So honored to create plant-based recipe articles during the last several years for the Natural Awakenings Magazine, Phoenix and Northern Arizona. This month, May 2020, I am especially humbled to contribute to the magazine while we are all together during the Coronavirus stay-at-home. And, while so many people are experimenting more in the kitchen with families and kids.
For this article, I decided to bring a touch of positivity to our world with “The Joy of Beautiful Food.” Experiment with the tips to add beauty to meals and have fun creating dishes with beautiful food and edible flowers. – Melanie Albert
Natural Awakenings, May 2020.
Top 4 Ways to Add Beauty to Your Meals:
- Buy Beautiful Veggies from Our Local Farmers.
- Add Color and Texture to your Dishes.
- Add Natural Aromatherapy to Your Culinary Creations.
- Plate Mindfully.
I hope you are inspired to add a little beauty and joy to life by creating some beautiful, mindful plant-based dishes. Share your creations with us on www.facebook.com/ExperienceNutritionAZ and Instagram @experiencenutritionaz and tag us #experiencenutrition.
Happy to share a few of my very favorite recipes in the Natural Awakenings article. Importantly, you can easily modify the recipes with local farmers’ seasonal produce, along with the fruit and veggies in your refrigerator. Enjoy!
Three Beautiful, Simple Plant-Based Recipes
Enjoy mindfully and intuitively creating these simple dishes. Take time to appreciate the beauty of the food, the mindfulness of the cooking process, and the final food art of your culinary creations.
- Hummus. Three Ways. Classic. Turmeric. Beet.
- Avocado Salsa. Intuitively create with the veggies, aromatics, and herbs in your kitchen.
- Raw Carrot Cake. Simple, beautiful, tasty, aromatic dessert.
Hummus Three Ways: Beet. Turmeric. Classic.
Simple Avocado Salsa.
Raw Carrot Cake. Edible Flowers.
Hummus Video. In the cooking video, come into my kitchen and see the steps to create the Three Hummus Recipes.
RECIPE: Hummus. Three Ways. Classic, Turmeric, Beet.
Use these recipes as a guide to create your own hummus. Once you’ve learned how to prepare the basic classic hummus, have fun experimenting and intuitively creating your own versions of it.
Serves 4
Classic Hummus. Turmeric. Beet.
I’m excited to share with you the same recipe we made for the Super Bowl XLIV VIP Tailgate Party for the Super Bowl in Miami. Now you can make it, too. In addition to the Classic Hummus, traditionally made with tahini (ground sesame seeds), we can create different versions of hummus with turmeric or beet powder. Enjoy!
Simple Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
- ⅓ cup chickpea water
- 3 tbsp tahini (sesame seed paste)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- ⅛ tsp cumin seeds, hand -round
- ⅛ tsp coriander seeds, hand-ground (seeds from cilantro)
- Pinch sea salt
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Turmeric Hummus: 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, pinch black pepper
- Beet Hummus: 2 tsp beet powder
Simple Steps
- Place all ingredients, except olive oil, into a food processor.
- Blend a few minutes, until smooth.
- Stream in the olive oil and blend until creamy.
- After the hummus has been blended, taste and add more of any of the ingredients to suit your taste.
- Turmeric or Beet Hummus: After creating the Classic Hummus, add either the turmeric or beet powder to the food processor. Process until well combined.
Simple Plating
- Mindfully plate the three versions of hummus with fresh edible flowers, fresh herbs, or chopped veggies.
Stay in touch with us on www.facebook.com/ExperienceNutritionAZ and Instagram @experiencenturitionaz and tag us #experiencenutrition on your plant-based culinary creations.
Will also be sharing the Avocado Salsa and Raw Carrot Cake in videos and blog posts. Stay tuned.
By Melanie Albert, Plant-Based Culinary Leader, Founder & CEO, Experience Nutrition in Phoenix, Arizona. Award-winning cookbook author, speaker, corporate wellness, team building, retreat leader, and caterer.
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