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Buckwheat Waffles with Fig, Maple, Tahini Compote

October 31, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 108 Comments

Simple gluten-free, nut-free, and vegan buckwheat waffles with a full-flavored fig, maple, tahini compote to take this breakfast over the top! These waffles will be your new favorite weekend breakfast or brunch recipe!

I have a thing for figs. It’s not even that I eat them often, especially not fresh (those babies are expensive!). One of those foods I’ve always just love the “idea” of and I think look so lovely in recipes. Figs evoke “elegance” and deeply sophisticated tastes. I also just like the word…Fig. It’s funny, but I think it suits a fig well. I guess you can’t neglect the fact that there are multiple types of figs. We have Adriatic (or White) Figs, Black Mission Figs, Brown Turkish Figs, Calimyrna Figs, and Kadota Figs.Read More

Raw Coconut Pumpkin Seed Butter

October 12, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 109 Comments

A sweetly delicious and allergy-friendly spread for the ultimate snacking! A simple Raw Coconut Pumpkin Seed Butter recipe that’s gluten-free, vegan, paleo, and nut-free! Use it as a dip or spread for fruit, toast, maybe just eaten with a spoon!

When you don’t have pumpkin seed butter, make your own! While you’re at it, make it even more special with the addition of coconut! This little spreadable gem was the last pumpkin recipe I was going to share last year, but time ran out! The recipe is actually from June of 2015 though. Sad, crying, pumpkin neglect! I guess pumpkin seed butter isn’t technically seasonal, but for some reason, I felt it was somehow wrong to post it in the off-season.Read More

Healing Indian Eggplant Hummus

September 28, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 123 Comments

A hummus that heals! This Healing Indian Eggplant Hummus is a perfect blend of roasted eggplant, chickpeas, and Indian spices like turmeric. It’s gluten-free, vegan, and fat-free, making it a delicious snack recipe for dipping or spreading!

Maybe I should call this “Baba Ghanoush Hummus 2.0“! The whole “roasted eggplant” thing is happening again. This time, we’re taking the Indian route. Tons of turmeric, curry powder, garam masala, you get the idea! Roasted eggplant really is the secret to ultra creamy dips and dishes without the “cream”. People either love or hate eggplant, but when it’s roasted and blended, there’s no way not to love it (you really don’t even “know” it’s there!)Read More

Grilled Green Goddess Wraps

June 22, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 171 Comments

No more boring lunches! These Grilled Green Goddess Wraps are full of green goodness and nutrition with a lima bean spread, broccoli, and hearts of palm! Gluten-free, nut-free, and vegan, these wraps are a healthy recipe that’s school or work friendly and freezable!

Let’s get wrapping and knock those sad lunch sandwiches out of the park!

No longer will you have to figure out something hearty, delicious, and o so not boring to bring to lunch, at your desk, school, etc. I have the best solution to make all your peers and coworkers jealous!

I had been wanting to make some wraps as I finally got my hands on the AMAZING BFree Foods gluten-free, vegan, and soy-free bread products! Notably their killer wraps. They needed some recipe love and spotlight time on the blog. Then I got the BIGGEST (random) craving for lima beans! We used to eat lima beans on the reg, while I was growing up. One of my and my brother’s favorite food (with those fish sticks…). For some reason I haven’t had them in such a long time, I couldn’t even remember! A tragedy!

With my craving for lima beans ignited, I knew exactly how I would incorporate the little green legume. They have so much flavor and are so distinct; a flavorful spread/hummus/pesto for my wraps seemed like the perfect idea! Keeping with a green theme, I decided to go “green goddess“. My lima bean spread + broccoli + hearts of palm for a creamy “sultry” bite. And of course, since this is the season of all things grilled, grilling these wraps was obligatory!

You start with the wrap and the spread on 2/3 of the wrap. Then layer on some raw sliced broccoli and sliced whole hearts of palm. Then you fold it up like a burrito, place it on a grill pan (mine is getting so much use lately!), grill for just a few minutes on each side to seal it and make the raw broccoli tender and spread creamy. Then devour right then, or you can even wrap them in foil and freeze or save them in the fridge for later! Perfect for school, work, and anytime you’re in a lunch-rut!

I wrote this recipe to make only 2 wraps, but it can so easily be doubled for 4 or tripled! Which, believe me, after you taste your first one, you’ll want one every day! Now, 1, 2, 3, let’s get WRAPPING!

Grilled Green Goddess Wraps

Grilled Green Goddess Wraps

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Cook time

4 mins

Total time

4 mins

Author: Rebecca Pytell

Recipe type: Main

Cuisine: American

Serves: 2

Ingredients

Lima Bean Spread:
1 Cup Cooked Baby Lima Beans
2 TB Nutritional Yeast
2 TB Chopped Parsley
½ Tsp Minced Garlic
½ Tsp Onion Powder
2 Tsp Fresh Lime Juice
2 Tsp White Balsamic Vinegar
Wraps:
2 Large Gluten-free Vegan Wraps
1 Cup Raw Broccoli (sliced lengthwise)
2 Whole Hearts of Palm (sliced lengthwise)

Instructions

In a food processor, blend together all the lima bean spread ingredients until you get a thick hummus texture.
Take one wrap and lay it out flat. Spread ⅓ cup (half the lima bean spread) on ⅔s of the wrap. Then take about half the raw sliced broccoli and layer that on top of the spread. Take on of the sliced whole hearts of palm and so the same.
Roll the wrap like a burrito, tucking in the ends.
Heat a grill pan over high heat and grill the wrap, seam side down first, for about 2 minutes. Flip the wrap over and grill the other side for another 2 minutes.
Repeat this process for the other wrap(s).

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 1

So creamy, so grilled(?), so delicious! The meaty hearts of palm, tender and slightly crunchy broccoli, plus that noochy lima bean spread all tucked into that grilled wrap is indescribable! I may of may not have dipped mine in ketchup (don’t judge!) Dipping them in some of my homemade green goddess sauce would be a stellar idea too! Anyway you do it, I hope you enjoy them; I know I did! Now I can’t stop the love for lima beans (I’ve been stocking up on frozen bags every week and the grocery now!)

So tell me:

+ Are you a lima bean fan?

+ Wrap or sandwich? That depends, but wraps are pretty fun!

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Baba Ghanoush Hummus

May 23, 2016 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 154 Comments

Combine 2 of the best dips to make Baba Ghanoush Hummus! Full of deep, smoky, and roasted flavors, this condiment will seem like a meal! Gluten-free, vegan, and nut-free, with eggplant and chickpeas, you’ll get your healthy veggies and protein in one dip!

Why not combine the two? It makes sense, doesn’t it? Both come from the same region in the world and both and spectacularly delicious! I feel like they are the same thing, regardless. Before I was as “food literate” as I am now, I through baba ghanoush did in fact include chickpeas. Turns out that’s false, so I decided to take matters into my own hands and combine the two anyway!Read More