Meatless Monday Meal
Posted: April 18, 2011 Filed under: Meatless Monday | Tags: beans, dinner, Meatless Monday, rutabaga, salad Leave a comment »Happy Meatless Monday! I haven’t had a Meatless Monday post in while but I seem to have a ton of food in my fridge at the moment (probably why my grocery bill was $40 more than usual this week 
). This led me to make some beans and chickpeas from “scratch” and make hummus and a giant salad with bean toppings.
Sautéed onion with navy beans, spinach, mixed greens blue cheese and homemade mustard and vinegar dressing.
Rutabaga fries of the side with more dressing.
Delicious and finished off with an Adora disk aka my calcium supplement.
Off to watch a new House and work on wedding things! The wedding is really excited but weighing very heavy on my mind.
Happy end to Monday!
Meatless Monday Curry
Posted: January 31, 2011 Filed under: Meatless Monday | Tags: acorn squash, curry, kale, mung beans 4 Comments »Do you like curry? I LOVE curry! I however do not like that the first ingredient in most curries is some form of oil. I set out to make a delicious curry with less oil and tons of flavor.
I have had the curry powder in the left for a really long time. In fact I think my mom gave it to me from her spice rack when I moved to Boston. It may be old, but I love its can and the crazy label. I added a little extra flavor with the other spices just to pump it up, but I don’t have all of the curry spices so I just went with it.
MUNG BEAN CURRY – serves 2 maybe 3
- 2 TBSP curry powder – I used a lot and these spices are really to taste for me
- 1/4 tsp tumeric
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp coriander
- 1 small yellow onion
- 1 clove garlic – pressed
- 1 acorn squash roasted, peeled and cubed
- 1/2 cup water or chicken broth
- 3 kale leaves torn into chip size pieces
- 1/2 cup dry mung beans cooked as directed
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- Roast squash for 20min @400 coated in 1 tbsp of coconut oil
- coat bottom of large pot with other tbsp of coconut oil
- chop onion and cook until clear in the oil ~ 5min
- add garlic, spices and water
- Add kale and steam ~5min
- Add beans and stir together – add more water if needed to coat the spices over the beans and kale
- Lastly add the chopped squash and gently stir into the curry bean mix – try to keep the cubes whole
- Let the whole mix simmer for about 5min to get the flavors throughout adding more water if needed.
I cooked some split grain pasta to go under my curry because it is what I thought would taste the best with the nutty flavor but you could use rice, couscous, millet or really any other grain.
This made a lot of dishes but it did not take much time to make because once mung beans are soaked they do not take very long to get soft.
This was D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! I can’t wait for leftovers tomorrow after the flavors have melded in!
We are supposed to get an ice storm tonight into tomorrow so Sissy and I might be staying put tomorrow. All the more time to enjoy some curry!
Meatless Monday Returns!
Posted: July 26, 2010 Filed under: Meatless Monday | Tags: dinner, Meatless Monday, mustard greens, tempeh Leave a comment »Hello!
I haven’t done a Meatless Monday post in awhile and I thought tonight was quite fitting. Nick had softball so while he is away Heather will play 
I used tempeh and mustard greens. Two things he is not crazy about.
I started off by sautéing an onion (all of my garlic had gone bad:() then I added 1 small zucchini and patty pan to the pot. Next I threw in some torn and washed mustard greens juice of 1/2 a lemon, plus some S&P, and nutmeg.
In another small pan I browned some tempeh before adding a little pasta sauce.
And bam! It was topped!
With a side of flax sunflower sourdough + real butter.
All together simple, easy and highly nutritious!
Ta Da!
Did you have a Meatless Monday?
My friend Katherine made tempeh tacos! Good idea there!
I have something in the oven and I will present tomorrow if they turn out well. I followed the recipe almost exactly so I am hoping they are delicious! I can smell them from here!
Have a great night!
Creative Eggs
Posted: June 28, 2010 Filed under: eggs, Great Harvest, Meatless Monday | Tags: carrot fries, dinner, eggs, Meatless Monday Leave a comment »Hello! Sorry it has been so long. I have been super busy and no pictures have come of it.
I thought I would post about a lovely Meatless Monday.
I was inspired by Ashley’s kale eggs for my dinner. I always wonder if it still counts and meatless if there are eggs?
Anywho, her mess looked much better, but at least mine also tasted good!
I tore up some spinach and kale and sautéed that in a pan with EVOO, S&P. While this was cooking I broke up 2 eggs in a bowl with some S&P, parsley, oregano, thyme and rosemary (All from my garden).Then I added some peppers to the greens and next, the eggs, slowly.
