Total making time: 20 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:
2 cups of brown rice pasta 
4 cups of water
1 tablespoon of coconut oil
1 teaspoon of himalayan salt (add more to your taste)
1 avocado
2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast (add more if you like it cheesier)
1/2 cup of fresh cilantro/coriander

Action: 
1. In a pot bring 4 cups of water to the boil. Add the brown rice pasta. Cook for 15 minutes or until soft, on medium heat. Drain the pasta when done and add the pasta back to a dry pot.
2. In the pot, add to the pasta, the coconut oil. Stir it through until melted throughout the pasta. 
3. Stir in the nutritional yeast. 
4. Stir in the salt. Taste it. If you want it saltier add more salt. 
5. Serve the pasta in bowls!
5. Serve with chopped avocado cubes and cilantro. 

Suggestion: 
+ ADD peas if you like peas! 
+ ADD a squeeze of lemon juice if you want zing.
+ ADD Cayenne Pepper if you like it spicy!

This recipe is GLUTEN FREE, soy free, dairy free! A great alternative to pasta! Tastes like cheesy pasta!

This recipe was created by Liana Werner-Gray in New York, February 2013. 

This recipe is part of © 2013 THE EARTH DIET ™  All Rights Reserved 

Serves 4

Ingredients:
1 lb quinoa pasta (or chosen gluten-free alternative)
1 red onion chopped
4 garlic cloves chopped 
3 cups broccoli 
1 cup garbanzo beans
½ bunch spinach chopped
½ bunch fresh cilantro chopped
1/2 red pepper chopped
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (more if you like it extra spicy!)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon cumin
Himalayan salt
Extra Virgin Coconut Oil (next alternative extra virigin Olive oil) for cooking
Water for cooking

Action:
1. Add olive oil to a frying pan at medium heat.
2. Once oil is moving easily on pan add garlic and onion.
3. In a large sauce pan bring water to a boil then add pasta and let cook.
4. When garlic is slightly brown and onions semi caramelized add all veggies and beans excluding cilantro.
5. Strain pasta when it is cooked, but still slightly hard.
6. Combine cooked veggies and pasta in sauce pan and add cumin, cayenne, and Himalayan salt to taste.
7. Add fresh cilantro and mix thoroughly.
8. Garnish with cilantro and serve!

SUGGESTION:
+ADD curry powder for spicy curry pasta
+ADD nutritional yeast for a cheesy flavor
+ADD squeezed lemon juice for zesty flavor

This recipe was created with LOVE by Mr. F JANUARY 2013 LI, NY

This recipe is part of © 2013 THE EARTH DIET ™  All Rights Reserved