Who’s ready for an insanely delicious comfort food recipe that tingles the tastebuds, warms the insides and satisfies our cravings for a rich bowl of creamy pasta without all the calories and carbs?
Enter this raw vegan (yes, it’s deliciously warm) version of one of StyleNectar’s most popular dishes ever, Tom Yum Soup. I’ve been wanting to share this raw vegan twist on this hit recipe for such a long time and after testing it over and over to be sure it was perfect, it’s finally here!
Spicy Tom Yum Coconut Noodles prove once again that amazing, complex flavor, full-bodied hearty pasta decadence and our highest potential health, happiness and beauty are not mutually exclusive! As I always say, it’s easy to prepare delicious food that tastes amazing- however, that’s not enough for me. If it doesn’t make US look and feel as amazing as it tastes, it doesn’t make the StyleNectar cut.
In this luxurious upgrade to the original non-vegetarian recipe, I was able to increase the coconut milk as the recipe no longer relied on animal product, thus taking the creamy rich factor off the charts! Next, I increased the shiitakes for double the fabulous meaty texture. And the piece de resistance, to soak up all that spicy Tom Yum decandence, oodles of perfectly al dente kelp noodles! Fresh garlic, ginger, chilis and lime and few tweaks to replace the chicken stock and fish sauce to season everything up perfectly, and a star was born! Hey, don’t take my word for it, just ask Jim who is in heaven right now gnoshing this down 🙂
If you haven’t tried Kelp Noodles this is definitely your lucky day. These mineral rich babies, miraculously, have almost zero calories and when prepared properly, taste & feel exactly like pasta. They soak up the flavors of any dish they’re paired with for that luxurious high-carb affect and NONE of the downside! Coconut milk and shiitakes are both immune boosting powerhouses and the addition of anti-inflammatory ginger, cleansing cilantro and circulation-enhancing chilis take this bowl of deliciousness into true superfood heaven.
Another high-vibe, living foods recipe packed with energy, antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, enzymes and everything we need to stay healthy. Filled with life force, love and the simplicity I’m learning is the foundation to everything exquisite.
Enjoy 🙂
Recipe for Spicy Tom Yum Coconut Noodles (Serves 2-3)
Ingredients
2 cups “no-chicken” or vegetable stock
1 stalk fresh lemongrass thinly sliced into rounds
1 inch piece fresh ginger root thinly sliced
1 large clove garlic, minced
1 tsp thinly sliced medium-heat red chili pepper + extra for garnish (seed & devein for less heat)
12 oz kelp noodles, rinsed and drained
1 or 2 strips wakame seaweed chopped into 2 inch pieces
2 cups thinly sliced shitake mushrooms
2 cups raw coconut milk**(or feel free to sub 1 can FULL FAT coconut milk in a pinch)
1 Tbsp raw miso paste
1 Tbsp raw honey
1 tsp coconut aminos or tamari
1 1/2 – 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice or to taste + small lime wedges for garnish (remember, don’t add lime before bringing to a simmer or it goes sour!)
4 Tbsp freshly chopped cilantro, 1/2 reserved for garnish
Method
In a large pot combine the first 6 ingredients (veg stock through wakame)and bring to a light steam or baby bottle temperature to keep raw. Turn off heat, cover with a tight lid and let steep for 20 minutes to allow the flavors to meld. Alternatively, if you don’t care about it being raw, bring to a simmer, then simmer for 5 minutes.
Add shitakes and coconut milk and bring back to a light steam/baby bottle temperature.
Whisk in remaining ingredients, garnish with extra cilantro, a few slices of red chili & lime wedges and relish in comfort food bliss!
**Raw Coconut Milk: I blend 2 cups raw, thai baby coconut meat with 1/2-3/4 cup (adjust depending on thickness you want) raw thai baby coconut water (Whole Foods sells both raw coconut meat & raw coconut water frozen or crack open your own), 1 Tbsp raw coconut butter & an optional 1 tbsp Tocotrienols (aka my fav non GMO sunflower lecithen) to help emulsify & voila, instant raw coconut milk. Store extra in ice-cube trays in freezer for smoothies.
