vegetables
Fried Okra
I am going to cook okra for the first time in my life. I have eaten okra before as a child. The fact that I never liked it has nothing to do with my mom’s cooking (she’s an excellent cook). It was prepared in a tomato sauce, an authentic Arabic recipe, and this creates slimy [...]
Tomato Dressing
Tomato Dressing
modified from a recipe in the Vita-Mix cookbook
1/2 cup filtered water
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1-1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil
4 tablespoons tomato paste
4 tablespoons agave syrup
1 teaspoon black pepper
2-1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
Blend all ingredients thoroughly in Vita-Mix. Pour into glass jar or dressing container. Refrigerate.
Healthy Slaws
I want to give my husband credit for our newest healthy habit. We eat salad every day and have for many years. One day, he got to thinking about some of the healthiest vegetables to consume — the colorful ones, like dark leafy greens, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots — and wondered how we could include them [...]
Sweet Potato Casserole
Here’s a yummy and healthy recipe for sweet potato casserole. I made it over from a recipe I found on the internet a few years ago. Around here, I seem to only find the pale variety of sweet potatoes. If your sweet potatoes are the brighter orange variety, your sweet potato dish will be much [...]
Cabbage Salad
1 or 2 heads Napa cabbage or green cabbage, thickly shredded
1 bunch green onions, thinly sliced
4 carrots, shredded
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or almonds
other veggies as desired: cherry tomatoes, small pieces of broccoli or cauliflower, etc.
balsamic vinegar — start with 1/8 cup
extra virgin olive oil — start with 1/2 cup
salt & pepper
2 to 4 [...]
Garden Lentil Patties
Garden Lentil Patties
modified from "The Guilt-Free Gourmet" new revised version
1 cup dry lentils, cooked in 2 cups water
1 cup carrots, shredded or finely diced
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 cup bell pepper or zucchini, finely diced
1 cup celery, diced
2 cups quick oats (I used thick rolled that I processed in the blender to make them more [...]






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