GREEN FLAME -- GREEN RAY OF LIGHT -- AA RAPHAEL -- THURSDAY

The green Ray of light represents concretisation, crystallization of substance, knowledge and science. The green Flame is the Flame of balance and Truth. It leads to analysis and development of ideas, especially Divine ideas and impulses that have been conceived in the First Ray of the Blue Flame. Those ideas ultimately and inevitably produce wisdom and light. The fifth Ray of light brings the energy of exploration which might eventually produce separation and crystallization. The discernment and thoroughness with which the green Ray operates produce in the mind of man an act of final understanding and revelation of the Truth. This is the Ray of concentration, as a manifestation of the undisturbed sustained attention, which is attained by consecration. In the green Flame we recognize the seat of the physical healing and perfection.

The Green Flame Invocation is performed on Thursday when the fifth green Ray especially strongly manifests its energies.

Archangel Raphael is an Angel of healing and consecration. A physician, minister, student and every devotee, who out of his/her free will consecrates his/her strength to serve life, stands under this special blessing and protection. Archangel Raphael forms the heart of every single individual who is supposed to take a new incarnation. Mary, the Mother of God, a being full of mercy, grace, compassion and motherly love is the Divine complement of Archangel Raphael. Mother Mary is the Hierarch of the "Temple of Resurrection", together with Yeshua. The Temple is filled with the Green Flame of healing. It combines many different healing places that possess healing streams of energy, like for instance, Lourdes, the water of Saint Petka, and many others. Those are the places where a constant prayer ascends to heaven, towards God.

Archangel Raphael represents the power of sight and vision - vision of the Truth. He can help you develop your third eye - the inner vision, or Divine vision - and the resort to the power of creation by visualization. Archangel Raphael can improve your concentration and extrasensory perception. Archangel Raphael is a guardian of the blind. He brings healing in every respect, supports the healers, helps the physician and all spiritual therapists. Archangel Raphael supports all people on their Divine path.

Archangel Raphael will bring you healing, health and wealth, if you just ask Him for help. He will help you develop intuition and improve your vision, he will bestow upon you the Divine energy of self-healing. Surround yourself with the green light of the fifth Ray and pray for whatever is necessary. You know that honest and pure prayer will always be heard and fulfilled. You can rely on Archangel Raphael while traveling, as He is the guardian of those on the road.

Archangel Raphael will teach you to consecrate yourself every day when your eyes look at something which is less than perfect. In that case you can utter the following prayer: "Beloved Father, forgive me for disrespecting Your law of love. Beloved Archangel Raphael, once again consecrate my eyes, so that I can see only perfection! "

When you hear something negative, when your hands are impatient in some move, when you demonstrate indignation, when your tongue and lips utter only one wrong word, then, say to yourself: "Beloved Father, forgive me for the misuse of Your energy." You should repeat this sentence often, until you have understood and corrected everything.

Your individual life stream is found in grave danger only if you do not rise up again, clean up the dust from your knees, and make another step once again. Archangel Raphael will always enlighten your four lower bodies once again, whenever you need this and whenever you ask Him to. Do not hesitate, ask Him again and again. Ask Archangel Raphael to become aware of nothing less than the perfection, so that you can see perfection, hear perfection, and speak perfection, for now, and for always.

The representatives from the world of crystals for the Green Ray (Green Golden Flame) are blue sapphire, indigolite, sugilite and sodalite. These crystals are connected to the sixth chakra - the ajna chakra.

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Thursday is represented by the Green Flame. This flame is green like moss with golden radiation. This ray brings into one's Being Divine qualities of Truth, Dedication, Concentration and Healing.


Invocation for Thursday

"Tenderly Beloved Presence of God, I AM in my self. I invoke Thy Green Flame of Truth and Healing, I dedicate my life now and forever to serving of God, serving the Good, so that from now on my brain thinks only what is perfect, that my feeling remains calm, full of love, caring, ready to help and be happy, that my hands only bless and heal, that my legs be only messengers of the good, that my body be strong and willing to be an instrument of help, carrying everywhere God's Perfection.

When we seek divinity, health, happiness and abundance and if we would before that understand the meaning and power of constantly sustained attention, and then in conscious effort withdraw the attention from all phenomena in the world and anchor it in God's Presence, its return action would flood us with the fullness of everything we could desire."

