MORGANIC KITCHEN
MORGANIC KITCHEN
Welcome to my kitchen.
 
 
 

American origins, Italian ingredients, organic ambitions.

 
 
 
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VEGAN TREATS

Recipes
Carrot Cake with Lemon “Buttercream” Frosting
Carrot Cake with Lemon “Buttercream” Frosting
Pumpkin Spiced Dougnuts with Chocolate
Pumpkin Spiced Dougnuts with Chocolate
Blue Nice Cream
Blue Nice Cream
Chocolate Glazed “Healthy” Doughnuts
Chocolate Glazed “Healthy” Doughnuts
Lemon Cake with Cashew “Cream Cheese” Frosting
Lemon Cake with Cashew “Cream Cheese” Frosting
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Banana Walnut Doughnuts (w/chocolate sauce)
Chocolate Banana Walnut Doughnuts (w/chocolate sauce)
Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Quinoa and Vegetable Stuffed Bell Peppers

Check out this recipe and more Vegan inspiration!

VEGAN PLATES

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Our Hanukkah. This Year.
Our Hanukkah. This Year.
Holiday Thoughts- and a Selfie
Holiday Thoughts- and a Selfie
The Eternal City
The Eternal City
Changing Direction
Changing Direction
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“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.” -Allen Ginsberg ❤️💥⭐️ Don’t hide the madness. Embrace it. 🙌🏻 I took a break. A big one. From everything. EVERYTHING. (Hence my absence) K. #mykonos2018 🇬🇷
Coconut bowl. 🥥 🌴 🥥 The possibilities are endless with coconuts: coconut flour, coconut sugar, coconut milk, coconut butter, coconut meat, coconut water, coconut EVERYTHING. The best. Seriously. 🥥 This #breakfast was a #greensmoothie made of: Spinach Frozen banana Hemp seeds Strawberries 🍓 Almond butter Quinoa rice milk Blended and topped with passion fruit, blueberries, more #hemp seeds and flowers 🌺 #foodart #plantstrong #rawfood
It is oftentimes the little things that make for big moments. You know? The times we look back on and think “those were the days.” 🙏🏻 Maybe part of this whole #gratitude thing is recognizing that- appreciating even the littlest of things... as one of my favorite quotes reminds us “The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.” -Jon Kabat-Zinn ⭐️🙌🏻💥 Because THESE are the days- and the little things; the small pleasures, they aren’t so little. I suppose it’s relative. It’s also how one looks at life- it’s priorities- it’s remembering to not underestimate the power of being present. Which brings me back to my original thought: This is a plate of fruit. Right? Simple enough. But let me break down the moment for you: it’s a plate of my favorite #fruits (#tropical yumminess not so easy to find in small-town #Italy )- prepared by me, early morning in the living room of a #beach house along the coast of Italy. In a beautiful town I am lucky enough to spend my summer. The sun was high, the sea and sky were so blue it was hard to recognize where one ended and the other began, there was a salty breeze filling the rooms of the house. We were running around barefoot in bathingsuits, my daughter was singing, my dog was lounging by my feet as I placed the flowers on the plate, and my best friend (finally in town from across the ocean) was helping me take the photo from above. (My hands- @spodz67 shot) 📷 ✌🏻🤗 It was a good moment. It was a good day. It’s been a good summer. And for all of that 👆🏻 I am #grateful 🍒🍎🍓 #carpediem #vegans #fruit #ruminating #life
Here’s a matcha #greensmoothie in heart bowls because, well, #love is everything. Isn't it? So here's to health, #nutrition and most importantly: LOVE. ❤️🙌🏻 This smoothie was made (extra sweet today) with: 2 handfuls baby #spinach 🌱 1 1/2 frozen banana 🍌 1/4 cup full fat coconut milk 1/2 tbsp matcha powder 1/4 cup filtered water 1 tbsp white #chiaseeds 2 tbsp homemade #rawtella (in place of nut butter 1/2 tbsp maple syrup Blended in my #vitamix and decorated with blueberries, more chia seeds and dried malva flowers. (Totally edible!) Enjoy! 💚🌟💚 #plantbased #vegan #smoothiebowl #detox #cleanse 🌱 #dairyfree #crueltyfree #refinedsugarfree ❤️ #deliciouslyhealthysweets #plantstrong #wholefoods #feedfeedvegan #ahealthynut #veganism #crueltyfree #foodart #foodphotography #raw #whatveganseat
Chocolate banana cake. ⭐️ No, it’s not banana bread with chocolate. It’s not anything other than a #plantbased chocolate cake/muffin recipe that I decided to slice up and throw bananas in... and it was gooood. Like really really really good! #invention 🍌 🍫 🍰 Ingredients: 1/4 cup vegan yogurt (I used coconut soy) 1/4 cup melted coconut oil 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 3/4 cup filtered water 1 Cup gluten free flour mixture (I made my own but store bought is fine) 1/2 cup cocoa powder 3/4 cup coconut 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp Himalayan salt 2 medium bananas, sliced Instructions: Preheat the oven to 180C/350 F. Grease a cake pan. In a large (ish) bowl, mix together the yogurt, coconut oil (melted), vanilla, apple cider vinegar and water. Let this mixture sit for 10 minutes, and in a separate bowl, sift together all remaining ingredients except for the bananas. Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture, stir until evenly mixed, and then dump in 3/4 of the sliced bananas (leaving enough to decorate). Mix well but try not to mash the rounds. Pour into cake pan (this could also be cupcakes or muffins)- FYI- our cake was relatively small because we ate a good portion of the batter before we had a chance to bake it 😬🙄) Bake for 20-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely. This cake was decorated with banana, coconut milk swirls and daisies. #beautifulcuisines #eat #yummy Enjoy! And happy happy Tuesday! 🍌🍫✌🏻💥🙌🏻❤️ #eatcake #bananacake #chocolatecake #glutenfreebaking #delicious
