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Rainbow Buckwheat Salad

August 3, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 125 Comments

All the colors and lush flavors of summer in a delightful, gluten-free, & vegan Rainbow Buckwheat Salad. Crisp veggies, sweet blueberries, and fragrant spices like cardamom pull this cold side dish recipe together.

Let’s throw it back to late last summer when I made this little buckwheat salad! Thankfully we still have some summertime left! The summer season doesn’t officially end until mid-September anyway (people tend to forget that!) Summer days can seem so long and blissful looking back, yet in the moment they sometimes seem to be running away from us. But some days can seem SO long and I have done so much, yet there are the other days where I’m getting ready to go to bed and realize I didn’t do a thing.Read More

Spiralized Sweet Potato Crust Veggie Pizza

May 16, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 138 Comments

A spiralized sweet potato crust veggie pizza that redefines the definition of veggie pizza! A filling and nutritious healthy pizza that is all vegetable, making it gluten-free, vegan, paleo, grain-free and a perfect twist on the traditional pizza night pie!

I told you last week that I had more to share! So I’m officially declaring May, not only Celiac Awareness Month, but also PIZZA Month! You should smile; it’s a good thing! I also think it’s a mighty fine way to beckon late spring and summer to us. Pizza is surely not seasonal. You can make a seasonal pie, but let’s be honest. There is never ever a bad time to bake up a pie!

This veggie pizza was long overdue for sharing here on the blog. I believe it’s from last summer, so we’ve come full circle! It’s a little sad that I’ve let this one slip for so long. We need to spiralize more! Confession time: I don’t use my spiralizer much. Maybe once every few months? I know…shame.

It’s even in a very easily accessible place (unlike my slow cooker), right in a bottom cabinet with where extra food, protein powders, my falling apart toaster oven, and rice cooker live. But it sadly stays there (crying in the darkness!) Using it for pizza is one of the best ways to show it some love though. If I was a spiralizer, I’d want to be used to make pizza! This is one awesome pizza to boot! It may just be making the cassava crust jealous!

You know what my favorite thing about this spiralized pizza is? Single-serve! Why of course! I know some people find it hard to call any pizza anything but “single-serve” 😉 I know the “pie love” can run pretty deep at times! Did you know there are actually some people who don’t like pizza!? I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true. I recall this one lone child I went to school with, who said he hated pizza :O That’s pretty attuned with hating chocolate. A life without pizza is like a life without bagels (but worse!)

But there’s no pizza-haters here…right? Okay good, I’m glad we can all be friends. I understand some people having strong topping preferences, but hating the entire pizza culture? Unimaginable! That kid must have had some sad birthday parties…haha! And isn’t pizza such a typical college food? What must he be eating? I have one more mind blowing tidbit about this though that will blow your pizza-loving mind further.

His parents owned one of the most popular pizza places in our town :O I know! That kid hated pizza and grew-up in a PIZZA family…the definition of a pizza family! I don’t know how that happens. He was always pretty proud of his pizza-hating and never minded the stares he would get as he so boisterously told his preferences. You know what this means though? More pizza for us! The pizza-loving people of the world!

Spiralized Sweet Potato Crust Veggie Pizza

Spiralized Sweet Potato Crust Veggie Pizza

Author: Rebecca Pytell
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 15 mins
Yield: 1 1x
Category: Main
Cuisine: American, Italian

Scale

Ingredients

1 Large Sweet Potato (spiralized with 3mm Blade)
3 Baby Radishes (sliced)
3 Large Brussels Sprouts (quartered)
3 Large Bell Pepper Rings
2 Flax Eggs (mix 2 TB Milled Flax Seed + 6 TB Water, let sit.)
1–2 TB Nutritional Yeast
Sauce:
2 TB Unsalted Tomato Paste
1 Tsp Dried Oregano
1/2 Tsp Minced Garlic
1/2 Tsp Onion Powder
1/2 Tsp Dried Marjoram
1/2 Tsp Dried Basil
1/4 Tsp Black Pepper

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450°F.
Mix the spiralized sweet potato with the flax egg mixture, using you hands (be gentle).
Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl.
Grease a 9 inch round baking dish, cast iron skillet, or baking sheet lined with parchment or silpat, and place the spirlized potato in the center and form a tight circle shape.
Spoon on the sauce on top of the pizza crust, then layer on the veggies and sprinkle on the nutritional yeast.
Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes. Use a spatula to gentle remove onto a plate.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1

Now, this pizza is obviously more “fork-friendly” than, slice and eat with you hands. But if you want to get messy..use your hands 😉 I’m sure you know that’s what I do! I fully embrace the pizza culture in every way I possibly can!

**I get asked all the time, so THIS is the spiralizer you want to buy if you still don’t have one!**

So tell me:

+ Do you know any pizza-haters?

+ How often do you use your spiralizer?

