Naked Dude Chef's Stir Fry Oatmeal Madness

Sometimes eating the same ol' oatmeal breakfast gets boring. So, what I've decided to do is create a a series of oatmeal dishes.  I usually eat oatmeal for breakfast, but you can have these dishes anytime.

NAKED DUDE CHEF'S OATMEAL MADNESS
3/4 oatmeal
1 cup of Greens (spinach, mint, green onions, arugula) , chopped
1 potato, thinly sliced
1/2 white onion, chopped
1 jalapeno, diced
12 vegetarian meatballs

Coconut OilSalt
Pepper
Nutritional yeast


- First boil some water and do your oatmeal thing.  You know, cook it. :) 
- While you're waiting for the oatmeal, get started with the quick stir fry.  Grab a pan, oil it with coconut oil. Throw in the potatoes and get those stir fried first, until it gets a nice brown,
- Next throw in the onion, jalapeno and meatballs and get those nice and toasty in the mix
- After the stir fry is done, add it into the oatmeal and stir
- Next, I like to add the greens last because then it won't cook too long and it retains the essential vitamins, etc. Make sure the greens don't sit for over a minute. 
- Add salt, pepper and nutritional yeast for taste

Next up, Naked Dude Chef's Spicy Chocolate Orange Surprise. STAY TUNED!!!


ENJOY,


Naked Dude Chef

Naked Dude Chef's Liver Cleansing Salad

Ahhh, the liver cleanse.  This would be one of my most favorite salads. Not only because it tastes amazing, but the wonders it does for your liver.

I recently had a gout attack. This is my second.  The first was over 15 years ago, when I was 225lbs.  Since then, I've maintained a weight of 160lbs-165lbs.  This gout attack was caused by a few things. A little too much alcohol (I love to drink), not drinking enough water and having an excessive amount of meat, in this case it was fresh venison jerky, a gift from my wife's brother.

Here's what happens.  When the body intakes high amounts of meat, it has to develop high levels of uric acid in order to break them down. Red meat takes 12 hours, chicken 6 hours, fish 4 hours and vegetables/fruits 2 hours.  This raises the uric acid in your body which causes heartburn, makes your body acidic and your body stores it longer which clogs your liver. When that hits and the levels aren't balanced the acid forms into crystals and attacks your joints which usually start at the toe. This in turn causes inflammation and all hell breaks loose, because it fricken hurts!!!

Now, I'm not saying not to eat meat.  Obviously, if you've been reading my blog you know that I'm what you call a flex-a-tarian. But I do want to talk about balance in your PH, especially after keeping my body in check for over 10 years and thinking, "Oh, I won't get gout again." This was an eye opener.  
So, without further adieu I present Naked Dude Chef's Liver Cleansing Salad (Actually made by my wife cause I couldn't get up to make it) LOL

NAKED DUDE CHEF'S LIVER CLEANSING SALAD
Dark greens (Collard greens, mustard greens, turnip, spinach) , chopped
Arugula, chopped
3 Carrots grated
1/2 green apple, chopped
1/8 cup walnuts, crushed
2 garlic cloves, chopped
Extra Virgin Olive Oil,  to taste
Fresh Lemon juice, to taste
Turmeric powder, 1-2 teaspoon(s)

Put the greens, carrots, apple, walnuts and garlic into a bowl. Add the olive oil to the amount you like, I like a lot, but not too much to drown the salad. Then the lemon juice is next along with turmeric.  Toss and you have an amazing salad.

Now, here's the breakdown of what each ingredient does.
- The greens balance and alkaline your body.
- Carrots clean out the lungs, the liver and other organs
- Apples are high in fiber
- Walnuts are a good source of protein (not animal protein) plus its good for the brain
- Garlic alkalizes the body and is known as Russian penicillin
- Olive Oil controls cholesterol, ulcers, etc.
- Lemon juice is high in alkalinity and vitamin C
- Turmeric is great for cleansing the liver

Now, I'm not a nutritionist, doctor or whatever it is that would get me busted for by putting this up. All I know is that this works for me. So this is my disclaimer! Do some research, find out the benefits of what good healthy food that is unprocessed and organic will do for your body, how it makes you feel and overall aid in living a long and healthy life.  Oh and drink a lot of water because your liver wants a lot of love too. ;)

Blessings to you and your liver,

Naked Dude Chef

Vegan Z-Pizza and Naked Dude Chef

I love Z-Pizza for one thing. They have good pizza's and Daiya Cheese. Enough said.

MANGIA!

