up to do with my pregnancy journey. It was quite the experience but SO worth it. 


Here are a few highlights from the 3rd Trimester:
-still was obsessed with bread, more specifically bagels
-my right leg went from going numb to excruciating pain after walking for more than 5 minutes
-I got dizzy a lot in the morning, but once summer break hit I was able to sleep more which helped
-He got the hiccups multiple times a day in my belly, which was a weird feeling
-He kicked me all the time and I loved seeing my belly move constantly.  

And now we have Wittle Warren!! He was born August 9th, 2017, weighing 8lbs 9oz. and three, YES THREE, weeks overdue. He was worth every day I waited over my due date though. 

This guy is the coolest kid on the planet. He is so happy, loves his family, and brings us so much joy. Warren, life didn't feel complete without you. 








This little guy gets cuter every day!


 


About a month before the wittle guy got here, RC and I got hitched!! I came home after my baby shower and he had handwritten me a note asking me to spend our lives together. Duhhhh I said yes!! I was so excited to marry him, we ran (well I more or less waddled) down to the courthouse and got married by a very sweet judge in front of our closest friends and family. It was perfection. It was also over 100 degrees on July 14th. Thank goodness the courthouse was well air conditioned!










Hopefully, I can keep up with some more recipes every so often. As it turns out, parenthood is pretty time consuming. 

This soup is my ultimate favorite! It tastes like real clam chowder. Enjoy!


I found the recipe here.

Ingredients

  • 1 sweet onion, diced
  • 3 carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/4 inch half moons
  • 3 celery stalks, sliced thin
  • 4 oz shiitake mushrooms, sliced very thin
  • 8 ounces of white button mushroom, or baby bellas, sliced into 1/4 inch slices
  • 2 potatoes of your choice
  • 2 sheets of nori, finely chopped
  • 5 cups of vegetable stock
  • 1 cup of raw cashews, soaked for 2 hours (or boiled for 10-15 minutes)
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • salt and pepper