WHITE RAY -- WHITE FLAME OF LIGHT -- AA GABRIEL -- WEDNESDAY

The fourth Ray of white light (white flame), stands in the middle of the seven rays, and as such it symbolizes a central point, i.e., point of balance and harmony. The white Ray stimulates the creativity, art, and beauty. The white flame is especially sensitive to sounds and colors. Here we can learn discrimination, velocity and search for perfection. The intuitive strength is especially emphasized, as it calls for love, life and understanding. The white ray exhibits the greatest power of purification, which is being manifested through the ability of ascending all spiritual faculties of the individual.

On Wednesday we should perform the White Flame Invocation since the outpouring of this ray is at its maximum. Archangel Gabriel is the most prominent representative from the Angelic kingdom for the white flame, and His task is to channel and distribute the energy of the white Ray.

Archangel Gabriel is an Angel of annunciation and edification. He sustains the perfection of the untainted Divine plan for every individual, for every incarnated Angel, and for the whole planet Earth. Archangel Gabriel is the messenger of God, Angel of the fourth Ray of purity, artistic creation, resurrection and ascension. He gives us hope and teaches us about the virtues of true religion. Archangel Gabriel teaches you that religion means developing love and gratitude for all life, developing love towards God, Who has given life and Who sustains your presence in the universe for so many millions of years, in hope that through yourself you will fulfill your preordination. This task you can fulfill through no other being but yourself, since this is your contribution to the magnificent cosmic texture, that only your life stream can weave and become.

Call up Archangel Gabriel and ask Him for grace and inner purification, to help you dissolve old discordant memories, deeply rooted bad habits, and thought patterns that lower the vibrations of your subtle bodies down. Pray to Archangel Gabriel for order and discipline in your life, so that everything can go smoothly, easily and without friction. Imagine pure white flame around your being, and let your spirit surface and rise to greater spiritual heights.

Ask for His cosmic strength of love, so that you can be resurrection and life of all that is good in your life stream, to be resurrection and life of your eternal youth, beauty, perfect vision, hearing, limitless strength and energy, perfect health, and achieve abundance of money and all good things. Pray to Archangel Gabriel for accomplishment of the Divine plan that has been karmicly determined. All people wear around their necks an invisible plate upon which their karma is clearly written. But hardly anyone of them is interested for this writings and even fewer are willing to work on this issue. So, you try to work on that, have hope and you will succeed. The Divine complement of Archangel Gabriel is Hope.

The most fundamental representatives from the world of crystals for the White Ray (White Flame) are ruby, red zircon, garnet, jasper, dragon eye, and coral, and from the group of black crystals of protection and grounding obsidian, tourmaline and black opal. We connect these crystals to the Muladhara chakra.

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Wednesday is represented by the White Flame of purity. This fourth ray brings into one's subtle bodies and auras the Light of Knowledge and the energy of the Divine qualities of Purity, Art, Resurrection and Ascension.


Invocation of Wednesday

"Tenderly Beloved Presence of God, I AM in my self and Beloved Christ Self in my heart, I love You and adore You. I invoke White Flame of Purity and Assumption to purify me and every life I come in touch with. You know the purpose of my existence. Therefore, help me to fulfil my purpose of existence through the energies of my own world.

Before all, help me to avoid any sin of omission towards all things. Let purity now extend clearing away from my world everything that has been limited or a shadow.

Where our attention is, there we are also, what we pay attention to, we become that! The lever for everybody who in conscious action wishes to go forward and upward, lies in the mastery of attention. The stream of the White Flame of Divine Forgiveness affects equally the just and the unjust. Radiation of Love and of God's Grace flows through the whole Universe, but we still do not see it."

PINK RAY - PINK FLAME & AA CHAMUEL - TUESDAY

From the third Ray of the pink Flame we see the manifestation of the activities, intents, and wisdom of the first two rays: the first Blue Ray and the second Yellow Ray. Here we see the qualities of creativity and adjustability. Through the pink Flame the needs are expressed, plans formulated, and material is selected. This is a Ray of Divine love, tolerance, adoration, and gentleness.

Pink Flame Invocations should be performed on Tuesday when this Flame is especially active, and when its manifestation reaches the highest intensity. The most prominent representative of the Pink Ray is Archangel Chamuel.

Archangel Chamuel is an Angel of adoration and glorification. He is able to increase and multiply all positive things, if you only ask Him to. Archangel Chamuel will show you the way of compassion, love and forgiveness. He amplifies the flame of love in your heart, by providing for Divine love and comfort.

