Vegan endive tacos, chickpea hummus, and sunseed pate

BT Toronto | posted Tuesday, Aug 13th, 2013

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Vegan endive tacos, chickpea hummus, and sunseed pate

No-meat endive tacos

Ingredients:

• 1 cup raw sunflower seeds
• ½ cup + 1 tbsp raw almond butter
• 4 sundried tomatoes, soaked and chopped
• 3 tbsp fresh basil, shredded
• 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp olive oil
• Pinch cumin
• sea salt to taste

Method:

1. Combine all ingredients in food processor and blend until the mixture reaches a texture similar to ground meat.
2. Scoop the mixture out by into heaping teaspoons and form each meatball.  Try not to over-roll them; we are going for “rustic” Italian here!
3. This mix can be served as balls over raw zucchini pasta as seen here, but it can also be a great vegetarian stand-in for any recipe you’d use ground meat.  Try it as a taco or sandwich filling, a base for a raw chilli, or as a crunchy topping for salad or soup!  This protein-packed flavour blend pairs well with marinara sauce, cashew sour cream or pesto!

Sprouted chickpea hummus

Ingredients:

• 2 cup sprouted chickpeas (mine had tails about ¾ inch in length)
• 2 tbsp tahini (sesame butter)
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lrg clove garlic
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• ½ tsp sea salt
• ½ tsp sweet paprika
• 1 tbsp tamari or soy sauce

Method:

• Add all ingredients to bowl of your food processor.  Process on low until well incorporated and smooth.  You will need to scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula from time to time.

Sunseed pate

• 1 ½ cup raw sunflower seeds
• ½ inch fresh ginger
• 1 tbsp hemp hearts
• 1 clove garlic
• 3 dates
• 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tbsp yellow curry powder
• 1 tsp cumin
• 2 tbsp fresh basil, firmly packed
• 1 ½ tbsp fresh lemon juice
• Sea salt to taste

Method:

1. Add all ingredients to small bowled food processor of high powered blender.  Puree until well incorporated and smooth.  Serve with fresh crudité or crackers

Courtesy Meg Pearson,
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