Zesty Spinach Soup with Miso

Ingredients

• 4 cups loose baby spinach

• 2 tablespoons of olive oil

• 1.5 cups unsweetened nut milk or coconut milk

• 1/2 cup veggie broth

• 1.5 tablespoons white miso paste

• 3 tablespoons lemon juice

• 1 tablespoon lemon zest

• 1 yellow onion, chopped

• 1 clove garlic, minced

• Pepper and salt to taste

• Avocado ( optional)

• Black sesame (optional)

Instructions:

Heat olive oil on medium heat. Add onions and sauté until soften. Add garlic and stir.

Add in broth and miso. Stir until miso has incorporated. Add coconut milk.

Add in spinach, lemon and zest. Stir on low heat until cooked through ( approximately 10 min)

Let cool for a moment. Carefully put batches into a blender and blend until you reach a consistency that you like. ( be careful it is hot)

Pour soup Into glass jars to cool and store for later in the fridge or eat while hot.

Garnish with black sesame seeds and avocado.

Hummus Collard Wraps

Hummus Collard Wraps are light, refreshing and make an excellent packed lunch. The crisp collard greens are filled with hummus, crunchy carrots, juicy celery, tomatoes and pickles. They are easy to make, travel well.

Hummus Collard Wraps [VEGAN, GF]

Serves 4

Ingredients

•    8 large collard green leaves

•    4 carrots, julienne

•    4 celery stocks, julienne

•    16 cherry tomatoes, diced

•    8 pickles, thinly sliced

Hummus

•    2 garlic cloves

•    2 cups chickpeas (19oz drained and rinsed)

•    1 lemon, juiced

•    ½ cup parsley, packed

•    ¼ cup tahini

•    2 Tbsp olive oil

•    1 Tbsp miso

•    ½ Tbsp cumin

•    ½ tsp cayenne pepper

•    ¼ tsp black pepper

•    Salt to taste

To Prepare

• Wash the collard green leaves and lie them flat on a cutting board spine side up. Carefully run your knife or a peeler over the spine and shave off as much as possible. This will make your collard wraps much easier to roll.

• To make the hummus, place the garlic in a food processor and process until chopped. Add the chickpeas, lemon juice, parsley, tahini, olive oil, miso, cumin, cayenne pepper, black pepper and salt and blend until smooth.

• Gently fold the tomatoes and pickles into the hummus.

• To assemble the hummus collard wraps, lay the collard wraps on a flat surface. Place the carrots and celery in the center of the wrap and top each collard wrap with ¼ cup of hummus. Roll up the collard wraps starting at the base of the collard green and secure with kitchen twine.

Quinoa Veggie Saute

4 servings

(Note: double up the recipe for more servings during the week but add greens on when your ready to serve)

Ingredients

• 1 cup quinoa, cooked according to package directions (try cooking with vegetable broth/stock instead of water for added flavor.)

• 1 red onion, or leek chopped

• 2 tablespoons olive oil/ coconut oil or you can omit and use vegetable broth

• 1 red or yellow pepper chopped, or a combo of both

• 1 small carrot, chopped

• 1 cup of Cremni and / or Portobello mushrooms

• 2 cup broccoli florets

• ½ cooked sweet potato ( optional)

• 2 garlic cloves, minced

• 2-3 tablespoons fresh basil (or 1-2 tablespoon dried basil)

• 4 cups of arugula

• Sea salt & ground pepper to taste

• Juice of 1/2 lemon (optional, for a zesty kick)

To Prepare

•  In a large sauté pan, heat olive oil ( or broth) over medium heat.

• Add onions and sauté 2 minutes. (Make sure not to “burn” onions.)

• Add in garlic and sauté 2 more minutes.

• Add veggies and sauté another 3-5 minutes or until desired tenderness.

• Add basil (reserving one tablespoon for garnish) for another minute or so.

• In large bowl combine veggie mixture to cooked quinoa, toss gently

• Salt and pepper to taste.

• Add in a few splashes of vegetable broth or water if you want more moisture.

• Squeeze on lemon juice for a zesty, refreshing burst.

• Sprinkle on remaining chopped basil, some cherry tomatoes, micro greens etc

• Add on top of arugula or your favorite greens