Green Goddess-y Zucchini Hummus

Most novice gardeners make the mistake of planting too much zucchini and are so SICK of zucchini everything by August they never want to plant the stuff again.  Has this ever happened to you?  Guilty!  If you need to use up some zucchini, or even not - here's a fabulous recipe I swiped from the only truly evolved, health-aware grocer here in southern Houston - Erma's - whom placed it out for sampling one day a while back.  Even my 10-yr-old son, whom won't touch hummus with a 10 foot pole, declared it delicious!  Go figure. 

 One note - in my trademark haste I neglected to "drain excess water" and ended up with a "dressing", or cold soup.  I poured some over salad the 2nd time I ate it and decided it's my new staple dressing:-)  Who needs bottled stuff w/ MSG and god-knows what other additives?  The addition of 1/2 an avocado would transform it into a spectacular raw Green Goddess-y concoction, don't you think?  Gonna try it....

Zucchini Hummus

2 chopped zucchinis
1/3 c. tahini
4Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1 minced clove garlic (I used 2 - yum!)
Handful fresh parsley
1 tsp. sea salt
(optional as mentioned above - 1/2 peeled avocado)

Blend only zucchini in a high speed blender.  For hummus - drain off excess water before adding the remaining ingredients and blending again.  For dressing - omit the draining phase and blend everything at once.

Nutrition Info:  2TBS. = 1 serving
calories - 44.1
fat - 3.8gr
carbs - 1.9g
protein - 1.3g
(recipe courtesy of Carolward99 - a SparkPeople user)

Enjoy in health!

VEGAN Native American Foods Recipes!

(I'm re-posting this from an EtsyVeg post I did a few days ago...)
Do you love green chilis?  Do you know the Three Sisters of American Indian traditional foods?  If not... watch below, cook and EAT!

Corn, Squash & Beans - the 3 Sisters

The marvelous medical pioneers of health, The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, has a section devoted to encouraging Indians to adopt a plant-based diet to combat their formidable diabetes numbers.  Using PCRM's Power Plate principles Chef Lois Ellen Frank, of Kiowa descent, does a marvelous demonstration on how to make No Fry bread with Three Sisters Saute and Green Chili Sauce to die for.   It's so quick and easy you can even make it on a "school night".  My kids LOVE this stuff.  Try it!

The recipes are at the bottom of the accompanying article.

Spread the love and re-blog, FB and Tweet this fabulous good stuff:-)

For all y'all gardeners - here's how you grow it from  the Sustainable North Florida website:

Guide to Humane Clothing Choices

Here at Jag & Nevie we have been Vegan-izing our business over the last year.  First, I went Vegan in a dietary fashion and then I've been working on weening 'self of a leather and cashmere habit.  I'm not there completely because I have an issue with non-leather shoes always falling apart too quickly, and we all know how important shoes are to one's well-being:-)  Plus, I LOVE crazy fashion shoes, not boring, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, dullsville, comfort shoes.  There I said it.

Being an environmentalist to the core I still believe recycling (up-cycling, salvaging, what-have-you) is better for the planet in the long run than simply NOT making any more cashmere sweaters, but I'm open to persuasion on this subject.  At this point I don't plan to make more upcycled cashmere sweaters....

With that in mind - here's a great article on what goes into making angora, cashmere, alpaca etc.  All of those being animal products, of course.  Read it and be educated, lovelies!

an Angora bunny - not a sweater

ALSO - a comprehensive list, courtesy of PETA (by way Healthy Bitch Daily) of of vegan clothing & shoe companies here.  I'm going to give it my best shot and try some of the shoes:-)

Pedal Power

We are over the moon here ChezPaul about le Tour de France kickoff!  'Watch every day, every year - - how can anyone miss the epic drama and stunning French countryside I ask? Since sweet Andy Schleck is out of the race I'm forced to root for all the Americans, bien sur, and my very favorite Fabian Cancellara, for obvious reasons:-}

Mr. Cancellara, a favorite to win.  Can I be one of the kiss-kiss girls on a podium somewhere?

In fact, it's a great month for the super cool sports, isn't it?  No more boring testosterone sports of football and baseball - bring on the fun ones - gymnastics!  diving!  beach volleyball! foot races!  hurdles!  steeplechase! shot put:-/
Jag and Nevie are beside themselves with anticipation of watching Olympic Gymnastics for the first time.  They've both been training for 2 years and can't wait for big time inspiration.

Also... fun new Quotable Quotes post on EtsyVeg:  http://etsyveg.blogspot.com/.

I won! Oh, and happy Summer Holidays!

I'm excited to announce that I won the creative challenge in my EtsyVeg group this month - which, drum roll... gives me a prominent spot on the front page of our fun blog during May: EtsyVeg.
My entry for April Showers was this little hand painted raincoat, sized 18 months.
Splash!
A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who voted me in:-)

In other news - tomorrow is the last day for school!  Jag & Nevie are home for the summer - oh boy! And I'm hoping to get a lot of work done... hmmm.  Wish me luck.
HAPPY SUMMERING EVERYONE!

fellow EtsyVeg member - rockin' skin care products!

Check out the yummies at Krug's EcoLogic on Etsy:
I WANT SOME!
Beer soap!  Body Butters, Sugar Scrubs, Toners, Masks - can you handle it?  All of the products are totally vegan & full of essential oils - is there anyway to get better than that?  No, nope, no way sez moi;-)
Go Erin!