Motivational Medicine

  4 Ingredients Vegan Brownies    Ingredients 2 cups of sweet potato 1/2 cup of cocoa powder 1 cup of almond butter 1/2 cup of maple syrup or agave Directions 1. Cook the sweet potato. You can bake it in the oven, but I put mine in the microwave. I just pressed the button on the microwave that said potato. Usually it’s a couple minutes depending on the microwave, you really can’t mess it up just make sure not to overcook it. Don't forget to poke a couple holes in the potato before you stick it in the microwave or oven. 2. Take the skin off the sweet potato, and if you are impatient like me, be careful its hot. Otherwise wait until it cools off. Measure 2 cups of potato and mash in a bowl. Make sure there are no chunks. The next couple steps I mixed by hand, but it’s significantly easier with an immersion blender. 3. Add almond butter, mix until consistency and color is uniform. The mixture will be pretty thick at this point. 4. Add agave or maple...

Vegan Soy Chorizo Tofu Scramble Ingredients  • 8 oz extra-firm/firm tofu (dried & crumbled)  • 8 oz soy chorizo (from Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods)  • 1/4 red onion (thinly sliced)  • 1/2 bell pepper (thinly sliced)  • 2 cups spinach (loosely chopped)  • 3 mushrooms (diced)  • 2 Tbsp olive oil  Seasoning mixture  • 1/2 tsp sea salt  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin  • 1/4 tsp chili powder  • 1/4 tsp turmeric  • Water (to thin) Topping  • Your choice of salsa! Instructions  Pat tofu dry and wrap in a few clean dry towels and place a cast-iron pan (or something heavy) on top, for 15-30 mins.  Prepare seasoning mix - add dry spices to small bowl and add just enough water to make a pourable sauce. Set aside.  Warm a large skillet over medium heat, add oil. Once oil is hot, add red on...

Easy Acai Bowl Recipe Ingredients Bowl: 1 Frozen banana 1/2 cup Coconut water 1/2 cup Frozen pineapple 1 packet Trader Joe's Organic Unsweetened Açaí Purée  Toppings: Pomegranate seeds Blueberries Raspberries Strawberries Chia seeds Granola Directions Break up acai packet by running under hot water and squeezing. Keep frozen. Add acai packet with coconut water (you can add pineapple juice or orange juice but coconut is my favorite) to blender and blend until smooth. Add frozen banana to blender and blend until smooth. Add frozen pineapple to blender and blend until smooth. Scoop mixture into bowl and add toppings as desired. Get creative!