Bahn Mi Noodle Bowl

I’m all about Bahn Mi sandwiches, salads, noodle bowls. I love all the flavors, sweet, spicy, tangy all in one. I’ve never truly have a Bahn Mi anywhere I go out because I’m afraid I ruined it by my creation of “bahn mi.” I feel like I’m kind of spot on with it..

The real MVP for this recipe is the tofu. Remember how I made sweet potatoes with a waffle maker? WHY NOT tofu? It was genius, it came out exactly the way I wanted it. & it was so much easier & quicker. Who has 20-40 minutes to wait around for an oven or pan trying to fry that? Not me.

It’s my new go-to method for cooking things quick now. I love it 🙂

This meal was definitely satisfying, especially after a 5 mile rollerblade ride. I’ve been loving the cardio. The problem is stopping, it just doesn’t work. Downhill? Forget it, i’m screwed. Luckily, I survived this time around & came home to make this delicious, filling meal.

Bahn Mi Noodle Bowl

• 1/4 block Tofu
• 1/4 cup Mushrooms
• Pickled Carrots & Onions
• Jalapeno
• Sprouts
• Scallions
• 2oz soba noodles
• Mint, Cilantro, Basil
• 1/4 cup Hoisin sauce
• 1/4 cup Sweet Chili Sauce
• Romaine Lettuce
• Avocado

Quick Pickled Carrots & Onions 

• 1 Cup Shredded Carrots
• 1 Cup chopped Onions
• 1/2 Cup Rice seasoning (or vinegar)
• 1/4 Cup sugar
• 1/4 Cup water

How to:

1. I suggest doing the quick pickled veggies first. Put all of the ingredients in a bowl and cover, let it sit at least for an hour OR over night
2. Boil water in a sauce pan. Add soba noodles & cook for 4 minutes. Drain and run water over the noodles. Set aside.
3. Preheat waffle maker. Cut tofu into squares & let it cook for about 5 minutes. I did this for experimental reasons you can definitely pan fry if you prefer. Medium-high heat, with some oil for about 10 minutes and flip once or twice. You can add mushrooms by this point.
4. Add Hoisin & Sweet Asian chili sauce & mix around everywhere.
5. Prepare your bowls the way you enjoy! Top with sesame, spicy mayo, sriracha, nuts, the list could be endless.

Sweet Potato Waffle Burgers

So, I know this sounds ridiculous.. but I used my waffle maker to make these delicious burgers. I mean, it heats up quick, easy clean up, cooks faster then an oven, why not?

Seriously though, for my $10 Owens Waffle maker, it was a good investment. You can make cake with this thing if you wanted.

 

Anyways, have you heard from Kamut? It’s a very earthy, firm grain. It gave the veggie burger a more “meaty” texture. I followed the directions on the package, soaked over night, 1 cup Kamut 3 cups water to boil. I didn’t absorb all of the water but I just drained & it came out fine (I think, never have had before)

I just mixed it with some black beans, microwaved sweet potato, instant oats, spices and bam! Roll into a ball and into the waffle maker for 5-9 minutes.

& There you have it, a hot-steamy, delicious, homemade veggie burger!

• 1 cup (46g) Kamut
• 1 cup (133 g), Sweet Potato
• 1 Cup, Black Beans
• 1 cup, Oatmeal
• 1 Tsp., Chipotle Chile Pepper Powder
• 1 tsp, Cumin
• 1 tsp, Garlic, raw
• 1 tsp, Smoked Paprika
• 1 tbsp, Chia Seed

1. Soak the Kamut over night for best results. Mix 1 Cup kamut with 3 cups water & bring to a boil. Then put heat on low & cover for about 30-40 minutes. If you don’t soak over night I believe it needs to cook 50-60 minutes.
2. Pierce holes in sweet potato with a fork. Damp a paper towel & loosely over sweet potato. Put in microwave for 3 minutes. Flip and do another 2-3 minutes. (I think this varies also on how big potato is)
3. Mash potato in bowl, then add beans and mash away. Add everything else and mash/stir to combine. If you’re making with a waffle maker or George Foreman, roll into a ball of you desire & place in cooker. I let mine go for 5-9 minutes.

*If you make in a oven I believe 450 degrees, make flat patties and 12-15 minutes. I would check on it just to be sure I haven’t tried this way yet.

*I was able to make 5 decent size burgers with this. I also used in a salad with corn, salsa, avocado & spinach & it was delicious!

 

Servings 5 Calories 234

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Spooky Halloween Deviled Eggs

Spooky Halloween Deviled Eggs

Halloween is no doubt my favorite time of year. What could be better then dressing up as your role model & receiving free candy? Of course I’m a bit to old for that now.. But now I get to have fun parties with food & alcohol inspired Halloween favors. It’s seriously one of my favorite time of year.