Covered and cooking – I toasted a piece of Great Harvest 9 grain topped with some mushroom herb cheese.
Carrot fries were in the oven.
When the egg and kale “pancake” was done I topped my toast.
Not as pretty and my whites didn’t seem to want to cook, but I got it done!
Great meal with no meat included!
Meatless Monday Meal
Posted: June 14, 2010 Filed under: Meatless Monday | Tags: eggs, salad, tortilla, veggies Leave a comment »Before the food I must say that I had the best experience at REI this afternoon. The bike guy sat down with me and helped me changed my tire one on one and adjusted my detailer and brakes. We spent 1.5 hours on Chip and I got three tubes, a mini pump, tire levers and a tool all for $89. I was so thankful for his help, I felt bad not tipping him or something.
Anyway onto the food!
I had planned on making veggie stuffed crepes from Clean Eating, but when I read that the crepe batter needed to set for a hour, I switched to tortillas.
I also needed to figure out how to get the protein back in the meal (crepes have lots of eggs)
So I ended up making a sort of frittata on a tortilla.
In the pan
- 1 onion
- 1/2 pint mushrooms
- 1 roasted red pepper
- 2 scallions
- goat cheese
- 2 eggs
- splash skim
- spinach
- splash of white wine or rose (I found a way to use it mom!)
- sauté onion and mushrooms in pan
- add spinach until wilted and wine
- add roasted red pepper and scallion
- beat 2 eggs with skim
- pour eggs over flattened veggie mix
- sprinkle with goat cheese
- cover
- cook about 3 min
- cut in half and place on tortilla
Along with our veggie and eggs I made a little side salad of garden lettuce, green beans, tomatoes and cucumbers.
Good Meatless Monday, but it would have been better with crepes I think to make it lighter. Maybe next time! At least Nick enjoyed it too!
If I Had Known Then What I Know Now
Posted: May 3, 2010 Filed under: Meatless Monday, Monday | Tags: kale chips pita, yogurt, zucchini 1 Comment »Today while I was running I passed a field of little girls playing lacrosse. It got me thinking about all of the things I would want to tell a young version of myself.
These are some of the things that came to mind…
- Being popular is NOT the most important thing in middle school
- You will be happier if you accept who you are
- Be nice to everyone!
- The people you don’t want to talk to because they are not in the ‘A’ group could be the best people you have never met
- A zit will not kill you
- Listen to your Mom. You may hate her choices when they happen, but you will thank her for them in the long run
- Grades do matter
- Chill with the white eyeliner – this is directed to 8th grade me
Obviously you can tell where I was as a youth. In the middle between the ‘geeks’ and the ‘cool’ people. I never really fit, but I know where I SHOULD have been.
I thank the happy valley land of Kent for slapping me in the face and telling me to wake up!
If you could go back what would you tell yourself?
Now lets get back to the lighter side of life –food!
Lunch was sort of a repeat from Thursday, but it was still good!
WW pita stuffed with homemade hummus, spinach, avocado and goat cheese. Along with plain yogurt, mango and kiwi.
I bet this would be really good with cottage cheese! I usually don’t like mixing fruit with my cottage cheese, but for some reason I want to try it.
My afternoon got busy in a hurry!
I didn’t get to my snack until I was in the car on the way home.
Banana bread bar. I like these better now, but they still need a little work. I think the banana needs to be processed more.
After work I got new keys for Tour roommate and then I went for my nice little run of about 4miles. It was a nice easy run.
Then it was time to get busy making my Meatless Monday meal.
Stuffed zucchini boats and S&V kale chips!
In my boats (I’m on a boat)
- 1 small onion diced and sautéed in EVOO
- 1/2 box of chopped onions diced
- oregano
- S&P
- 1 can of petite cut no salt added tomatoes
- 1/2 cup cooked wheat berries
- garlic
All thrown in a sauté pan with the zuc innards. I par baked the boats for 10min then stuffed and topped with BASIL FROM THE GARDEN and parm cheese. I cooked them for about 15min more til the cheese had melted.
I am kind of peeved that this picture is blurry 
I really like the S&V kale chips. They don’t need any ketchup!
Alright peeps I am going to get into bed early and watch House!
Night All!
Dough Girl
Posted: April 19, 2010 Filed under: dinner, Meatless Monday | Tags: apple, calzone, carrots, homemade bead dough, Oikos, polenta 1 Comment »Hello, Hello! We just had successful Meatless Monday around these parts and I am counting it as my environmental contribution for the day. Meat products contribute the most harm to the environment from the distance the cows or their meat have to travel to the chemicals used to grow the corn they eat. Going meatless for a day reduces your impact on the earth AND usually can save YOU as the consumer money! Who doesn’t want to save a little green???