If you want to get rid of all the negative emotions, call up Archangel Chamuel. He will teach you how to transmute such feelings into something positive. He will show you how to imagine an adequate positive emotion of extreme meaning and value, and then, how to find the golden midpoint between the two opposite emotions - this narrow edge one is advised to balance upon in order to be able walk the path of unconditional love. Archangel Chamuel will awaken in you high respect, so that you can devote your being to God. He will bestow you with positive emotions of love and adoration, and fill your heart with love and joy.

Love knows no limitations; it accepts all people just as they are. True love does not judge or moralize. True love is powerful, it overcomes insult, anger, and separation, it is stronger than the ego. With you inner eye see the pink light that surrounds you. Let love flow out of your heart to your loved ones, to the ones that you do not love, to people you do not know, to all the people on planet Earth, all animals, plants, crystals, to all Divine creation. By spreading your life you create a bridge upon which Angels can descend and bring hope and joy to the world. Your reward is going to be a blessed life, filled with love. The female counterpart of Archangel Chamuel is Charity.

The representatives from the world of crystals for the Pink Ray (Pink Flame) are green tourmaline, jade, rose quartz and fluorite. These crystals are connected to the anahata chakra.

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Tuesday is represented by the Pink Flame. This ray brings into one's microcosm energy of the Divine qualities of Pure Divine Love, Adoration, Beauty and Tolerance.


Invocation for Tuesday

"Beloved Presence of God, I AM in myself, I love you and worship you. O Thou, powerful Pink Flame in my heart, I am sending Thee my ceaseless love and worship, to Thee and to the Great God of the Universe and His Messengers, I am sending my love to the whole of life everywhere.

I bless all Life I ever touch with my thoughts, feelings, speech or acts. I do not criticize, I no longer condemn and do not judge. I am patience and understanding in thinking, feeling and speech and I let my Life current flows only as a God's Blessing.

I am sealed in God's Pink Flame of Love. I AM Presence bringing consolation everywhere, to the whole of Life.

I am now getting out of the worries of my outer self and entering the little chambre of my heart into a secret place of the Most High! I am standing and watching the holy THREEFOLD Flame, the clothing of my beautiful Christ self, I am relaxing and recuperating in Love of God's Presence.

I am letting my worship flows into my Presence. Now I am aware that my body is a Temple in which Immortal Flame of Life Everlasting is burning and in which the Holy Christ Self is created in the image and the likeness of my Father, expecting my adoration, my love and my devotion!"

On Renunciation and Responsibility

Renounce and then enjoy this world. -- Isopanishad

Starting upon the long journey immaculate; descending more and more into sinful matter, and having connected himself with every atom in manifested Space – the Pilgrim, having struggled through and suffered in every form of life and being, is only at the bottom of the valley of matter, and half through his cycle, when he has identified himself with collective Humanity. This, he has made in his own image. In order to progress upwards and homewards, the 'God' has now to ascend the weary uphill path of the Golgotha of Life. It is the martyrdom of self-conscious existence. Like Visvakarman he has to sacrifice himself to himself in order to redeem all creatures, to resurrect from the many into the One Life. Then he ascends into heaven indeed; where, plunged into the incomprehensible absolute Being and Bliss of Paranirvana, he reigns unconditionally, and whence he will re-descend again . . .

-- The Secret Doctrine, i 268

VIOLET FLAME OF TRANSMUTATION

 

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The Violet Ray is one of the seven light rays that originate in the Divine White Light. The Divine energy cannot be destroyed. It can only be transformed into some other energy. Therefore, the Violet Flame breaks down the blanket of human imperfections and restores the Divine perfection of the Soul and its integrity.

The Violet Flame acts on the accumulated karma on a subconscious level. The impurities from all incarnations are accumulated between the nucleus and the electrons, and this process has as a result, for instance, mental resistance, hardened heart, lack of compassion, etc. The condensed impurity substance prevents the Soul from receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit, because the immense space between the electrons and the fiery core is a consecrated space that should be reserved only for the Holy Spirit.

We constantly use vital essence, which, in turn, is being coagulated in the process of imprinting the impressions of our mind and our heart. Thus, this vast space is constantly being filled up with a sort of astral glue, which blocks the flow of Light from the Divine toward us. The electrons decelerate in their dance and cannot pass through. This has been taking place for thousands of years, leading us to a condition where the atoms of our consciousness have become polluted. And consequently, the physical pollution is only a result of this mental and astral pollution.