There’s something to be said about beautiful food. 🌈🌱🙌🏻 I always thought cuisine was only about the taste of the food on the plates. Now, however, cooking isn’t that simple- food prep has turned into #foodstaging, #foodphotography AND then flavor and taste- the way I shop and the recipes I prepare are different. I think about what the colors will be like, how the textures will be, etc.... (As if cooking wasn’t complicated enough already! 😅) But seriously, sometimes something as simple as a #greensmoothie bowl turns into a thing of beauty and it’s all worth it. 🌈💕☀️ This #smoothiebowl is a simple green #smoothie made out of: 1 frozen banana 1/2 avocado 1 tsp #alghe powder 1 tbsp chia seeds 1 handful kale 1 handful Swiss chard 1 tbsp almond butter 3/4 cup almond milk Made in the #Vitamix and topped with blackberries, #beepollen , puffed quinoa, sliced strawberries and edible fresh and dried flowers. 🌸🌼🌺 #veganeats #eatplants #green #greendrink #greensmoothie
Yes, it’s another photo of me in a bathing suit. Does it really have anything to do with @morganickitchen ...with healthy living..with plantbased eating? Yes. And No. This photo- me, poolside in Puglia, has nothing to do with what I try to do on this platform. That is: promote healthy and sustainable living. Morganic Kitchen was born out of a love for cooking, food and art- and an appreciation for the deep connection between our health (mental and physical) and what we put into our bodies. Basically: nutrition. So why all the photos of me? And why half naked? I mean... 🤔 This is a question I ask myself over and over- as I hand my phone to friends and sheepishly ask them to take a series of photos of me, or when I’m shopping and I think to myself “this will look good on my feed,” or as I meticulously choose which photo to post, work on the lighting, tweak the angles and figure out what to write in the caption to tie it into my #healthylifestyle message. A lot of work right? I think so too. It’s much easier for me to invent a recipe, go grocery shopping, cook, stage, photograph, and post a photo of food up here. It’s not me- it’s just what I make. But I’ve realized- through trial and error- that people...friends, fans, followers, whoever- desire to see who is behind the food. Maybe for inspiration, or to feel connected, or simply out of curiosity. I get it. I’m the same way. I study the analytics. Trust me. There’s a lot of work and thought that goes on behind the scenes. And no matter how beautiful my rainbow smoothie bowls may come out, the engagement on a photo featuring yours truly is generally double. And then if it’s me in a bathing suit, it triples. 🤷🏼‍♀️ It’s sad. Or is it? Regardless, this is the world we live in. The world of smartphones and social media- of the loss of interpersonal communication, hand-written letters, of “don’t get to know me” just swipe right. Right? And maybe all I’m doing on here is feeding that fire. Maybe. Or maybe not. Here, I have a message. A good one. A real and kind and positive message.. To read the rest of this post, head over to my blog. Link in my bio ⭐️ #morganickitchen Love and light #namaste 🙏🏻
Chocolate chia pudding. #chocolatelover 🍫 This one time, I had some leftover #chocolate sauce (3 ingredients: raw #Cacao powder, coconut oil and maple syrup) from a cake I made and decided to turn it into #chiapudding 🥄 #beautifulcuisines I added some #plantbased milk (this time I used coconut milk- but I often use a combo of coconut and either rice milk or almond milk... I love the richness and consistency coconut milk gives to puddings...) to the choco sauce, poured in a good amount of #chiaseeds , stirred a number of times until I was sure that the chia seeds wouldn’t stick together and congeal in weird shapes (as they tend to do) and left in the fridge overnight (not necessary but I like it cold). I added some dessicated coconut flakes and red berries. Besides being chocolatey and delicious, chia pudding is full of #superfood nutritional benefits such as antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, #protein , fiber and #calcium (go dairy free !) 🌟 🙌🏻🥄🍫 #plantbased #vegan #whatveganseat #chiapudding #chocolate #glutenfree #yum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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