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Germinated Rice With Shrimp & Veggies

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Germinated Rice with Shrimp

I just can’t get enough of germinated rice lately.  It has such great flavor and chew that it barely needs any stuff to make it unbelievably tasty.  But even though it doesn’t need a ton of stuff, I needed a ton of stuff {veggies} after weeks and weeks of non-stop-ness.

Zucchini & Asparagus

I picked up my three favorite grain-mixin’ veggies {asparagus, zucchini, squash} and decided to let them all play a part in a single meal.  And then I added shrimp.  Lots and lots of shrimp.

Sauteed Shrimp

And what came together was a dish you could scoop into a big bowl a few nights in a row and still wish there was enough leftover the night after!

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Vegan Mashed Potatoes With Garlic Chives

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Vegan Mashed Potatoes

My entire life, I’ve been fooled into thinking that mashed potatoes take so long to make and are so special that they are a side reserved only for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  And even after years of being one of the kitchen leads during the holidays {knowing that mashed potatoes are not tough} they still feel like a special occasion thing.

Boiled Potatoes

With that said, nothing particularly special happened today to warrant mashed potatoes.  I’m about to finish my first restaurant project {the construction portion}. And I’m about to head to Italy for the trip of a lifetime.  But nothing out of the ordinary happened that called for mashed potatoes today.

Mashed Potatoes

But as I wandered around Whole Foods after yoga {an atypical 40-ish minutes of wandering}, I kept thinking about potatoes.  And not quite the holiday potatoes I’m accustomed to, but vegan potatoes with garlic chives that I would later confuse by pairing with a steak.  Vegan potatoes with garlic chives that my steak-eating roommate said was the best part of his meal.

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White Wine & Mango Shrimp Skewers

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White Wine Mango Shrimp

Even though summer grilling recipes are every which way you look, I’m still not over grilling.  In fact, I’m so much in the middle of it that I dreamed up a summery marinade that I plan on using straight through the winter when I’m longing for sunshine.

Shrimp Kabobs

This recipe is a sweet and savory combination of pinot grigio {or any white wine}, mango, onion, and garlic that completely compliments the skewer components. Leftover skewers also keep well in the fridge and can be served hot or cold the next day.

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Although I received compensation to review wine provided by The Wine Bar, the recipe and opinions in this post are completely my own and based on my experience.

Coconut Truffles

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Vegan Truffles

Being resourceful in the kitchen can {sometimes} get you into a bit of trouble.  Most folks that find themselves without chocolate during a massive chocolate craving just simply do without chocolate for the time being.  Me?  I whip random ingredients together until I’m either sort-of-satisfied or surprisingly super satisfied.

Vegan Truffles 2

After a week of gentle tweaks, I was super satisfied.  A progression of hemp seed chocolate bars to coconut/almond chocolate bars to just coconut bars led me straight to coconut truffles.   And now I have a bundle of sweet treats waiting for me in anticipation of any chocolate craving, big or small.

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