Tag: vegetables
How-To: Perfectly Grilled Sweet Corn
The summer is almost gone, but wait! If you’re in WI, you can still get fresh, local sweet corn, and have a summer meal, even now=)
I love to grill sweet corn, it’s the best. It’s super easy, too. Just soak it, grill it, shuck it, and eat it. Here’s how:
Perfect Grilled Sweet Corn
- 4-6 sweet corn
- 2 gallons of water (or until the corn is completely submerged)
- 1 large roasting pan (for soaking)
Place the corn, full husk, into a roasting pan and fill the 
pan with water. Soak for an hour or as long as you can.
Light your grill (gas or charcoal,) shake off any access water and grill the corn until the husks are burnt and black, or about 20 minutes.
Husk and eat with lots of butter (or Vegan substitute,) salt and pepper! For me, make some BBQ chicken and you’ve got the perfect summer 
meal.
BBQ chicken and grilled sweet corn= summer meal perfection. I’m sorry to everyone who will miss the summer. But me? I actually get to experience some Fall this year and I AM TOO EXCITED!
Are you a Fall lover, too?
Bacon and Turkey Omelette
This breakfast has so much flavor and is really quick and easy to throw together. Plus, it makes enough for two people or two meals, so it’s awesome to have if you’re busy, like me!
Bacon and Turkey Omelette
- 4 strips bacon
- 1/2 red onion, chopped
- 1/2 red pepper, chopped
- 1 tablespoon Mrs. Dash Original Blend
- 3 pieces of low-sodium, steroid-free, antibiotic-free baked deli turkey, broken up
- 4 eggs, scrambled
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pinch of salt
Cook the bacon to crisp in a medium skillet on medium heat. Remove the bacon from the pan and set aside. Don’t dump out the grease! Add the vegetables to the pan (with the grease in it) and cook for 5 minutes. Add the seasonings and turkey pieces. Stir and cook for 3 minutes. Add the eggs to the pan and cook to done or about 5 minutes.
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My Favorite Natural Products
It’s no surprise that I love natural products. I’m all about gluten-free and soy-free (and mostly fruits and vegetables) to fill my body with, but what about the stuff that goes on the outside?
Yup, that’s important to me, too. After years of looking, trying and testing, I have really fallen in love with some great products, and I cannot wait to share my finds with you!
I have been using this lotion forever. It’s paraben-free and unscented, making it great for my skin. The lotion is thick and moisture-filled, and this container lasts me several months, even with daily use.
I love snacks as much as kids love candy! I always like to have snacks on hand and well they are usually fruit or fruit/nut bars, I love salt and like crunchy things, too. These gluten-free pretzels from Snyders are delicious and come in many flavors, too.
I’d be hard pressed to find a snack I didn’t eat more than Larabars. These fruit and nut bars are just that, fruit and nuts. The bars have so many different flavors and less than 10 ingredients including dates, cashews, spices like cinnamon, natural juice like lemon, and/or others. Do you love Larabars, too?
As a Wisconsin girl, I pride myself on knowing a good cheese snack when I taste one, and this snack, it a delicious cheese snack. The cheese taste is very sharp and the crunchy base is gluten-free and so crunchy. Yum!
I LOVE that this body wash smells amazing and is so good for your skin. It’s paraben, triclosan, phthalate and edta free. It leaves your skin feel moisturized and smelling fresh and clean.
These products have become some of my favorite! Do you love and use them, too?
Buttered Peas and Carrots
Crunchy Italian Garlic-Roasted Broccoli
Growing up, my mom made dinners from scratch and she was always trying new things in the kitchen. She even catered for a while and her food is still some of the best I’ve ever eaten.
I’m so thankful to have been grown and fed fruits, vegetables, bean soups and lean meats, and all kinds of delicious, healthy food. And my mom’s food is so full of flavor, everything tastes great, especially the healthy stuff.
I always aim to please at my dinner table and when recipes turn out amazing, I can never wait to share them. So, here it is. My newest broccoli creation. The topping is crunchy and yummy and the broccoli is full of garlic flavor and has a nutty, browned coating because it’s baked. Yum.
Crunchy Italian Garlic-Roasted Broccoli
- 2 1/2 cups broccoli, cut into small bite-sized pieces
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 tablespoons avocado oil
- 1/4 cup gluten-free panko bread crumbs
- salt and pepper
Mix the broccoli, garlic and 2 tablespoons avocado oil. Sprinkle salt and pepper and bake in the oven at 400 for 15 minutes.
