Hoppin John Vegan Style
- 1 lb dried black eyed peas
- 2 large fresh carrots chopped into 1/4 inch dice
- 1/2 onion chopped into 1/4 inch dice
- 2-3 dried bay leaves
- 1/4-1/2 tsp red pepper flakes optional
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive
- Cooked collard or any greens
- cooked brown rice
- Hot sauce to taste
- Place the dried black eyed peas in a large sauce pan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and let boil 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and let them sit for an hour, drain. In a large pot on medium heat heat the olive oil. Add the carrots, onion, bay leaves and red pepper flakes if using. Saute 3-4 minutes. Add the drained black eyed peas, veggie broth, salt and pepper to taste and water to cover the peas, approximately 3 cups. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Test for seasoning after 30 minutes. If you like a very firm pea, check at 45 minutes and remove from the heat, there will be some liquid in the pot. I cook them 1 hour exactly and you get a mushier black eyed pea with very little liquid left in the pot. Taste for salt and pepper. Add the cooked brown rice, greens and hot sauce if you like! Enjoy! Serves 4
Fresh Salsa Kim Style
- 2-3 large roma tomatoes
- 1/2 large onion
- 2 cloves fresh garlic
- 1/4-1/3 cup fresh cilantro
Chop tomatoes, onion and garlic finely
Place in a bowl with the juices
Rinse and rough chop the cilantro to release the oil, you can use the stems as well here
Add the half lime juice and mix well
Add salt to taste, it should be slightly salty. The tomatoes will absorb much of the salt.
Place in a covered container at least an hour before eating. Serve with your favorite chips or veggie sticks.
Serve 2
Enjoy
Kim’s Baked Potato
- 1 average Idaho baking potato
- 1-2 tbsps. butter
- 1/4 cup steamed broccoli
- 1/4 cup sauteed sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 medium onion chop finely
- 1 tsp. nutritional yeast
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup any grated cheese you like optional topping
- Rinse and dry your Idaho potato and pierce a few times on each side with a fork Bake for 1 hour in a 400 degree oven Remove from oven and let cool a couple of minutes Cut the potato lengthwise and crosswise to make a cross Push the ends towards each other to open the potato Add add ingredients, adjust for seasonings and enjoy! Serves 1- The variations are endless!
Broccoli-mushroom pizza
Steam or boil broccoli florets 3 minutes, drain and set aside
Add the olive oil to a medium sized pan and add the onions and garlic, sautee over medium heat about three minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute about three minutes-they should not be fully cooked. Add salt, pepper, red pepper flakes to taste and remove from the heat, set aside
Heat oven to 425 degrees
Prepare a 10 inch pizza pan with by rubbing olive oil all around the pan and sprinkle with corn meal to cover. This keeps the pizza from sticking to the pan and adds a nice crunch!
Place uncooked crust in the pan and stretch out to fit to the rims. Take a fork and dock the dough, which is tapping the fork all around the dough with the tines to keep it from rising unevenly. Cook ten minutes and remove from the oven.
Add the pizza ingredients on top. If you are using a premade crust, you will now add the ingredients as well.
*I do not use tomato sauce but you could use it if you desire. Take ½ cup of your fave sauce and spread it on the top of the pizza crust before adding the other ingredients.
Place the mushroom onion mixture on top of the pizza bringing it to just the inside of the pizza crust. It the mushrooms are watery, use a slotted spoon to place them. Add the mozzarella cheese all over the pizza evenly. Top with the broccoli and press into the cheese. Spring the parmesan all over and place the pizza into the over for ten minutes.
After the pizza is done, remove from the over and let sit for ten minutes to make it easier to cut
Done and enjoy! Serves 2-4 depending on how hungry you are! 😉
- 1 10 oz. package white button mushrooms sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 2 cups fresh broccoli florets in 1/2 inch size approx. a large head
- `1/2 medium onion chopped
- 1-2 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 8 oz. grated fresh mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese optiona
- 1 10 inch uncooked pizza dough make your own or buy premade
- **1 10 inch cooked, purchased premade pizza form
Collard greens
Fill a dutch oven 3/4 with water and place on high heat and bring to a boil. Rinse collards well and make sure the tough, middle stem is removed. Use a small pair of kitchen shears to remove it. Place all ingredients on the dutch oven and once it comes to a boil, bring heat down to simmer, cover, and cook for 2 hours. Greens will be very tender. The liquid that remains is called pot likker and is full of nutrients. Many pour it on the rice with the black eyed peas or drink it on its own. It can be poured over the greens in a bowl as well.
Enjoy, 1 bunch serves 2, 2 bunches 4 people
- 1-2 bunches fresh collard greens wash liberally, remove tough center stem
- 1 medium onion peeled and quartered
- 3 cloves garlic peeled
- 1 small turnip or three radishes
- 3-4 squirts hot sauce to taste
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp. white vinegar
- Fill a dutch oven 3/4 with water and place on high heat and bring to a boil. Rinse collards well and make sure the tough, middle stem is removed. Use a small pair of kitchen shears to remove it. Place all ingredients on the dutch oven and once it comes to a boil, bring heat down to simmer, cover, and cook for 2 hours. Greens will be very tender. The liquid that remains is called pot likker and is full of nutrients. Many pour it on the rice with the black eyed peas or drink it on its own. It can be poured over the greens in a bowl as well. Enjoy, 1 bunch serves 2, 2 bunches 4 people
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