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Asparagus Orange Salad Recipe

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asparagus orange salad

No need to let lettuce monopolize every salad. If you tire of romaine, iceberg and field greens, here’s a great vegetarian green salad that combines the richness of slightly steamed asparagus with the subtle flavor of oranges.

Asparagus Orange Salad Recipe

serves 2 bored, hungry vegetarians

vegetarian, low-carb, gluten-free, grain-free

  • 1 lb fresh raw asparagus
  • 8 oz. watercress greens
  • 2 large fresh naval oranges
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup crumbled feta or goat cheese
  • 1 teaspoon poppy seeds

Remove the tough bottom parts of the asparagus stem on each stalk. Hold the tough end in one hand, and the middle in the other hand and bend the stalk in an arc until it snaps, discard the tough end. Place the remaining asparagus in boiling water for two minutes, drain and cool.

Meanwhile, use a citrus zester or julienne slicer and remove about 1 teaspoon of clean orange peel (zest), set aside in a bowl. Peel one orange completely then slice it into about 12 wedges, removing all the white pith. Cut the other orange in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl with the zest.

Add to the orange juice the vinegar, the oil and dash of salt and pepper.

Place the asparagus on a plate as shown, top with the watercress, onion, orange wedges, feta and poppy seeds as shown. Stir the orange juice dressing while drizzling evenly over the two salads.

This can also be easily be a vegan salad by simply omitting the cheese, or replacing it with grilled, cooled tofu.

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Veggie Frittata

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Veggie Frittata Plate

 

Here’s a hot, wholesome delicious vegetarian meal for a cold day. The recipe calls for eggs and cheese, but you can easily make this a vegan dish with common vegan egg and cheese substitutes. It is naturally gluten free and grain free.

 

Veggie Frittata Recipe:

serves 4 vegetable loving, gluten free vegetarians

  • 2 large Bell Peppers, Red, Yellow or Orange
  • 1.5 Lbs. Fresh Sweet Potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/2 inch slices
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 Leeks, leave part removed, finely sliced
  • 2 cloves Garlic, peeled and crushed
  • 1.5 Lbs. Fresh Zucchini, thinly sliced
  • 8 Large Eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil (or 1 Tsp dried)
  • 1 1/4 cup grated Parmesan, Reggiano, or other hard cheese

Cut the bell peppers into pieces that will lay flat, removing seeds and pith. Lay them skin side up on a baking sheet. Put them under a broiler for 5-10 minutes, until the skins blacken. Remove to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap to hold in the moisture.

Cover the sweet potatoes with water, bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Drain.

In a large cast iron pan over medium heat, sautee the leek and garlic in two tablespoons olive oil for about a minute. Add the zucchini pieces a few at a time until they are all soft. When all the zucchini is soft, remove to a plate to cool.

While those are cooling, peel the blackened skins from the peppers. Once the zucchini is cooled, then create layers in the pan using the zucchini and leeks, pepper, sweet potato until all the veggies are used up.

Pour the beaten eggs over the top of the veggies, sprinkle with the basil, the parmesan and a dash of ground black pepper.

Cover and cook the pan of veggies on the stovetop on low heat for 15 minutes, Then put the pan under the broiler for 3 minutes or until nicely browned and cooked all the way through. Check to make sure eggs are fully cooked.

Grate a little more cheese over the top and serve!

Try it and let us know what you think! (leave a comment below)

 

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Baby Spinach & Sundried Tomato Salad w/ Artichokes and Black Olives

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This gluten-free, dairy-free Mediterranean inspired vegan salad is a delicious way to fill up on vitamin, mineral and fiber-packed healthy plant-based foods:

Salad recipe:

• 6 to 8 ounces raw organic baby spinach leaves
• 7 ounces prepared artichoke hearts, sliced 1/2 inch thick
• 7 ounces black olives squished in half
• 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes, sliced 1/2 inch thick
• 8 or 10 straws of fresh lemon zest

Dressing recipe:

• Juice of one lemon
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large garlic clove, peeled, crushed
• dash of salt
• dash of ground black pepper

Serves two people for lunch or as an appetizer

Place spinach equally into 2 separate bowls. Top with olives, tomato, artichoke.

Scrub lemon with warm water and dry with a towel. Remove the zest by peeling small strings of the yellow lemon rind using a zester or peeler. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into a strainer over a bowl. Place a few pieces of the lemon zest over the salads.

