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Creamy Farro with Mushrooms and Broccolette

4 Apr

Creamy-Farro-top

My first thought when I read this recipe in Whole Living was oh, this is gonna be good! And, it did not disappoint.

I changed it up a little and added broccolette instead of spinach. I’ve made it with the spinach before and it’s great, I just had a big bag of broccolette that I needed to use. I roasted the broccolette along with the mushrooms, but I recommend lowering the temperature to 350o. I also substituted vegetable broth for chicken broth and added some cubed tempeh.

You can find the original recipe on Whole Living

Creamy-Farro-Side

As always,enjoy!

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Roasted Root Vegetables topped with Baked Portobello Mushroom and Frisee

26 Mar

Roasted-Root-Vegetables-Baked-Portobello-Mushroom-Frisee-Salad-3

I saw a picture of a similar meal posted on Facebook and thought it looked delicious. I decided to try my hand at it and added more root vegetables, changed the salad to frisee and had to figure out what dressing would pair well with all the flavors. I almost used apple cider vinegar for the dressing, but made a game time decision and decided to go with champagne vinegar. Definitely the way to go. The champagne vinaigrette stood up really well to the bitterness of the frisee and the root vegetables really brought out the flavor of the vinegar. Michael’s only complaint was that there was only one of them!

Roasted-Root-Vegetables

Ingredients:
Serves 2
2 carrots, peeled and cubed
1 large parsnip, peeled and cubed
1 large beet, peeled and cubed
2 portobello mushrooms, stemmed
Pizza Dough or puff pastry
2 cups frisee, washed and chopped
2 tbsp goat cheese
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper

For the Vinaigrette:
1/4 cup olive oil
3-4 tbsp champagne vinegar
1/2 tsp german mustard
1/2 small shallot, minced
2 tbsp honey

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 400o.
  2. Place the diced vegetables on a baking sheet and lightly toss with 1 tbsp olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast the vegetables until soft, about 30 minutes turning them half way through.
  3. On a floured surface, roll out the pizza dough or puff pastry until 1/16 inch thick. Place the mushrooms on the dough and cut circles about an inch larger than the mushrooms. Wrap the edges around the mushrooms, place on a baking sheet and bake along with the vegetables.
  4. Wash the frisee, place in a large bowl and set aside.
  5. In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining olive oil, vinegar, mustard, shallot and honey. Pour the dressing over the frisee, add the goat cheese and toss well.
  6. Place the roasted vegetables on a plate, then the mushroom and top with the frisee salad.

As always, enjoy!

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Veggie Fajitas with Homemade Guacamole

18 Mar

Guacamole

I am a fajita connoisseur. If there are fajitas on a menu, you can bet your last buck that I’m ordering them. Needless to say, this is hands down my favorite recipe. Not only is it knock your socks off delicious, but it’s incredibly easy to make. Add in some homemade guacamole and you’re good to go!

Veggie-Fajita

If you choose to add chicken to the fajitas, I used to marinate the chicken in the spice mixture instead of the veggies. I would saute the veggies, grill the marinated chicken and toss them together at the end.

For the Fajitas:
Ingredients:
1 large red pepper, cut into strips
1 large yellow pepper, cut into strips
1 large orange pepper, cut into strips
1 onion, cut into half moons
8 oz cremini mushrooms, sliced
1 tbsp turmeric
1 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp coriander
1 tsp cayenne pepper
4 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Ezekiel 4:9 tortillas
Shredded monterey jack cheese
Serve with Sour cream and guacamole

Directions:

  1. Combine 3 tbsp of oil with the turmeric, cumin, coriander and cayenne pepper and stir to form a paste.
  2. Add the peppers and onions to the spice mixture and toss until peppers and onion are well coated.
  3. Heat remaining tablespoon of oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the spiced peppers and onions to the pan and saute until soft. Once they are soft, add the mushrooms and saute for another 3 minutes.
  4. Serve with sour cream, guacamole and cheese.

For the Guacamole:
Ingredients:
4 ripe avocados
1/8 cup diced tomatoes, seeded
1/8 cup diced red onion
1 tbsp lime juice
salt to taste
cilantro (optional)

Directions:

  1. Scoop out the avocados into a bowl and mash with a fork.
  2. Add the tomatoes, onions, lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper and combine well.

As always, enjoy!

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Spinach, Mushroom and Onion Calzones

15 Mar

Calzone

I think of calzones as portable little pizzas. Minus the sauce of course, which is probably why I enjoy them so much. You see, I’m not a huge fan of tomato sauce. I did serve these with sauce from a jar on the side but Michael didn’t even use it. He said they were perfectly delicious without the sauce.

For the Dough
Ingredients:
2 cups white whole wheat flour
2 tsp yeast
1/2 tsp salt
11/2 cup warm water (approx. 105o)

Directions:

  1. Combine the flour and yeast into the bowl of a mixer fitted with a dough hook and stir
  2. Continue mixing as you slowly add the water and salt. Mix until the dough forms a ball on the hook.
  3. Transfer the dough into a bowl greased with olive oil and cover with a towel. Allow the dough to rise in a warm place (I put mine in the oven with the light turned on) for 1 hour.
  4. Uncover the dough and punch it down. Lightly flour a countertop and lightly knead the dough into a ball. Roll the dough into a log and divide in half for larger calzones or quarters if you want small ones.

Calzone-Vegetable-Mixture

For the Filling:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 cups uncooked spinach
1 cup mushrooms, chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400o
  2. Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Saute the onions until they are clear, about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and spinach and cook until the spinach is bright green, about 3 minutes.
  3. Add the garlic, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper and stir into the vegetable mixture. Remove from heat and cool.
  4. Mix the ricotta and mozzarella in a large bowl. Add the cooled vegetable mixture to the cheeses and mix well.
  5. Roll the divided dough into circles and fill half the dough with the filling, leaving about a 1/2 inch between the filling and the end of the dough.
  6. Fold the unfilled half of the dough over to cover the filling and press and fold the edges together.
  7. Transfer the calzones to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

Calzones-Uncooked

As always, enjoy!

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