In order to be able to solve the problem of pollution we need to restore the natural energy flow of the Holy Spirit, and eliminate the aggregated impurities by means of the accelerating energy of the Violet Flame. This is a new kind of science that deals with the subject of spiritual ecology and with the development of spiritual intelligence.

God loves us. The flame of God embraces and encompasses every single atom in our body. The polar processes are manifesting between the white fiery atomic shell (material substance - negative polarity) and the white fiery essence of the Violet Flame (positive polarity). The dual action of the Holy Fire in the center of the atom establishes a force field that throws back the impurities. As soon as the field between the electrons is cleared up, they start to accelerate and they are attracted by the Violet Fire. In the embrace of the Holy Violet Flame the discordant energy is being transmuted into its natural pure state.

The Violet Fire possesses a quality of grace, which like soft rain falls from the sky. The processes of giving and receiving maintain the constant flow. The one that gives is equally blessed as the one that receives. This flow represents the interaction between God and man, and assures that once the energy has returned to its Source, the Source will release additional energy. The whole Universe owns Its existence to this flow. If this flow is stopped, disease, death and disintegration start to manifest.

The Violet Flame brings about a feeling of love, happiness, light and hope in your better future. Every day in the week represents an outpouring of a Ray containing the creative power of the Sun and is dedicated to one of the seven Light Rays building up the human body on its way to the "Bridge of Freedom.”

It is not a coincidence that I have named my book “I am who I am”.This words are key for obtaining energy. Each time you use the words I AM, you actually say “God is in me”. This is the affirmation of your True Self. These words release the Fire in your heart so that you can fulfill the Divine plan for you. This is more that a mere power of positive thinking. This is the alchemy of the Holy Fire.

I AM the being of Violet Fire
I AM the freedom God desires

Envision becoming a being of Violet Fire. This will release the Aquarian energy inside you; bring the creativity of the Holy Spirit, and awake love, consciousness and effortlessness in dealing with others.

Hold on to the light of Love inside you, and let it begin to heal you.

YELLOW FLAME -- YELLOW RAY OF LIGHT -- AA JOPHIEL -- MONDAY

The yellow Ray is the second Ray of light. This is a Ray of consciousness. The yellow golden flame brings the impulse for binding light and love, as well as for unifying matter and spirit. This is a Ray of wisdom, sensitivity and intuition. The energy of the yellow flame qualifies and teaches, enabling the processes of thorough synthesis, love, wisdom, enlightenment and peace.

Yellow Flame Invocations should be performed on Monday when this ray is especially dominant, and on Monday it reaches maximal intensity. Archangel Jophiel, the Angel of enlightenment is the most prominent representative of the Yellow Ray, and of the yellow golden Flame.

Archangel Jophiel can bring you wisdom out of the Source of all things, He can bestow you with love and peace. Archangel Jophiel can help you overcome fear, ignorance, and false pride. He can lead you toward health, goodness, and other truly spiritual insights and enlightenments. Female part of His Divine nature is Constancy. Ask Archangel Jophiel to help you find power, to counsel you how to defeat negative thoughts and feelings, to give you inner clarity and wisdom. Imagine yourself as being surrounded by yellow golden light while holding in your hands the crystals that correspond to the yellow Ray, for instance, citrine. Then ask the Archangel of the Second Ray to help you attain calm, love, wisdom, and enlightenment, and ask Him to guide you on the path of reaching your own source of inner wisdom.

Kindly ask Archangel Jophiel to teach you the lesson of how the push of you own feelings gives life to the thought forms, and brings them to earthly fulfillment; to teach you the lesson of providing the thought forms with energy. Ask Him to fill you heart with His sense of strength, so that you can become a master over life and its circumstances that you have to face in the light of love and wisdom. Ask Him to help you become a master over all heavenly ideas that you receive from God's heart - those spiritual ideas that need to be fulfilled on Earth.

The representatives from the world of crystals for the Yellow Ray (Yellow Golden Flame) are transparent, white, yellow and violet crystals. They can be connected to the Sahasrara chakra, for example, such crystals are: citrine, rock crystal, phenakite and amethyst.


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Monday is represented by the Golden-Yellow Flame. This ray brings into one's Being energy of the Divine qualities of Wisdom, Enlightenment, Love, and Tranquility.


