Healthiest Meals You Can Make Without A Kitchen

There are times when cooking food on a stove is not an option. Rather than turning to the over-processed packaged foods or the pizza delivery man – try a different route with these mostly raw recipes for increased health and an extra glow:

Coconut Yogurt Fruit Parfait – There aren’t a whole lot of dishes more beautiful, healthier and fresher than a fruit parfait. Even though it’s incredibly easy to make it still impresses every time.

Ingredients:

  1. Organic coconut yogurt (of your favorite flavor)
  2. Your favorite granola or raw soaked almonds, walnuts, and sunflower seeds
  3. Fruit (I love to use bananas, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, nectarines and mangoes)

Directions:

  1. Take out your prettiest glass or cup and put the ingredients in layers
  2. Fill the bottom with a little bit of your granola or nut mix
  3. Top with a dollop of yogurt
  4. Make a layer of fruit on top
  5. Repeat steps 1-4 until glass is full to the brim.

Chia Seed “Tapioca” Pudding- This is one of the easiest and yummiest desserts to make in no time flat.  

Ingredients:

  1. 1 cup vanilla-flavored unsweetened almond milk
  2. 2 tablespoons organic ‘grade B’ maple syrup (stevia, raw honey or agave nectar work too)
  3. 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  4. 1/4 cup chia seeds
  5. 1 pint strawberries, hulled and chopped
  6. 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
  7. sea salt to taste

Directions:

  1. In a bowl, whisk the almond milk, maple syrup, vanilla and sea salt until combined.
  2. Stir in the chia seeds and let them soak overnight in the refrigerator.
  3. The next morning, place the chia pudding in a glass or bowl and top with strawberries and almonds.
  4. Chow down

Homemade Hummus Veggie Dip- Making hummus is surprisingly easy and tastes much fresher than the store bought version. You can grab a bag of your favorite chips or to go extra healthy on ‘em and dip some raw veggies in for a guilt-free snack.

Ingredients:

  1. 1 ½ organic garbanzo beans (if you have a crock pot, making them yourself is much healthier, but canned works too)
  2. 2 Tbsp organic tahini
  3. 3 Cloves garlic
  4. 1 lemon (juiced)
  5. 1 cup filtered water
  6. 1 pinch paprika
  7. sea salt to taste

Directions:

  1. Place the soaked and cooked beans in a food processor or blender with tahini, garlic, lemon, sea salt and water as needed.
  2. It will take about 3-5 minutes to whip the air in and blend up the hummus to the perfect consistency.
  3. Let the hummus sit in the food processor for 5 minutes to allow the beans to soak up the water
  4. Blend one more time for a few second
  5. Scoop the mixture out and dip in your favorite veg (sliced bell pepper, snow peas, celery, or even lettuce will do the trick!)

Green Tropical Smoothie – Have you ever heard of a gorgeous celebrity that doesn’t drink green smoothies? Me neither…

Ingredients:

  1. 2 cups pineapple
  2. 2 cups coconut water
  3. 1 cup kale
  4. 1 cup chard
  5. 1 organic avocado

Directions:

  1. Put all ingredients in the blender and blend!

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Bess O'Connor

Bess O’Connor has been in the Holistic Health field since 2002 and worked as a health and wellness coach and educator, healing arts practitioner, and lead ayurvedic therapist for the Chopra Center for Well-being for over 8 years. She is passionate about natural forms of healing, veganism, fitness, homeschooling, and healthy living.  Twitter handle: @justglownatural Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/makesnaturalsense

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