Mushroom Risotto

I have been craving risotto for a while, but with the heat we've been having, it simply was too heavy a meal to make.  With fall near and school lunches in high demand at our house, yesterday felt like the perfect time to make it. 

Mushroom Risotto

Ingredients

1 cup dried sliced shiitake mushrooms
1 cup water
4 cups white mushrooms
1 yellow onion
3-4 garlic cloves
3 tbsp. coconut oil
8 cups vegetable broth
3 1/2 cups Arborio rice
2/3 cup nutritional yeast
1/2 tsp. Himalayan rock salt


Method

Soak porcini mushrooms in water for 15-20 minutes.  During this time, sauté onion and white mushrooms in a deep frying pan with garlic and 2 tbsp. coconut oil on medium heat.

Transfer soaked mushrooms with their water, sautéed onions, white mushrooms and 1 cup vegetable broth in a blender and puree.

Place rice in the pan with 1 tbsp. coconut oil and mix over med-low heat until rice is coated and clear.  Add mushroom puree and stir for 1 minute.  Add 1 cup of vegetable broth, nutritional yeast and salt and mix for 2-3 minutes.

Add the rest of the broth to rice 1 cup at a time and mix constantly until rice in cooked and most liquid is absorbed.

Serve and Enjoy!
 

Thanks for reading!

Amelie

Smoothies I love!

I really can't say enough about having smoothies for breakfast.  They are the most wonderful refreshing way to start your day and they are so easy to digest that you will be left energy to spare.  Even my husband has converted and raves about how it makes him feel.

 

Here are a few smoothies that I have posted on Instagram recently and that I really enjoy!

 

 



Orange Strawberry Fig Love Smoothie
(2 servings)

 I based this smoothie on my love of fig cookies, strawberries and orange juice and it turned out great!

1 cup vanilla almond milk
1 cup pure orange juice
2 bananas
 3/4 cup strawberries
 6 dried figs
 2 tbsp. maca powder
 1 tbsp. flaxseed
12 ice cubes

Basic Green Smoothie

  1 banana
  2 cara cara oranges
 1 large bunch of baby spinach
 3/4 cup vanilla almond milk
1 tbsp. flaxseed
 1 tbsp. maca powder
 6 ice cubes

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Wonderful Frozen Berry Delight

  2 1/2 cups mixed frozen cherries, blueberries, blackberries and pomegranate arils
 1 banana
 1 1/2 cup of coconut water
 1 tbsp flaxseed
 2 tbsp black chia

 

 

Thanks for reading!

Amelie