Before we get to the dinner meal we have to get through the lunch time hour.
Leftover polenta with spinach and Seeds of Change marinara.
This was my last piece of polenta in the freezer. It was really good and I am hoping to make another batch when my herbs get larger. They are having a hard time with this cold weather
What is that white blob to the side you say?
Oikos with blackberries. I am trying to get more protein in my day. I feel like I have been slacking, and yogurt is a great way to get there!
I had an apple with homemade cinnamon vanilla almond butter for snack, but I was so wrapped up in a convo that I forgot to take a picture.
When I got home I started on making dinner by creating this…
Honey Whole Wheat Dough! I made dough from scratch in my food processor!!!!!! I did have a mini disaster with the yeast and the CO2 being a little aggressive. Note : allow yeast to breath with you mix it with warm water and do not put the top on the food processor or you will lose all of the water. Anyway I got it sorted out.
In the fp went…
- 3/4 cup warm water – there could have been more due to my explosion and the addition of h2o after.
- 2 tbs honey
- 1 packet yeast
- ~1 cup WW flour
- ~1 cup unbleached flour
- 1 tsp salt
- mix warm water and yeast together and let sit for 10min to it comes alive mwah hahahaha
- Add other ingredients and use dough blade to combine until you have a ball on the side of your fp. If your dough is still wet add a little more flour or that is at least what I did.
- Knead for a bit on parchment paper.
- place dough on parchment into a bowl and cover with a dish towel – leave out for one hour or until doubled in size
- Pound down and knead a bit more.
- Flip out of bowl still on parchment.
- Cover with bowl for 20min.
- Divide dough into 4 balls and go to town.
What did I add???? Sauteed garlic, onion, mushrooms and swiss chard in S&P, red pepper flakes and oregano. The next layer was mozzarella, parm and feta and lastly some meatless balls. I felt kind of guilty using a meat sub product but they are so darn tasty! I have cut way back on eating them.
9. Bake in a 450 oven for about 10min or until you have a golden brown crust.
These things were huge! I thought that the 1/4 dough ball was too small, but I was wrong I ended up only eating 1/2 of this and will have the other for lunch tomorrow!
This dough was simply amazing! Nick loved it and he is not a bread person. He has no shame picking off crusts, but he ate most of his dough and that is a lot for calzones!
I ate my calzone in my garden because of the stupid weather. I do have a starwberry and a flower coming out on my orange pepper!
I also had some carrot fries and ketchup.
Great Meatless Monday meal! I may have to try and make some more lovely bread after tasting how good this was! So fresh and amazing. No bakery can seriously compare to fresh warm bread right out of the oven, and I didn’t understand that until today!
Yippee!
OH WHILE MY BREAD WAS RISING I RAN 5.5 MILES TODAY AND IT FELT AMAZING! I AM SO EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MY RUNNING SLLLLOWLY.
OK I am super beat and heading to bed.
Night All!
Burger Heaven
Posted: April 12, 2010 Filed under: dinner, Meatless Monday | Tags: apple, chobani, Meatless Monday, parsnip, portobello mushrooms, salad Leave a comment »Another beautiful day enjoyed in my cube I guess that is what makes the weekends so great, right?
My day went a lot easier that I had expected thanks to government websites crashing. Was I supposed to say that?
Lunch was a little something of everything.
Salad, yogurt and apple.
My salad included spinach, swiss, tomatoes and lemon hummus.
I bet you can guess what I had for my afternoon snack!
Fig bar with the original oat topping. Nick and I both confirmed today that we like the fig cookies better. They just mesh better together. These are still good and I might try and work in the granola bar section of it.
When I got home I watered my garden that made it through its first day! I think I am going to have to bring them in tonight though…annoying, but dead plants would be worse!
After watering and feed Sissy Pants I headed out on a nice and relaxed 3 mile run. my hammies were super tight so I just wanted to get out there and burn off some lactic acid without pushing it.
After my run it was time to get started on Meatless Monday!
I made these same portobello burgers awhile ago and they were on my mind again.
I marinated the camps in balsamic, evoo, rosemary and S&P before grilling them up on the griddler. I also sautéed some spinach in garlic, EVOO and red pepper flakes that were added to the burgers. The final step was adding the last of my Dubliner cheese and a toasted Ezekiel english muffin.
While I was worked on these I had some parsnip fries in the oven coated in EVOO, S&P and garlic powder.
These were dipped in a new organic ketchup that is made with agave. It tasted more like tomatoes and I liked that, it was also thicker than the Heinz I am used to.
All together deliciousness!
I think I am going to grab a little chocolate before settling in for some Bones!
I hope you had a great Monday!