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Tahini Celeriac Potato Salad

July 1, 2015 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 125 Comments

Take that boring potato salad up a notch! With roasted tri-color potatoes and celeriac root and a creamy tahini sauce, there’s nothing not to love! Gluten-free, vegan, and paleo without the heaviness of the classic, there’s a new favorite in town!

Not only did I recreate the classic Italian pasta salad, but I also recreated the most perfect potato salad ever! As a self-proclaimed potato addict and the fact that my #1 favorite food is potatoes, I had to create a potato salad that would satisfy any potato snob. Just like that pasta salad, I used to love potato salad! Who wouldn’t love some creamy potato goodness? And of course, I hadn’t had any in years. That needed to be fixed fast since potatoes are my oxygen and blood.

To make this potato salad, I didn’t even take look at a classic potato salad recipe for inspiration, I let the grocery store and my own kitchen guide me. Maybe though, I just have an inborn potato instinct that leads me to great potatoness. Maybe? So when I had a big bag of Frieda’s tri-colored fingerling potatoes, a beautiful celeriac root, some baby radishes, fresh dill, and glorious creamy tahini, I knew exactly how this salad would go.

Now, you may think I’m biased, but this is the best potato salad I’ve ever had, hand’s down. The flavor, the creaminess, the pure bliss. This was also the first recipe I made using celeriac or “celery root”. I am now a new fan of the funny looking dirty bulb. It may scare you in the grocery store, this big knobby messy root, but under it’s rough exterior is a beauty created by nature. Just peel, chop and cube, and roast!

When you eat this potato salad, you can’t even tell what’s a potato and what’s a piece of celeriac. The root has a pretty neutral taste and can fool anyone into thinking this salad is all potatoes. By adding the celeriac, you also cut down on the carbs and get to add even more veggie variety to your diet. There’s also those cut up little radishes too, just for fun 😉 They get sliced up and thrown on the roasting pan half-way through the roasting of the over veg as not to get too soft.

Roasting up the veg was the easy part. Again, I had the task of coming up with the perfect sauce. I wanted a classic creamy potato salad and it had to be vegan. I am not all about those overly processed vegan mayos (many of which have soy) or any such”spread” on the market. My go-to before for a “mayo” base had been tahini, so that would be my go-to this time as well. Boy am I glad with that decision! That nutty/seedy deep taste of tahini with the roasted potatoes is simply out of this world!

So far, we have roasted potatoes, celeriac, radishes, tahini, and now for the dill. O, dill was the herb made for potatoes! It’s one of my favorites. Fresh or dried, dill is always in my kitchen and I just love adding it to potato dishes. Fun facts: dill is actually part of the celery family, just like celeriac and dill is good for the tummy! Total win there! Dill id so aromatic, kinda sweet, but savory just as well.

Tahini Celeriac Potato Salad

Tahini Celeriac Potato Salad

Author: Rebecca Pytell
Yield: 4-6 1x
Category: Side Dish, Salad, Vegetables
Cuisine: American

Scale

Ingredients

1 Medium Celeriac Root (about 3 Cups cubed)
3 heaping Cups of Tri-Colored Fingerling Potatoes (cubed)
1 TB Balsamic Vinegar
1 Tsp Minced Garlic
1/2 Tsp Dried Dill
1/2 Tsp Onion Powder
1/4 Tsp Black Pepper
1 Cup Sliced Baby Radishes
For the Sauce:
2 TB Tahini
1 TB Lemon Juice
Zest of 1 Lemon
1/2 Tsp Paprika
4 Sprigs of Fresh Dill (chopped)
1 TB Water

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450°F.
Peel and cube the celeriac root and cube the potatoes. Place all in a large bowl. Then add the garlic, onion, pepper, dried dill, and balsamic and give everything a mix to coat.
Line a baking sheet with parchment and roast for 15 minutes. Toss the veggies and add the sliced radishes after 15 minutes, and roast another 15 minutes (30 minutes total). Remove and let cool.
To make the sauce, in a small bowl combine all ingredients and mix together.
Once the roasted veggies have cooled, place them in a large bowl and pour in the sauce. Give everything a good mix to coat and then it’s ready to be served! This can be eaten warm or cold the next day! Either way, you will be in love, I promise!

Now I hope I’ve enticed and convinced you enough to make this potato salad ASAP! I think it would be the perfect showstopper side dish for the 4th of July this Saturday. Whatcha’ say? You would be the life of the party if you brought this dish along (maybe even along with the pasta salad!) Carb everyone up in a healthy allergy-free way! I know this potato salad is on my list. Fancy side dishes stemming from the classics is the sign of a foodie; a foodie who knows how to party!

So tell me:

+ Do you like potato salad? I always loved this red skinned potato salad from my local grocery store’s deli counter!

+ Ever had celeriac root?

+ Will you be hosting a 4th of July party or just an attendee?

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