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Women We Love: an interview with Yasemin Koc Gabrielsen

Posted on January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 by Open Book Kitchen

Happy Wednesday! As a reward for making it through the first half of your week, here's the first post in a new interview series that I am super excited to share with you guys. As you can see in the resources page of this website, there are so many women in the health/wellness/food community that … Continue reading Women We Love: an interview with Yasemin Koc Gabrielsen

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The perfect summer meal = these fresh spring rolls 🤤🥕🥒🥬|| rice noodles, shredded carrots, cucumber, peanuts, and chopped lettuce with cilantro, mint, lime juice, and sesame seeds. Served with a spicy peanut sauce, obviously 👌🏻🥜

Don’t mind me, just eating allllll of these #vegan #glutenfree s’mores bars ☀️🍫

Hi Summer, you’re pretty 👋🏻🍓|| found some local strawberries at the market and just had to buy them. Pro tip: soak nice fresh strawberries like these in a water/vinegar mix. Then rinse and air dry for a bit and store in the fridge in a container with a paper towel at the bottom. Whenever I do this my berries last such a long time! That is unless I eat them all tonight.. 😋 #onepartplantxwholefoods

No better cure for a case of the Mondays than looking forward to making pizza for dinner 🤤🍕|| vegan sausage, cheese, roasted red peppers, arugula, and a spicy cashew cheese sauce 👌🏻

Oh, hello Summer 👋🏻☀️|| spicy fried cauliflower, arugula, rice salad from an old family recipe that I recently veganized, plus a watermelon lime slushie 😎🍉

I like to think of myself as a vegan doughnut connoisseur - I’ve tried a lot! 🍩🍩🍩 They’re my favorite sweet thing to eat and I’ve accumulated some favorites over the years. @voodoodoughnut from a vacation to Portland, Oregon; @cinnamonsnail and @dunwelldoughnuts from my time living in New York; @crosstowndoughnuts from London; and @bostoncommoncoffee and @unionsquaredonuts from my time working in Boston. Can #nationaldoughnutday be everyday?! Also, can someone bring me one of these because now I’m drooling...🤤

If anyone needs me this weekend, I’ll just be on the couch with this @miyokoscreamery vegan cheese and these @vansfoods gluten-free crackers 🤤

Gluten-free pizza crust has always been tricky for me. It normally takes a ton of effort, doesn’t crisp well, and then I’m left feeling disappointed 😔🍕 I finally tried the pre-made dough from my favorite @purelovebakery and it’s a total game changer for me! Both puffy AND crispy 🤯|| I covered it in a cashew cheese sauce, roasted red peppers, basil, @daiya mozzarella, and @beyondmeat spicy sausage. Holy yum! 🤤

When ya feel like garbage and have been sick for a solid month and can’t taste your food, @annieshomegrown #vegan AND #glutenfree mac and cheese is the ultimate comfort 😷🥣

Yesterday I felt like garbage. After moping around the house for a while I came to the conclusion that I needed to go to Whole Foods and get one of their TTLA sandwiches (tomato, tempeh bacon, lettuce, and avocado on this amazing ciabatta bread) 😍. It’s one of my very favorite things and yet I try not to get it because gluten and soy are triggers for my joint pain among other things. I told my fiancé (wow, first time writing that 😂😱) and he asked me if I really wanted to go. I said “yes it will make me so happy.” He considered that for a second and then, in such a sweet way, said that I won’t be happy after I eat it and my body is in pain. He was right, of course. Even if it wasn’t what I wanted to hear 😂. So instead I decided to go out and get the ingredients to make my own, on gluten-free bread. Still got the tempeh - because I love it and it doesn’t affect my body as badly as gluten does and I figured it was a compromise. Today I made the sandwich and it was glorious. The end. 🍅🥓🥬🥑

Peanut loves @purelovebakery just as much as I do! I snagged some Easter treats (like this funfetti doughnut) and Peanut got to greet all the customers 😂🍩

I’ve been a big fan of savory chickpea flour pancakes for a few years now but this recipe from @thefirstmess reminded me that I really need to eat them more often. 🤤 Especially with roasted asparagus, radishes, and a lemon tahini sauce! 🍋🍴

Last night’s sushi feast for ✌🏻🍱|| I could literally eat vegan sushi every single day and it would make me insanely happy. Peanut avocado rolls are my absolute favorite 😍🥑🥜

Constantly dreaming of vegan and gluten-free baked goods 🤤💭🍩

The ultimate way to jazz up a frozen pizza is with a homemade cashew cheese drizzle on top 🤤🍕

My winter “menu” pretty much just consists of bowls of brown rice with roasted veggies, avocado, and creamy cashew cheese sauce 👌🏻🥑 || this one used sweet potato, yellow squash, and rainbow chard!

The very best way to keep the Sunday scaries at bay? Bake some motherfucking chocolate chip cookies 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪 || my absolute favorite #vegan #glutenfree recipe is from the @onepartplant cookbook, and this time I played with the flour blend a bit based on what I had in my pantry. Still amazing like always! 🙌🏻

INFLAMMATION ✨ I often find that it’s really difficult to describe to other people what it feels like to have a full body inflammatory flare up, but this week I’ve had to try to put it into words with different friends, co-workers, and loved ones, so I thought I’d try to articulate it here as well. It feels like you are moving in slow motion, with both your brain and your physical body. My hips, knees, and other major joints hurt on a normal day but when I’m in a flare up my fingers, ankles, elbows, and wrists radiate pain and make me feel so weak. I have zero energy, no matter how much sleep I’ve gotten. I experience brain fog (super freaky) and struggle to articulate myself and find certain words. My stomach often hurts and feels inflamed as well, my sinuses are super inflamed, and I tend to get at least one major headache that lasts for 12+ hours. Sometimes a flare up is only for a few days, and sometimes (like this most recent one) it goes on for close to two weeks. This totally unpredictable body of mine has taught me so much about patience, the value of rest, and just how much I have to prioritize my wellbeing, even when I have other shit to do! 🙏🏻💆🏼‍♀️|| this week I made the easiest curried sweet potato soup and loaded it up with anti-inflammatory turmeric and ginger and it was the perfect thing for my stressed out body! 🍠🥄

My green today, in the form of some freshly bottled kombucha! 🍀💚|| this is my second batch and so far so good! I juiced some cucumbers, jalapeños, and lemons from this week’s @misfitsmarket box and added it to my bottles. Yum! 🥒

An impending snowstorm and a nagging stomachache pretty much guaranteed that I would be making a huge pot of soup today! ❄️😖|| I adapted a recipe from @ohsheglows (her 10 spice vegetable soup) and added some #glutenfree pasta (because duh) and some @violife_foods #vegan parmesan on top. It is so creamy and warming and chock full of yummy vegetables! 🤤🥕🍠🥄

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