Vegan Recipes

Rice & Beans

Rice:

1 tablespoon Olive Oil

1/2 an white onion

2 cups Jasmine rice

1 can tomato sauce (not tomato paste, sauce)

4 cups water

 1 teaspoon of the above vegetable base

On medium heat: 

Heat olive oil: in meantime, chop up the onions. Add onions to the oil and lightly fry. Add the rice and move around pan until lightly browned; add the can of sauce and mix with the rice; add the four cups of broth and mix with rice gently one time. Cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until all the water is absorbed.

Beans:

2 1/2 cups water

  1 teaspoon vegetable base

1 bell pepper; chopped

Half white onion; chopped

Half an avocado

Take a deep pan and fill with 3/4 water.

Add all ingredients and cook on low for 3 hours while covered. Serve with sliced avocado on top. 

Enjoy!<3

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Suave Keratin Infusion Leave-In Conditioner

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Every time I smell it I go to another place. Being shipped away, at the moment, just thinking about the scent!

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Longer, Stronger Hair

Flax seed oil helps hair grow in softer because of its' moisturizing properties. Also aids against dry scalp therefore, guarding against hair-loss.

If you want longer, stronger hair, you must start from the inside. A healthy diet that is well-balanced and nutrient-packed is so obvious it's silly. You can apply tropical treatments all you want but if you do not start with a well-nourished foundation, all those treatments will pretty much do nothing. Zero. Nada.

Made with:

Soy Milk, preferably Silk.
Chia Seeds. Don't forget them.
One banana.
Half a teaspoon cacao powder.

Available a Whole Foods. Perfect snack.

Nutrient-rich super foods.

In the mean-time... 

Care for your hair as it grows.

 

 Caring for your growth is very important as well. Most important is what you use on your scalp.

Available here:

Nature's Gate Herbal 

Alaffia Coconut Shea Daily Hydrating Shampoo

Nature's Gate Mandarin Orange & Patchouli

Massaging scalp for 3 minutes a day with a tablespoon of coconut oil right before showering not only helps moisturize thirsty roots and follicles, but it also increases oxygen to the scalp and invigorates thus speeding up hair-growth.

Available here:

EfaGold Coconut Oil 

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Never. Ever. Ever. EVER. EVER. EVER. EVER.EVER.  Apply conditioner on your scalp. Especially if you want it to grow. If you want it to fall out, sure, by all means, go for it. BUT. If you want follicles (also known as: Pores of the scalp) that are cleared and ready for healthy, new growth, avoid putting conditioner on it at all costs. It's a matter of life and death...Of the follicles, of course!

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