Add to the juice the crushed garlic, the olive oil, salt and black pepper to taste. Blend and, while stirring to keep evenly constituted, evenly drizzle it over the two salads.

τώρα τρώνε και να απολαύσετε!
(That’s Greek for: “now eat & enjoy!”)

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Vegan Recipes: Avocado Pesto Pasta

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avocado pesto pasta recipeHere on the farm, we’re always on the lookout for healthy alternatives to our favorite, old-world comfort foods. This Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Vegan recipe comes from a friend online who loves avocados. We love them too! Along with pesto and pasta. We find that vegan recipes include a lot of avocados and for good reason: Avocados are a great way to get “good” fats, with no cholesterol. Avocados are loaded with protein, potassium, folate, vitamin C and vitamin A and a whole lot of other vitamins and minerals in their natural form. Read more about avocados here. This dish is an amazingly rich and satisfying meal containing many of our favorite high flavor and highly nutritious foods, without the foods we wish to avoid for health reasons. Hard to believe how delicious and creamy this is!

Avocado Pesto Pasta Recipe

  • 1 medium Avocado – peeled and pitted
  • 3 cloves of fresh garlic, peeled
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, minced
  • 2 tbspns extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 8 ounces uncooked gluten free pasta

Put water on to boil for the pasta, according to supplier’s directions. Put avocado, garlic, basil leaves, olive oil, salt into a blender and blend until smooth. Cook your pasta.

Put the avocado mixture into a large mixing bowl. Once the pasta is cooked, drain and add to the bowl. Mix the avocado mixture through the pasta and serve. Goes great with a green salad or gluten free bread. We like to go for garlic and pesto overload! just double up on the garlic and basil.. mmm.

What other great avocado vegan recipes do you like?

 

 

 

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Springtime Dinner Mashups

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Plant-Based Diet

 

One of my favorite meals does not have a recipe. I guess you could call it a mashup. We think about all the basic colors of plant foods: Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple and then think about what flavors and textures we want. Then we start taking inventory in the vegetable bin and get to work slicing things into shapes and sizes that will mix well together.

It’s funny, but this kind of food preparation will undoubtedly appeal to a few, but will also drive some people nuts. Well, if you like recipes, here are a few favorites. Meanwhile if you like to walk on the wild side now and again, try this! Just start thinking about colors and tastes and shapes. Use what you know from other recipes and mashup some veggie coolness! What have you got to lose? You might just find a new favorite dish.

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Vegan Macaroni & Cheese Recipe

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Vegan Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
Vegan Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

Here’s another health conscious make-over of an old comfort food favorite. This recipe is vegan, dairy free, gluten free and very, very good. You have to try it to believe it. The “cheese” sauce is also great on nachos, as a topping on broccoli or baked potatoes.

Vegan Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

  • 8 ounces dry Macaroni noodles
  • 4 slices of bread
  • 2 tbspns + 1/3 cup margarine
  • 3 tbspns shallots, peeled and chopped
  • 1 cup red or yellow potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 1/4 cup carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 cup yellow onion, peeled and chopped
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup raw cashews
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 1/4 tspn fresh garlic, peeled and minced
  • 1/4 tspn prepared dijon mustard
  • 1 tbspn fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/4 tspn ground black pepper
  • 1/4 tspn ground cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 tspn ground paprika

In a large pot, bring the water and salt to a boil. Add macaroni and cook until al dente. In a collander, drain pasta and rinse with cold water. Set aside.

In a food processor, make breadcrumbs by pulverizing the bread and add 2 tbspns margarine to a medium-fine texture. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a saucepan, add shallots, potatoes, carrots, onion, water and bring to a boil. Cover pan and simmer for 15 minuts, or until vegetables are very soft.

In a blender, process the cashews, salt, garlic, 1/3 cup margarine, mustard, lemon juice, black pepper and cayenne. Add softened vegetables and cooking water to blender and process until perfectly smooth.

In a large bowl, toss the cooked pasta and blended cheese sauce until completely coated. Spread mixture into a 9×12 baking dish, sprinkle with prepared breadcrumbs and dust with paprika. Bake 30 minutes or until the cheese sauce is bubbling and the top has turned golden brown.

 

Recipe created by:

Allison Rivers Samson, Maven of Mmmm.. at www.AllisonsGourmet.com. Originally printed in her award-winning column, ‘Veganize It!’ in VegNews Magazine.