Invocation for Monday

"My Beloved Christ Self, I AM in myself, I love you and worship you. I invoke the Yellow Flame of Christ's cosmic Love and Enlightenment to embrace me and every part of life with which I shall ever come in touch! God's Enlightenment and Wisdom rule over everything I do! I harken, understand and bless everything I touch. I am aware that in my physical body there is Flame of Cure healing me from any imperfection. In my physical body there is infinite power supplying my needs, enlightenment for my outer consciousness and an intelligence through which every form attains perfection which is in its primary Essence.

I am aware that there is only ONE Force and Power, God, in my heart and that this Force works for me to the extent that I believe in it. Come out, Beloved Christ Self, I AM in myself, fulfill your DIVINE PLAN for me NOW!

We should not try to go somewhere else to find God's Presence, we should just be at peace. Let us open our eyes in the peace of our sensitive world and we shall notice God's Majestic Power, it is our heart's blow! Let us allow the Nature of Divinity to permeate us in every place in which we have to find ourselves and let us testify to our feeling of Almightiness of Love and of God's Presence!

Let us think every morning on the Nature of our Presence and on the mastery of our Presence. Let us observe for a moment, silently, and then let us go out and try to be this Presence at least for half an hour.

But we must take care to protect ourselves from the worm of spiritual pride that so often in the midst of this wonderful blossoming of spirituality again destroys Perfection."

BLUE FLAME -- BLUE RAY OF LIGHT -- AA MICHAEL -- SUNDAY

Sunday is represented by the Blue Flame which possesses crystal-clear radiation. This ray carries the Light of Knowledge as well as the energy of the Divine qualities of Faith, Strength, Power, Protection, and Sweet God's Will.


Invocation for Sunday

"Beloved Presence of God, I AM in my heart, I love Thee and adore Thee. I invoke THY BLUE FLAME to blaze through me, making only Thy Sweet Will manifest in everything I do. I am aware that within me there is a Divine Plan for myself together with the possibilities and ways for it to be manifested externally.

I Am Faith in the almightiness of God which is ruling me, protecting me, enlightening me, healing me, supplying me, supporting me and doing everything that should be ever done for myself. All that uplifts and connects, that liberates and leads the consciousness to God is good, it is God's Sweet Will. I do not need any occult exercises or outside councilors, the life which moves my heart knows what is good.

Everything that gives release and liberation from shackles, is Divine." 

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THE BLUE RAY OF LIGHT - BLUE FLAME

The Blue Ray is the first Ray of light. The energy of this Flame is the first and final synthesis, the source of all the other energies. The Blue Flame is in the core of the very strength and energy. The first Ray is represented in the power of intent, cause, direction, centralization and unity, and its keynote is will - Divine Will. The basic qualities of the Blue Flame are manifested through the energies of power, strength, faith and protection.

The Blue Flame Invocations should be performed on Sunday, since this is the day when the irradiation of this Ray is especially dominant. Its most prominent representative is Archangel Michael, whose magnificent appearance and presence has been preserved in the humanity's outer consciousness, if only, unfortunately, at its periphery.

Archangel Michael is the leader of all Archangels and Angels. With His blue flaming sword, Archangel Michael can free you from your bad karma, negative energy and restraints that bind you to other people, situations and memories from the past. He can give you strength, power and protection from the devastating thoughts, feeling and deed of others. Each day, Archangel Michael resides in the Astral kingdom of the lower regions for about 22 hours, where He disperses hatred, envy and fear. In this task He is being aided by a legion of Angels of the blue flaming sword.

If somebody is sending you negative thoughts or thoughts that confront your own will, your strength is going to weaken and this can undermine your success in life. Kindly ask Archangel Michael to stand between you and the sender of those negative thoughts, and to protect you. That is the way to turn the negative into positive. Archangel Michael will make you braver and more resolute, so that you can resolve you problems more easily. He will strengthen the will of God in you, as well as the power of faith. Both of these qualities will feed your inner strength, and your motivation is going to become noble and selfless.

Encompass yourself with the sky-blue light - the color of Archangel Michael and the ancient color of the Blue Flame. Let the Blue Ray heal you, increase your self-respect, strength and energy, and let it protect you from all the negative things that come to you.

The female side of Archangel Michael's Divine nature is Faith.