In a separate bowl, add the rest of the almond oil and the bread crumbs. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and mix again. Remove the broccoli from the oven and pour the bread crumb mixture over top. Bake another 5 minutes and serve.
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Oven-Roasted Diced Potatoes
I like potatoes and I’ve been wanting a new roasted potato recipe for a while. I tried this recipe tonight and it was so yummy and came together in no time.
Use parchment paper for clean-up that’s easy and quick. With only six ingredients, most of which are likely in your pantry, you’re gonna love this dish.
Oven-Roasted Diced Potatoes
- 3 small baking potatoes, cut into diced-sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil
- 1/4 tablespoon salt
- 1/4 tablespoon pepper
- 1/4 tablespoon onion powder
- 1/4 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1/4 tablespoon dried parsley
Grease a baking sheet with one tablespoon avocado oil and preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a separate bowl, combine one tablespoon almond oil, seasonings, and potatoes. Mix well to incorporate and pour the potatoes onto the baking sheet.
Bake for 30 minutes or until the potatoes begin to turn brown. Yum!
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BBQ Rub Baby Potatoes
I love to have lots of vegetable sides with my lunches and dinners (well, breakfast too!) I’m always testing new things and coming up with and mixing different flavors together. I have really been loving a BBQ dry rub with things like potatoes, on chicken and even in homemade BBQ sauce.
When this turned out to be delicious, I was excited but not surprised. The flavor reminds me of summer and is easy and quick to prep, and cook.
BBQ Rub Baby Potatoes
- 2 1/2 cups baby potatoes, halved
- 3 teaspoons dry BBQ rub
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Mix everything together in a bowl and transfer to a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes and enjoy!
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Get my New Book for Under $1 This Sunday
You want to check out my new book right? Here’s your chance to do it for $.99! Here’s the rest of the details.
This book is filled with easy to make fruit and vegetable sides that taste great. All recipes are Vegan and Paleo, making them also dairy-free. Don’t let these “health” terms steer you away though, you’ve got to try these recipes!
The dishes in this book are easy enough for weekly dinners and so yummy they work great for entertaining, too!
Here are some recipe links for a little peak into the book:
These baked peaches are so warm and delicious:
https://emmyrokke.com/2017/09/19/baked-peaches-with-walnuts-and-raspberry-sauce/
Rosemary carrots pair great with chicken or at your 
Thanksgiving table:
https://emmyrokke.com/2017/06/21/roasted-rosemary-carrots/
Click on the photo for the link to the book! Remember, it’s only $.99 tomorrow -Sunday- all day! (And anytime after 8pm, $2.99.) You’ll be so glad you grabbed this deal while it lasted!
And as always, thanks for all your support! XOXO
Here’s my other cookbooks, too!
My Next Book is a Paleo/Vegan Mashup, and You’re Going to Love it
Paleo and Vegan are very different diets. But the truth of it is that there is a common space that very much so applies to vegans, and to people who eat paleo.
In fact, if you take the Paleo diet, subtract the animal products, including honey, then you have a Vegan diet. Paleo includes lean meats, red meats, bacon, seafood, and eggs. It otherwise includes fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and oils, and foods made from them.
A vegan diet includes anything and everything that isn’t derived from an animal. This includes soy. I don’t do soy.
So, this book is the perfect combination of animal, and plant and without “processed” ingredients and, of course, no soy.
My favorite part about Vegan is it includes all produce, because Paleo excludes some. And my favorite part about Paleo is that it also includes (some) animal products and honey, which are no-nos for the Vegan diet. 
This book is full of fruit and vegetable sides, all of which are paleo AND vegan. Well, with one exception. I use honey. And I prefer honey to vegan alternatives.
If you are strict vegan, you can use coconut sugar in place of the honey, to make it a truly vegan AND paleo choice. (Otherwise vegans eat cane sugar, other sugars, sweeteners, and things like agave.)
Enjoy these recipe links below for a sneak peak into the book:
https://emmyrokke.com/2017/07/05/roasted-pepper-brussels-sprouts/
https://emmyrokke.com/2017/07/28/almond-butter-ants-on-a-log/
https://emmyrokke.com/2017/06/05/honey-sweetened-skillet-pineapple/
Watch for this books release and thanks for your continued support! XOXO
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