I already started decorating my apartment.. not even joking. I’ve even been making Wreaths & had neighbors tell me how beautiful they are. If you’re interested head over to KayleeKado’s Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/KayleeKado

With that said, having a decorated house, why not make something spooky to go with it? I probably get to miss out on having a get together this year but I can practice making some dishes I can bring with me. I saw this idea on Pinterest for marbled eggs, then why not add green? Bam, spooky eggs. Then later I’ve seen other people already invented them! Of course, I can’t give credit because I can’t remember who or where I saw, but I thank you

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I made a video if you want to see the process, but receive is down below as well! 🙂

Spooky Deviled Halloween Eggs

4 Eggs (make more if you want!)
Black Food Dye
2 Tbsp Mayo
1 Tsp Worcestershire Sauce
Salt & Pepper
Hot Sauce
Green Food Dye

1. Place eggs & water. Add black food dye. Once boiling cover and remove from heat about 15 minutes.
2. Remove eggs from water with a splotted spoon. Transfer water into a bowl. Let eggs cool & crack with the bottom of a wooden spoon. The more cracks the better. Set back into bowl with boiled water. Sit in fridge 2-3 hours
3. Mix egg yolk, mayo, worcestershire sauce, salt & pepper, green food dye.
4. I cut the tip of my bag and squeezed into halved eggs
5. Sprinkle with chia seeds

Parmesan Shrimp Bake

“Baked Parmesan Shrimp? What?”

Was the exact response I got from my boyfriend. They guy who moved here from Boston, you’d think he would of had something of this creation before. The verdict, definitely good & make again. I think next time, I’ll make it with jumbo shrimp. This was work.

See, look at all those little shrimpies I had to coat, over and over. Ugh. Next time, definitely bigger fishes.

I’m not going to lie, they turned out amazing here. One night we ate it over rice, the next we ate it over zucchini noodles with some red sauce. It was excellent both ways. I think even by itself would be enjoyable.

This one isn’t vegan though, I couldn’t exactly think of a good way to come up with a egg mixture to hold the bread crumbs. If you know of anything, please share.

Baked Shrimp Parmesan 

• 1/2 lb shrimp (go jumbo)
• 1/2 cup panko
• 1/2 seasoned bread crumbs
• 2 eggs
• salt & pepper

Prep

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray oven pan.
2. Make a bowl of the panko & breadcrumb mixture. (have more panko handy just in case you need more). Make small bowl of eggs scrambled together. Salt & Pepper everything.
3. Dip the shrimp in the egg mixture, then bread crumb mixture. Repeat. Spray tops of shrimps.
4. Bake about 15minutes, flip half way through. Serve over pineapple rice, or zoodles with red sauce & mozzarella. Whatever you heart desires.

Spicy Thai Bowl

There’s something I love about spicy noodle bowls. Especially when home made, so much flavor, so much deliciousness. My cat was definitely fooled when he saw me munching on this (he’s definitely a carnivore)

 

If you venture on cooking this, it is messy, it is time consuming -but it is delicious. The recipe might not be on point considering I made this over a month ago but. Let’s wing it. There’s also a peanut sauce I made to go on top of it but it didn’t look appetizing after those pictures..

Meatballs

• Gardein Meatless Crumbles
• 3 Spring Onions
• 2 inches Fresh Ginger
• 3-6 garlic cloves (your preference)
• 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
• 2 Tbsp Lime Juice

Peanut Thai Sauce

• 1/4 Cup Natural Peanut Butter
• 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
• 2 Tbsp Lime Juice
• 2 Tbsp Honey
• 1/4 Cup Cilantro
• 1 inch Ginger
• 1/4 pepper flakes
• 2-3 Tbsp Olive Oil

*Cook your choice of noodles if wanted

Assemble the meatballs

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Take a pan out & cook Gardein crumbles over the stove or package directions until cooked.
2. After meatless crumbles are cooled, throw all ingredients together & mix well.
3. Form meatballs 1-2inches, place on cooking sheet. Let it bake for 30 minutes.

For the Peanut Thai Sauce

1. Put everything in a blender and let it go until everything combined.

Assemble the bowl

Plate the noodles, then top with the meatballs, add in cilantro, fresh jalapenos, avocado, sesame seeds, whatever you desire! Pour delicious peanut sauce on top & enjoy

Healthy Veggie Frittata

Ever find frittatas are full of fatty components that you just LOVE? But when you’re trying to get abs you’re looking for a lot of food for a little bit of calories? I am! I made a flavorful health conscious frittata with a decent serving size. If you’re still hungry after first slice & you go for a second, you’re still under 300 calories.