Pray to Archangel Michael to be released from the emotional and other chains that bind you to other people or circumstances from the past. Pray so that you can be filled with love, and realize within yourself the power of Light. Feel this light in your heart and contribute to building a "bridge to freedom" on this path of Angels. In this endeavour you will get the help of Archangel Michael. Kindly ask Him for help while having faith in yourself, because "to him who knocks it will be opened". Ask him to send His ascended Angels of protection to embrace you and your loved ones, and all the constructive people of Earth. Ask Him to be released from all the thoughts that are not compatible with the untainted Divine plan for you. No Angel will come, no Angel will interfere, unless you ask Him/Her to come, as this is against the Law of Divine Love.

The representatives from the world of crystals for the Blue Ray (Blue Flame) are: light-blue sapphire, light-blue topaz and aquamarine. These crystals are connected to the Vishuddha chakra.

Maundy Thursday - Holy Thursday

Holy Thursday" redirects here. For the celebration forty days after Easter, also known as Holy Thursday, see Ascension Day.

Maundy Thursday
The Mystical Supper, Icon by Simon Ushakov(1685).
Also called	Holy Thursday Covenant Thursday Great and Holy Thursday Thursday of Mysteries Sheer Thursday
Observed by	Christians
Type	Christian / Civic
Significance	commemorates the Maundy andLast Supper of Jesus Christ
2012 date	5 April
2013 date	28 March (Western) 2 May (Eastern)
Observances	Mass; distribution of Maundy money
Related to	Holy Week

Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday andThursday of Mysteries) is the Christian feast, or holy day, falling on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Maundyand Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles as described in the Canonical gospels.^[1] It is the fifth day of Holy Week, and is preceded by Spy Wednesday and followed by Good Friday (from Wikipedia).

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The Halau's Favorite Brunch Menu

VALENTINE'S WEEK GIFT TO HALAU MEMBERS ...

Enjoy one of my all-time favorite brunches and kitchen fragrances from my childhood!

From The Halau's kitchen to your table ... ALOHA KAU-KAU ... Happy Eating!

Much Love,

Lana ♥

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FILIPINO-STYLE VEGAN BIFSTEK

Servings: 2-4

2-4 Original flavor Boca Burgers
2 TBsp. Vegetable Oil
1 large onion, sliced in half and slivered in 1/4" long pieces
juice of 1/2 lemon, more or less to taste
1/4 cup Tamari vegan soy sauce, adjust to taste

In an iron skillet over medium heat, brown the Boca burgers in 1 tablespoon of oil, then remove them from the pan and set aside for a moment. In the drippings, add the other tablespoon of oil and add the onions, lemon juice and Tamari soy sauce; stir to incorporate the ingredients. Cook the onions until they begin to carmelize, then add back the Boca burgers. If you prefer a slightly tangier taste, add a little more lemon juice. You might need to add a tad more Tamari to temper the increased amount of lemon juice. Don't worry; you'll want more of the marinade drippings as a gravy. Reduce your heat to simmering temperature and cover the pan for a minute; uncover and stir gently to avoid burning the onions and to cover the burgers in the onions and marinade. Be careful not to render the burgers soggy; they really taste best with a little crispy edge to them smothered in onions and marinade.

Plate and serve (and don't worry about cleaning the pan; that's what the fried rice will do!)

Serves 2-4, depending on how hungry you are. I find that one burger patty per person is plenty.

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GARLIC FRIED BROWN RICE

Make a cup of brown rice in the usual manner and allow to cool slightly.
2-3 cloves of fresh garlic, minced (use more to taste)
Himalayan Sea Salt, to taste

In the same skillet you made the Bifstek, return heat to medium and add 1 Tablespoon of Vegetable or Coconut Oil to the pan. Brown the garlic, but do not burn it. Add the rice and season with the Sea Salt to your taste.
Serve the fried rice with your Bifstek and onions!

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Optional condiment: Sliced up cherry tomatoes seasoned with garlic sea salt and chopped green onions. Mix it all together in a small bowl and serve alongside your Bifsteak and fried rice on the same plate. (This is actually a must-have side dish, if you really want an authentic Filipino breakfast.)

Optional addition: If you are vegetarian and still eat eggs, this Brunch menu really goes well with fried eggs, over easy, served atop the rice.

Serves 2-4 people, depending on how hungry you are! LOL!