Naked Dude Chef

Breakfast Tacos ala Naked

I am a fan of Flore Vegan, a vegan restaurant in Silverlake, California. Me and the Mrs. go there almost every weekend for breakfast of brunch.  This weekend we decided to stay at home for breakfast and create something close to Flore's. So this dish is in inspired by Flore Vegan's breakfast burrito.


BREAKFAST TACO'S ALA NAKED
*inspired by Flore Vegan


1 cup kale, chopped
1/2 onion, diced
1/4 cup mushroom, diced
1/2 of cornOne box extra soft tofu from Trader Joes, diced
1/2 bag of Trader Joe's spices spiced soybeans
2-4 Corn tortillas
Nutiva Coconut oil
Lettuce, chopped
5-8 Baby tomatoes


Salt and Pepper to taste
Tapatio


-First, in a pan add some coconut oil on medium heat. Throw in the kale, onion, mushroom, corn, tofu and spiced soybeans with a little bit of salt and pepper to taste.
-While that's cooking, go to the tortillas and in a separate pan on low heat, place the tortilla's in the pan. This is so that we can get them super soft. You need to flip them once. 
-Head back to the pan and really get the tofu nice and scrambled. 
-Now plate the tortilla's and add the scramble on the tortilla's.
-Sprinkle some chopped lettuce and tomatoes on top and your done! 

Muy Bueno!


Naked Dude Chef

Naked Indian in the Emerald Forest Soup

This one cracks me up.  I was kind of stretching this recipe with the ingredients that I had. I seriously sat there  for about 30 minutes trying to figure out what I was going to make (An episode of "Friends" went by)

And because it was raining, I decided to warm up with a nice bowl of soup. Hope you like this one...

NAKED INDIAN IN THE EMERALD FOREST SOUP

(The title still cracks me up!!!)

6 cups of water

2 cups spinach
1 cup romaine lettuce
6 baby portabello mushrooms
1 jalapeno
1 handful of garlic

1 red bell pepper, diced
1 zucchini, diced
3 carrots, chopped
1 Heirloom Tomato, diced

1 Japanese pear, diced

(or regular pear would do)

3 TBSP of Onion powder
1/4 cup of Nutritional yeast
Salt to taste
3 TBSP of Cumin
3 TBSP Curry
1 TBSP of All spice

Nutiva Coconut Oil
Paprika, sprinkled

-First, boil 6 cups of water in a pot. While this is happening....

-Put the spinach, romaine, portabello's, jalapeno and garlic in a processor. Process it until it becomes soupy. This will come out super green!

-When the water begins to boil, slowly pour the green soup in and stir. 

-Now, in a pan or wok add some coconut oil on medium to high. Next, throw in the red bell peppers, zucchini, carrots, heirloom tomato and Japanese pear.  Stir fry until brown. 

-When it browns, throw the veggies into the soup and stir to boil.

-Now add the remaining ingredients and poof!

-Put into bowl and sprinkle paprika around it and your ready to eat. 

Please let me know how you like this one. 

Namaste, 

Naked Dude Chef

Naked Baby Orange Zest Breakfast Cakes

Ahhh, I love breakfast. Especially when my wife and I cook together. ;) 


For this recipe, I have to give credit where credit is due. My wife, the little breakfast queen not only loves to bake but she also loves to fill my belly full of good breakfast foods and because she is vegan, she loves creating new things that remind her of what conventional breakfast tastes like. This in my opinion is one of her masterpieces. 


NAKED BABY ORANGE ZEST BREAKFAST CAKES

1 cup Flour

1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder 

1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt 

1/2 cup Cornmeal

2 tablespoons Coconut Oil

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 

2 tablespoons Maple Syrup 

1 1/2 cups Almond or Soymilk

1/2 cup Water

Orange zest of one small orange.

*1 tablespoon Chia Seeds + 3 tablespoons Hot Water (mix chia seeds w/ hot water and set aside.)

-Heat skillet or pancake griddle on medium heat.  

-Sift together four, baking soda and salt, add to cornmeal in large bowl. 

-In another bowl, mix together oil, vanilla, maple syrup, milk, water, orange zest and chia seed mixture.

-Add wet ingredients to the dry and stir just until combined.

-Use a little cooking spray in pan and pour batter (about a 1/4 cup at a time.)

-Cook about 4 min, bubbles will form, then flip. Cook to a light golden brown on each side.

Serve right away with Earth Balance butter and pure maple syrup!

Garnish w/ fresh organic applesauce and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Serves 2

Say good morning to my little friend, ENJOY!

Naked Dude Chef