Enjoy 🙂
Are you a winter or a summer person? Or, perhaps do you love each season for it’s contrasting individuality?
Nobody loves a creamy, delicious smoothie better than I do. So when Williams-Sonoma invited me to help kick off their upcoming "Smoothie Week" with a couple of my favorite "Not Your Everyday Smoothies", I was super excited!
Last week I shared the delectable Chocolate Covered Matcha Smoothie. This week, I thought I'd jazz things up with a wonderfully colorful concoction we can all wiz up in our with whatever favorite fruits & greens we happen to have on hand.
Fresh smoothies are simple to make and incredible for our body, mind and spirit. I make them daily because they're absolutely delicious, alive and radiant… and they make me feel the same way! We all know how important it is to eat the rainbow daily and this delicious Eat the Rainbow Smoothie is a lip-smackingly yummy way to do just that.
So grab your favorite juicy berries, sweet bananas and bright colorful mangos & pineapples galore! (Feel free to choose frozen fruits. They're frozen at the peak of ripeness and, ironically, are often more nutritionally rich than fresh produce which is picked prior to fully ripening, followed by weeks of transport, store display, and time in our homes before ever being eaten) Add a handful of powerful, chlorophyll and mineral rich greens to tuck inside all that flavorful goodness… and you're ready to get blending. Simply layer it up in whatever manner you'd like. Optionally, top it with your favorite berries or superfood treats such as dried mulberries an goji's as I've done here… or keep it simple and leave it as is. Voila, you've got a perfectly luscious fireside treat for bundling up with in your favorite chair, all yours to devour 🙂
Recipe for Eat the Rainbow Smoothie (Serves 2)
Ingredients
4-6 frozen super ripe bananas
1 cup frozen or fresh berries (pick your fav!)
1 cup frozen or fresh mango or pineapple (or whatever you have on hand)
2 handfuls of greens such as spinach, romain, chard, parsley
1/2 a fresh lemon (optional)
dates, raw honey, stevia or your fav sweetener to taste
optional: additional fresh berries &/or superfood toppings such as mulberries and goji berries
Method
Blend the bananas and sweetener to taste in your Vitamix or other high speed blender til smooth and creamy.
Dump 1/3 the mixture into the bottom of your 2 favorite smoothie containers. Dump the other 2/3 into a bowl & set aside.
Add greens & optional lemon to the Vitamix along with 1/3 of the leftover blended bananas. Blend til creamy, taste to adjust sweetness as desired, and divide amongst your 2 smoothie containers.
Add berries to blender and 1/2 the remaining blended bananas. Blend and dump atop the first two layers in your containers.
Add your mango or pineapple and last portion of blended banana to the Vitamix. Blend and add to your smoothies.
Top with your favorite fresh berries &/or superfoods such as mulberries & goji. Or just leave it plain which is super yummy too!
There are several ways to partner with me to see your product or service on StyleNectar. With thousands of social media and blog followers and an ever-expanding, loyal readership, teaming up with me is a fantastic way to gain exposure for your company.
SPONSORED POSTS
A sponsored post is a wonderful way to introduce and promote your product or service to your target market. I will dedicate a post on StyleNectar featuring your product/service within an article &/or recipe developed with your product, a product review, links back to your website and social media outlets, a giveaway (should you choose to host one) and multiple photographs. The post will be seen by my readers and shared throughout all social media channels for maximum reach.
PRODUCT GIVEAWAYS
Are you looking to expand the reach of your product but aren’t necessarily seeking a full product review or an article/recipe dedicated to it? A giveaway is the perfect answer. A giveaway will be beautifully incorporated into one of my regular posts. The post will be seen by my readers and promoted through social media as well for maximum reach.
BRAND AMBASSADORSHIP
Being an ambassador for your company incorporates a plan tailored to fit the specific needs of your company including: multiple sponsored posts, my participation at events and conferences, promotion through social media and representation of your brand.
To learn more about these and any other opportunities, please email me at stylenectar@gmail.com
Welcome to StyleNectar Techniques! I’ve dedicated this page to be a one-stop shop reference corner of How-to’s, Tips & Tricks that will take you directly to the particular post containing the information you’re curious about. Of course there’s always the good-old Search Bar which is great too! This page will continually be updated to reflect even more helpful techniques as I discover them. Please feel free to share any helpful hints of your own and I’ll write them up too. Additionally, if there’s something over which you’ve always been stumped, let me know, and I’ll include that also.
Hurricane Sandy Disaster relief… Please donate any amount you can: Red Cross
"Albies at the Rip." Oil Painted Portrait of a Fly Fishing Catch on 24"x36" Canvas by Juliane Porter. Click for better, larger view.
Fly fishing is my husband’s practice; art is mine. For each of us, it’s a losing of the self within life’s rhythm. And though life is not a work of art and the moments cannot last forever, the fly fisherman’s line dances, catching fleeting glimpses into the elusive mystery of the sea just as the artist’s brush captures moments eternally in paint. And we realize the ebb and flow of all that is around us. One. Infinite. Beauty.
I took the opportunity to sit down with my husband, a dedicated fly fisherman, after capturing, eternally in oil paint, the moment in this painting. Please enjoy his insider's view into the Art of Fly Fishing as well as a few recommendations for three fantastic locations we’ve visited…
~What is the practice of fly fishing to you?Everything. It’s serene. And it can also be very exciting and cathartic.
~Interesting. May I ask in what way it is cathartic? It’s calming. You just relax. Your problems don’t seem very big, if you do have problems. It’s relaxing, reenergizing. Meditative.
~What brought you to fly fishing in the first place?I wanted to expand my love for the water and the outdoors and my passion for game-fishing which I’ve been doing since I was a young boy.
~What brought you to fishing as a young boy?Putting a line out there into this dark space where you couldn’t see, and the chance that something was going to tug on it from another world.
~Many people are familiar with fly fishing in fresh water streams. However, you love fly fishing not only in streams, but also surf fishing along ocean beaches, from your sea kayak and even in salt water estuaries. How do all these options impact your experience of the sport? These infinite options make it a bigger challenge; always having to stay in tune with infinite variables such as wind, tides, migratory patterns, weather conditions… It means you need to be in tune with what’s going on in nature.
~What are some impressive places you’ve fly fished recently along the East Coast?Fishing the Narragansett Bay while staying at The Inn of Castle Hill. Fly fishing around Nantucket while staying at The Wauwinet. Fly Fishing Montauk while staying at The 1770 House in East Hampton.
What do you do to decompress or get back to "center?"
https://stylenectar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/stylenectar.png00Juliane Porterhttps://stylenectar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/stylenectar.pngJuliane Porter2014-11-06 17:39:002014-11-06 17:39:00The Art of a Fly Fisherman
Spicy Tom Yum Coconut Noodles
Who’s ready for an insanely delicious comfort food recipe that tingles the tastebuds, warms the insides and satisfies our cravings for a rich bowl of creamy pasta without all the calories and carbs?
Enter this raw vegan (yes, it’s deliciously warm) version of one of StyleNectar’s most popular dishes ever, Tom Yum Soup. I’ve been wanting to share this raw vegan twist on this hit recipe for such a long time and after testing it over and over to be sure it was perfect, it’s finally here!
Spicy Tom Yum Coconut Noodles prove once again that amazing, complex flavor, full-bodied hearty pasta decadence and our highest potential health, happiness and beauty are not mutually exclusive! As I always say, it’s easy to prepare delicious food that tastes amazing- however, that’s not enough for me. If it doesn’t make US look and feel as amazing as it tastes, it doesn’t make the StyleNectar cut.
This is my submission to Tinned Tomatoes & Lisa’s Kitchen No Croutons Required & Bookmarked Recipes Challenge, Fuss Free Flavours, & Ren Behan‘s + Feedingboys‘ Simple & in Season.
In this luxurious upgrade to the original non-vegetarian recipe, I was able to increase the coconut milk as the recipe no longer relied on animal product, thus taking the creamy rich factor off the charts! Next, I increased the shiitakes for double the fabulous meaty texture. And the piece de resistance, to soak up all that spicy Tom Yum decandence, oodles of perfectly al dente kelp noodles! Fresh garlic, ginger, chilis and lime and few tweaks to replace the chicken stock and fish sauce to season everything up perfectly, and a star was born! Hey, don’t take my word for it, just ask Jim who is in heaven right now gnoshing this down 🙂
If you haven’t tried Kelp Noodles this is definitely your lucky day. These mineral rich babies, miraculously, have almost zero calories and when prepared properly, taste & feel exactly like pasta. They soak up the flavors of any dish they’re paired with for that luxurious high-carb affect and NONE of the downside! Coconut milk and shiitakes are both immune boosting powerhouses and the addition of anti-inflammatory ginger, cleansing cilantro and circulation-enhancing chilis take this bowl of deliciousness into true superfood heaven.
Another high-vibe, living foods recipe packed with energy, antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, enzymes and everything we need to stay healthy. Filled with life force, love and the simplicity I’m learning is the foundation to everything exquisite.
Enjoy 🙂
Recipe for Spicy Tom Yum Coconut Noodles (Serves 2-3)
Ingredients
Method
** Raw Coconut Milk: I blend 2 cups raw, thai baby coconut meat with 1/2-3/4 cup (adjust depending on thickness you want) raw thai baby coconut water (Whole Foods sells both raw coconut meat & raw coconut water frozen or crack open your own), 1 Tbsp raw coconut butter & an optional 1 tbsp Tocotrienols (aka my fav non GMO sunflower lecithen) to help emulsify & voila, instant raw coconut milk. Store extra in ice-cube trays in freezer for smoothies.
Enjoy 🙂
Are you a winter or a summer person? Or, perhaps do you love each season for it’s contrasting individuality?
Follow me on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter & YouTube to stay current on all things SN!
All Love,
Juliane
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Eat the Rainbow Smoothie!
Nobody loves a creamy, delicious smoothie better than I do. So when Williams-Sonoma invited me to help kick off their upcoming "Smoothie Week" with a couple of my favorite "Not Your Everyday Smoothies", I was super excited!
Last week I shared the delectable Chocolate Covered Matcha Smoothie. This week, I thought I'd jazz things up with a wonderfully colorful concoction we can all wiz up in our with whatever favorite fruits & greens we happen to have on hand.
Fresh smoothies are simple to make and incredible for our body, mind and spirit. I make them daily because they're absolutely delicious, alive and radiant… and they make me feel the same way! We all know how important it is to eat the rainbow daily and this delicious Eat the Rainbow Smoothie is a lip-smackingly yummy way to do just that.
So grab your favorite juicy berries, sweet bananas and bright colorful mangos & pineapples galore! (Feel free to choose frozen fruits. They're frozen at the peak of ripeness and, ironically, are often more nutritionally rich than fresh produce which is picked prior to fully ripening, followed by weeks of transport, store display, and time in our homes before ever being eaten) Add a handful of powerful, chlorophyll and mineral rich greens to tuck inside all that flavorful goodness… and you're ready to get blending. Simply layer it up in whatever manner you'd like. Optionally, top it with your favorite berries or superfood treats such as dried mulberries an goji's as I've done here… or keep it simple and leave it as is. Voila, you've got a perfectly luscious fireside treat for bundling up with in your favorite chair, all yours to devour 🙂
Recipe for Eat the Rainbow Smoothie (Serves 2)
Ingredients
Method
Enjoy 🙂
You may also enjoy these fabulous smoothies:
Cleansing Quadruple Berry Acai Smoothie
Daily Detox Green Smoothie
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Shake
Chocolate Chip Mint Shake
Epic Baby Thai Coconut Smoothie
Blueberry Coconut Shake
Delicious Green Smoothie
The Happy Shake
Do you have a favorite “Not Your Average Smoothie” ?
Follow me on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter & YouTube to stay current on all things SN!
All Love,
Juliane
Thank you for visiting 🙂
Comment, Like, Subscribe & Share!
Sponsorship
There are several ways to partner with me to see your product or service on StyleNectar. With thousands of social media and blog followers and an ever-expanding, loyal readership, teaming up with me is a fantastic way to gain exposure for your company.
SPONSORED POSTS
A sponsored post is a wonderful way to introduce and promote your product or service to your target market. I will dedicate a post on StyleNectar featuring your product/service within an article &/or recipe developed with your product, a product review, links back to your website and social media outlets, a giveaway (should you choose to host one) and multiple photographs. The post will be seen by my readers and shared throughout all social media channels for maximum reach.
PRODUCT GIVEAWAYS
Are you looking to expand the reach of your product but aren’t necessarily seeking a full product review or an article/recipe dedicated to it? A giveaway is the perfect answer. A giveaway will be beautifully incorporated into one of my regular posts. The post will be seen by my readers and promoted through social media as well for maximum reach.
BRAND AMBASSADORSHIP
Being an ambassador for your company incorporates a plan tailored to fit the specific needs of your company including: multiple sponsored posts, my participation at events and conferences, promotion through social media and representation of your brand.
To learn more about these and any other opportunities, please email me at stylenectar@gmail.com
Techniques
Welcome to StyleNectar Techniques! I’ve dedicated this page to be a one-stop shop reference corner of How-to’s, Tips & Tricks that will take you directly to the particular post containing the information you’re curious about. Of course there’s always the good-old Search Bar which is great too! This page will continually be updated to reflect even more helpful techniques as I discover them. Please feel free to share any helpful hints of your own and I’ll write them up too. Additionally, if there’s something over which you’ve always been stumped, let me know, and I’ll include that also.
Sprouting:
Sprouting Nuts
Blooming & Sprouting Rice
Nut Milks
How to Make Sprouted Nut Milks
How to Make Raw Vegan Cheeses:
Probiotic “Goat Cheese”
Cashew “Parmesan”
Fresh Baby “Mozzarella”
Detoxification
How to Properly Food Combine
How to Put Together a Properly Food Combined Menu
The Secrets to Detoxing
What is a Healing Crises?
How to Support Ourselves During Detox
How to Make a Basic Green Juice
How to Make the Daily Detox Green Smoothie
How to Make Probiotic Sauerkraut & Kimchi
Energy & Sleep
How to Make a Relaxing Bedtime Drink
How to Make a Caffeine-free Energy Drink
More How To’s:
How to Open a Coconut
The Art of a Fly Fisherman
Hurricane Sandy Disaster relief… Please donate any amount you can: Red Cross
"Albies at the Rip." Oil Painted Portrait of a Fly Fishing Catch on 24"x36" Canvas by Juliane Porter. Click for better, larger view.
Fly fishing is my husband’s practice; art is mine. For each of us, it’s a losing of the self within life’s rhythm. And though life is not a work of art and the moments cannot last forever, the fly fisherman’s line dances, catching fleeting glimpses into the elusive mystery of the sea just as the artist’s brush captures moments eternally in paint. And we realize the ebb and flow of all that is around us. One. Infinite. Beauty.
I took the opportunity to sit down with my husband, a dedicated fly fisherman, after capturing, eternally in oil paint, the moment in this painting. Please enjoy his insider's view into the Art of Fly Fishing as well as a few recommendations for three fantastic locations we’ve visited…
~What is the practice of fly fishing to you? Everything. It’s serene. And it can also be very exciting and cathartic.
~Interesting. May I ask in what way it is cathartic? It’s calming. You just relax. Your problems don’t seem very big, if you do have problems. It’s relaxing, reenergizing. Meditative.
~What brought you to fly fishing in the first place? I wanted to expand my love for the water and the outdoors and my passion for game-fishing which I’ve been doing since I was a young boy.
~What brought you to fishing as a young boy? Putting a line out there into this dark space where you couldn’t see, and the chance that something was going to tug on it from another world.
~Many people are familiar with fly fishing in fresh water streams. However, you love fly fishing not only in streams, but also surf fishing along ocean beaches, from your sea kayak and even in salt water estuaries. How do all these options impact your experience of the sport? These infinite options make it a bigger challenge; always having to stay in tune with infinite variables such as wind, tides, migratory patterns, weather conditions… It means you need to be in tune with what’s going on in nature.
~What are some impressive places you’ve fly fished recently along the East Coast? Fishing the Narragansett Bay while staying at The Inn of Castle Hill. Fly fishing around Nantucket while staying at The Wauwinet. Fly Fishing Montauk while staying at The 1770 House in East Hampton.
What do you do to decompress or get back to "center?"
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