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Note: The picture, above, is of the regular Bifstek recipe, which uses thin slices of flank steak (a/k/a skirt steak), that is marinated with all ingredients together in a bowl and refrigerated for 30 minutes. You brown the meat first over medium-high heat to sear the meat and keep it from getting tough; remove from the pan and brown the onions (adding more marinade to make a gravy), then add back the meat into the skillet, quickly toss together and serve hot.

MY VEGAN PANTRY - STOCKING UP

WINTER KITCHEN PROJECT -- Stocking Up A Vegan Pantry

Vegan Pantry Shopping List

by Angela Liddon

Grains:

• Pearled Barley 

• Couscous 

• Rolled, Old-Fashioned Oats 

• Short-grain brown rice 

• Millet 

• Wild & brown rice 

• Speltberries 

• Farro 

• Kamut, whole wheat, & brown rice pasta 

• Raw Buckwheat Groats (technically a fruit seed or “pseudocereal”, but can be used as a grain) 

• Some of my fav flours: whole wheat pastry flour, light spelt flour, brown rice flour, oat flour,

almond meal or flour, kamut flour

Beans & Legumes:

• Quinoa (technically a pseudocereal, but since it’s a complete protein I list it here) 

• Black Beluga Lentils 

• Chickpeas 

• Red Lentils

• Black Beans 

• Green Lentils 

• Firm or Super firm organic, non-GMO tofu 

• Red kidney beans 

• navy beans 

• black eyed peas 

• split peas 

• You might also want to try cooking your beans with a piece of kombu to aid digestion

Nuts: (all raw)

• Macadamia 

• Almonds 

• Pecans 

• Walnuts

• Cashews

Seeds & Dried Fruit: (seeds are all raw)

• Pepita Seeds 

• Hemp Seeds 

• Sunflower Seeds 

• Chia Seeds 

• Whole Flax Seed 

• Dried & sweetened Tart Cherries 

• Dried & Sweetened Cranberries 

• Raisins

Vinegars:

• Raw Apple Cider Vinegar 

• Rice Vinegar 

• Organic Balsamic Vinegar 

• Organic Red Wine Vinegar

Oils:

• Spectrum Spray Olive Oil 

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil 

• Unrefined Safflower Oil 

• Occasionally, I use soy-free Earth Balance in the red tub. 

• cold-pressed organic extra virgin coconut oil

Sweeteners:

• Raw Agave 

• Organic Molasses 

• Pure Maple Syrup 

• Brown Rice Syrup (unfortunately controversial right now, due to discoveries of arsenic in this

and other brown rice products) 

• Raw Coconut Sugar 

• Organic Dark Brown Sugar 

• Organic Sucanat 

• Organic Cane Sugar 

• Medjool Dates

Chocolate

• Camino Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips 

• Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips (I enjoy the mini chips much more than the chunks actually) 

• Cacao nibs 

• Carob Powder 

• Camino Cocoa Powder.

Odds & Ends:

• Sweetened sunflower seed butter, raw almond butter, roasted natural PB 

• Almond Milk (I usually buy “unsweetened, original” for ease of use in recipes) 

• Unsweetened applesauce 

• Full fat coconut milk 

• Light coconut milk 

• Coconut Butter (I often make my own)

Odds & Ends Part II

• Nutritional Yeast 

• BP A free Canned Beans 

• Strained Tomatoes 

• White Linen Collection Marinara Sauce from Costco 

• Low-Sodium Veggie Broth 

• Low-sodium organic Tamari 

• Aluminum-free baking powder 

• Cornstarch or arrowroot flour

My spice collection:

(I put a star beside the ones I use most frequently)

• anise seed 

• allspice 

• basil* 

• bay leaves* 

• caraway

• cayenne* 

• celery seed 

• chili powder* 

• Chinese 5 spice 

• cinnamon* 

• cream of tartar 

• cumin*

• curry masala* 

• dill* 

• dry mustard 

• Fine and coarse sea salt* 

• garam masala*

• garlic powder* 

• ginger* 

• ground cardamom 

• ground cloves 

• ground coriander seed 

• ground nutmeg* 

• Herbamare* 

• kelp granules 

• Kosher salt* (unbleached, better flavour than regular table salt) 

• marjoram 

• mustard seeds 

• nutmeg* 

• onion powder* 

• oregano* 

• paprika* 

• red pepper flakes* 

• rosemary 

• sage leaves* 

• smoked paprika* 

• star anise 

• thyme leaves* 

• turmeric 

• Whole Black pepper*