Minutes to Prepare: 10

Minutes to Cook: 15

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 2 large egg whites

• 4 large Eggs

• 1 cup, sliced Zucchini

• 1 cup bell pepper, red, sweet, raw

• 1 cup, cubes Butternut Squash

• 1/4 Dairy-Free, Daiya, Mozzerella Style

• 1 cup Spinach, fresh

• 1/2 tsp thyme

• 1/2 tsp garlic

Salt & Pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
1.) Spray skillet with cooking spray over medium heat, toss in cut vegetables (how ever you prefer them in your frittata) & sauce for 5-7 minutes.

2.) In a bowl mix together egg whites & eggs, throw in the thyme, garlic, salt & pepper.

3.) In a 7 inch springform nonstick pan, spray with cooking spray, layer the veggies, top with daiya cheese & pour onto egg mixture. Spread it around a little to make sure it gets everywhere.

4.) cook approx. 15-20 minutes. Take out & let it cool

*I will usually top with cilantro, hot sauce & greek yogurt.

136 Calories per serving

9.4g of protein per serving

Peanut Lentil Curry

There’s seriously nothing more I enjoy more then this peanut lentil curry recipe. It makes me always feel so warm and happy inside. It’s overall healthy & served with brown rice it’s around 450 calories. Without rice I believe it’s around 360 I did on the nutrition calculator. It’s so colorful, fun & smells DELICIOUS!

It’s really quite simple, tons of veggies, lite coconut milk, simmer BAM!

I find there’s nothing more pleasant smelling then the aroma of sautéed onions & garlic. The second I get a whift of someone else cooking that I’m in love.

It’s so colorful… let’s just get started

Ingredients 

Peanut Sauce

• 4Tbsp Natural Peanut Butter
• 2inch piece grated garlic
• 1Tbsp soy sauce
• 2 Garlic Cloves
• 1Tbsp Lime juice
• handful of cilantro
• 1Tbsp Sriracha
• ¼ tsp cayenne
• ¼ tsp salt
• 3 Tbsp brown sugar
• ½ tsp sesame oil
• 1 cup lite coconut milk

Lentils

• ½ cup red lentils
• 1 ½ cup water

Veggies

• 2 tsp oil
• ½ cup white onion
• ½ cup red bell pepper
• ¼ cup sliced carrots
• 1 cup thinly sliced zucchini
• half block cubed tofu

Directions

1. Blend all the peanut sauce ingridents until smooth. Taste & see if it needs more spice or sweetness.
2. Cook the lentils with a dash of salt under medium heat 10 minutes.
3. In a skillet over medium high heat, add onions & cook until translucent
4. Add peppers, carrots 2 minutes, add zucchini.
5. Add peanut mixture & mix. Then add the lentils & cubed tofu in. Bring sauce to a boil then reduce hit & simmer for 10 minutes.
6. Adjust taste & cook lentil under your preference, add pepper flakes, basil. Pair with jasmine or brown rice

Whole Wheat Fruit Waffles

Breakfast Time… It’s really the best course. You can have it for lunch or dinner too. I feel like it’s an excuse to most people too eat dessert in the morning.

I’ve always seen this pin about “fruit tacos” on Pinterest. It’s like a cocoa pancake with fruit inside of it, but after reading tons of reviews, too much work for little effort. Therefore, me wanting something sweet & delicious – made whole wheat fruit waffles! (I love my waffle iron, did you know you can bake anything in there almost?) & if you don’t have a waffle iron, you should seriously invest in one.

After searching for some good recipes I stumbled upon a good base, made it my own tweaks to be vegan. & It ended up being DELICIOUS! I was afraid with whole wheat flour or without loads of chocolate chips it wasn’t going to turn out good, I was wrong. It’s amazing

Serves 3-4    Prep time 10 minutes Cooking time 4 minutes

Whole Wheat Fruit Waffles

• 2 Tbsp Chia Powder
• 6 Tbsp Water
• 1 3/4 Cup Almond milk (unsweetend)
• 1/4 Cup Coconut oil
• 1 Tbsp Honey
• 1/2 Tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1/4 Tsp Baking soda
• 1 1/2 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
• 2 Tsp Baking Powder
• 1/8 Tsp Salt
• 1/2-1 Tbsp confectioners sugar
• Any fruit you desire

1. Preheat waffle iron. Mix chia powder & water together and let it sit until it looks thick 1-2min.
2. Mix chia mixture, almond milk, coconut oil (melted), honey, cinnamon, vanilla & baking soda, stir to combine.
3. Add in flour, baking powder & salt. Mix until all the clumps are gone.
4. Spray your waffle iron VERY GOOD with cooking spray, ladle on the mixture on waffle maker. Every waffle maker is different but 4 minutes worked perfectly
5. Take waffle off, plate & top with confections sugar, all the fruit you heart desires, honey, agave, mint? Enjoy! 🙂