Z’s Kitchen

A look into a mostly healthy, whole foods, plant based kitchen.

Mango “Ice Cream”

We make a lot of our frozen desserts in the Vitamix. Here is one that’s been a favorite for the whole family. It is not as creamy as traditional ice cream, but much creamier than fruit sorbets. The texture is very smooth and somewhere between soft serve and hard ice cream. If you’re used to [...]

Perfect Rice Every Time

For years, I used a $20 food steamer / rice cooker to make rice. It did a pretty good job and I used it almost everyday.  Since I bought it when I was single, I got the smallest size sold and it was perfect for a college student. Now that my family has grown, I wanted one [...]

Brazil Nut Milk

Today I made Brazil Nut Milk for the first time.  My journey into alternatives to milk started with soy milk and then rice milk.  These were the only options sold in the stores I visited so many years ago.  Over time, more milks have shown up on the shelves. I have seen soy milk, almond [...]

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