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 Hail Merry Online Cookbook: Raw, Vegan & Gluten-Free Recipes

Hail Merry, the raw, vegan, and gluten-free snack and dessert company from Dallas Texas, is excited to announce their new HAIL MERRY RECIPES collection on Facebook- a free online cookbook of healthy inspiring recipes that taste delicious and will stand the test of time, no matter the next food trend. The Categories include: SALADS, APPETIZERS, SOUP, SIDE DISH, MAIN COURSE, DESSERT, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DRINKS, RAW, VEGAN, and GLUTEN-FREE.

To access a recipe just click on a category and you will go to an index of recipes and articles on the Hail Merry Blog. All the recipes are gluten-free plus many are raw, vegan or a combination of the three. We include such Hail Merry classics as the Baja Spinach Blackberry Raw Vegan Summer Salad, Clean-Green Pesto Sauce, Raw Strawberry Shortcake, and the Dark Chocolate Banana Smoothie.

Please take a look and we welcome your comments, suggestions, and recipes. Let us know your favorite recipe. Thank you for all your wonderful support. Our goal is to have the best online cookbook of raw, vegan & gluten-free recipes to help you on your journey to higher health. Taste and health can coexist and do so in our recipes.

For active health conscious consumers with uncompromising quality standards Hail Merry® is the Raw, Vegan, Gluten-Free snack brand that features healthy and healing organic raw plant oils in their desserts, macaroons, grawnola and seasoned nuts and seeds. The company is women owned by experienced leaders who know food and are dedicated to superior taste and purity in every bite by promising the highest quality ingredients and practicing sustainable manufacturing processes. Hail Merry® is sold nationally at Whole Foods Market and other natural foods retailers. Hail Merry® is also available at hotels, airports, stadiums, convention centers, & colleges/universities.

This colorful vegetarian Spanish Peasant Soup is a beautiful blend of garbanzo beans and fresh vegetables accented with paprika, turmeric, basil, cinnamon, and cayenne. It can be prepared in less than 45 minutes start to finish and perfect for a light alkalizing meal. Just one large bowl full will supply your body with three recommended daily servings of vegetables and one large recommended daily serving of beans. What more could you ask for? It is a nutritional powerhouse in an Impressionist landscape.  Enjoy some olives and Hail Merry Chimayo Chili Pecans while the soup simmers. Feed Your Body Royally!

VEGETARIAN SPANISH PEASANT SOUP

(From the Gluten-Free Good Health Cookbook)

6 Servings

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups chopped onion
2 cloves crushed garlic
2 cups sweet potatoes*, peeled and diced into 1 inch pieces
½ cup diced celery
1 cup diced tomatoes**
1 cup diced yellow peppers
1½ cups cooked chickpeas
3 cups of stock or water
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon basil
1 bay leaf
Dash of cinnamon
Dash of cayenne
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1. In a medium stockpot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, sweet potatoes, and celery. Sauté for 10 minutes. Add seasonings and stock.
2. Simmer, covered, for fifteen minutes. Add remaining vegetables and chickpeas. Cover and simmer another 15 minutes.
3. Remove bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.

Cook's note: One 15-ounce can of beans equals 1½ cups of cooked beans. One cup of dry beans yields 3 cups cooked. One pound of dry beans yields 6 cups cooked.

*Carrots or butternut squash can be substituted for sweet potatoes.
**Recommend Muir Glen® Organic Diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes.