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Category Archives: Vegetarian
Vegan! Pasta with mushrooms and kale 10/20/21
Who does not love a big bowl of pasta especially when it is good for you! My Wednesdays are almost always pasta and vegan. I rotate through different vegetables. Today I chose kale. The sauce is basically pasta water and … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Pasta, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged kale, mushrooms
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Breakfast for dinner (BFD) 10/17/21
Usually I make something more exotic with my Sunday BFD but these are lean times (as in I am in full dieting mode.) I am happy to report that I have lost almost 5 lbs of my vacation weight. Positive … Continue reading
Vegan! Chickpea stew. 10/15/21
How good do those veggies look?! I am happy that the weather is getting cooler and I can make soups and stews that seemed too heavy for hot summer days. I like this recipe because you can change it up … Continue reading
Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Pasta, Recipes, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Vegan! Pasta with mushrooms and broccolini. 10/13/21
So great to be cooking again! I thought I would be missing all the fancy dishes and drinks. But, no! This simple pasta dish was like a balm to my over-doing-it soul. John and I make some sort of pasta … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged broccolini, mushrooms, pasta
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Chickpea sandwich spread. 10/13/21
This is my first healthy-eating, post-vacation lunch. In addition to the chickpea spread, my sandwich includes half of a pita divided into two thin half-round pieces, home grown tomatoes, kale, and celery sticks. I also had an apple for dessert. … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy tips, Legumes, Lunch, Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas
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Whole grain penne with pesto. 9/15/21
Last week I harvested a bunch of basil from my two backyard basil plants to make pesto. Since I did not have quite enough I used some store-bought Italian parsley to supplement the basil. I used this recipe from the … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged penne, pesto
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Gazpacho and chickpea salad. 9/9/21
As the temperature keeps hovering in the mid- to upper 90s, I am finding ways to keep from heating up the kitchen. On Thursday I made gazpacho from the myriad Roma tomatoes that our daughter brought home from the Community … Continue reading
Posted in Healthy tips, Legumes, Mediterranean, Salad, soup, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, Gazpacho, tomatoes
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Egg-sta Primavera. 9/5/21
Here is my Sunday egg dinner with a new spin on it. I made a thin egg disc and then rolled it up and cut it like linguine. I sautéed a bunch of vegetables—carrots, broccoli, celery, mushrooms, and fennel. When … Continue reading
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Red lentils with rice and kale. 9/4/21
Red lentils cook pretty quickly in some stock that has been flavored with cumin seed, salt, onion, garlic and ginger. I serve them over raw kale with a base of white rice and cauliflower rice mix.
Posted in Afghan, Easy, Legumes, rice, stew, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Whole grain penne with mushrooms and kale. 8/26/21
This is another easy vegan pasta dish that gets it sauce from a combination of the vegetables and the pasta water. Sauté the mushrooms while the pasta water heats up adding the onions and garlic to the mushrooms after the … Continue reading
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