Adapted from: Whole Foods Market. Meals for 4 under $15. (Spring 2011). Austin, TX: Whole Foods Market. My Comment: Finally! A real spring day and temperatures climbed to the 60s. To celebrate, I cooked this pasta primavera from Whole Foods Market’s Spring 2011 Four Meals flyer. I halved the recipe and found the servings size…
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27 Mar 2011 Greens with Carrots, Feta Cheese and Brown Rice
Adapted from Whole Foods Market. Greens with carrots, feta cheese and brown rice. Downloaded from the web on 3/26/2011. My Comment: About 6 months ago, I received a bunch of kale as part of our CSA share. Having never had kale before, I hadn’t a clue what to do with it. Over time I’ve discovered…
25 Mar 2011 Quinoa Mushrooms and Peas with Miso
Adapted from Whole Foods Market. Health starts here: Quinoa mushrooms and peas with miso. (2011). Austin, TX: Whole Foods Market. My Comment: This week I treated myself to dinner with a friend at a local vegetarian restaurant, Life Alive right here in downtown Lowell. This recipe reminded me a lot of some of my favorite…
21 Mar 2011 Spring Vegetable Minestrone
Adapted from Farre, Viviane Bauquet. Chop, Chop! Vegetarian Times. (April 2010). Issue 376, Volume 36, No. 5. p. 42. My Comment What better way to kick off spring than this spring soup! Even though it is snowing today (on the first day of Spring) in New England, we’ve flirted with some fine spring weather…
28 Feb 2011 Glazed Carrot and Tomato with Wild Rice Ragout
Adapted from Vegetarian Times. Glazed carrot and tomato with wild rice ragout. (March 2009, p 60 print edition). Downloaded from the web on February 27, 2011. My Comment: This was a delightful surprise! I have to admit that I did not buy a bag of wild rice; I just used what we had on hand…
27 Feb 2011 Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie
Adapted from MeatlessMonday.com. Sweet potato shepherd’s pie. Downloaded from the web on Feb. 19, 2011. My Comment: The Meatless Monday website was a new find for me — and it is proving to be invaluable! Even though we, or at least I, am committed to a vegetarian diet, the idea of making one night a…
26 Feb 2011 Mexican Bean and Tortilla Pie
Adapted from Weight Watchers. Mexican bean and tortilla pie. (subscription only). Downloaded from the web on Feb. 19, 2011. My comment: The servicing size – 1/6 of a 6 inch tortilla is really small! Better have some veggies or a salad on the side. However, it was a tasty and quick dish — be sure…
21 Feb 2011 White Bean and Collard Green Soup
Adapted from Katzen, M. New enchanted broccoli forest. (2000). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. page 21. My Comment: In Mollie Katzen’s Enchanted Broccoli Forest, this soup is called White Bean and Escarole Soup — on Mollie’s website, she has renamed it. In my version, I used neither white beans or escarole 🙂 In fact, this…
19 Feb 2011 Lentils, Brown Rice and Carmelized Onions
Adapted from Whole Foods Market. Lentils, brown rice and carmelized onions. Downloaded from the web on Feb. 5, 2011. My Comment: Frances Moore Lappe always reminded readers that in order to complete a protein, one needed to include a food like rice with beans or lentils. This is, then, a complete protein meal. I had…
15 Feb 2011 Warm Winter Greens Salad
Adapted from Whole Foods Market. Warm winter greens salad. Downloaded from the web on February 5, 2011. My Comment: A piece of advice – don’t heat those greens too much and if you use radicchio, give that a head start in the pan. The first time around with the recipe, I tried to follow the…
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