Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Lentil cashew sweet potato (high in protein)

So I've been doing a lot of exercising the past couple of days... summited my first alpine climb, two 45 minute runs followed by 90 minutes of yoga, bike commuting to work 8 miles each way... etc. I think today it caught up on me. I had my normal green smoothie, but with two bananas instead of just one. But I still feel hungry. I've been sipping on that all morning while studying, and so it's time to make something filling for lunch.
I've been trying to eat about 90% raw, but I don't have any grains sprouted, so I am going to cook lentils, sweet potatoes, and cashew sauce for a protein rich, filling meal. If I don't feel that this is enough, I have an avocado to add.
Broth 

The lentils are cooked in my own vegetable broth.... I just took celery, carrot, chard leaf stem, onion, garlic and spices (oregano, bay leaf, rosemary, pepper) and cooked that for about 15 min in simmering water.
Then I cooked the lentils in this water. The vegetables can be used for future broths, or put right on the meal.
The sweet potatoes are cut up really thin, and put in boiling water.
The cashews are soaking.... I'm going to put them in the food processor to make "sour cream." Add lemon juice, nutritional yeast, olive oil and water.
Here is the cashew sauce:

And then I put it all on a collard leaf... but get creative... have it plain, put it in a whole wheat tortilla, cook some brown rice with it.... 




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