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Post by cathygeha on Dec 27, 2018 15:51:11 GMT
Red Pepper-Tomato-Potato Soup
2 Red Peppers without seeds, chopped into six pieces (about) 1 medium onion, peeled and cut into fourths 1 small potato, peeled (the one I used was half the size of my fist...biggish fist)
2 vegetable bouillon cubes
750 ml water (like three cups)
Put vegetables into pot with bouillon cubes and water.
Boil about 30 minutes Whir with want blender
Can add hot pepper flakes or hot sauce or whatever you want.
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Post by cathygeha on Mar 16, 2019 12:57:47 GMT
Corn & Yellow Pepper Soup (found this on Pinterest but it called for ginger and bay leaves and though I have a bay tree did NOT go out in the rain to pick a bay leaf for the soup)
Produce • 1 Bay leaf (used bouquet garni) • 1 cup Corn, frozen (used tinned corn - short squat can that had at least a cup if not more corn in it) • 2 cloves Garlic • 1 Yellow bell pepper • 1 Yellow onion, medium • 1 Yellow squash, small (used carrot) • 1 Yukon gold potato, large (used fist sized potato)
Canned Goods • 3 cup Vegetable broth, low-sodium (used two cups water and one vegetable bouillon cube
Condiments • 1 tbsp Ginger paste, fresh (omitted)
Baking & Spices • 1 pinch Cayenne pepper (omitted) • 1 Salt and black pepper (to taste)
Oils & Vinegars • 2 tbsp Olive oil (used less) put oil in pot, saute onion and garlic adding in other vegetables (except corn) and stir a bit then add water and broth, cover and cook about 30 minutes (till potato and carrot are tender). Whir with wand blender. Add corn. Adjust seasonings. |
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Post by dinkous on Mar 30, 2019 11:55:47 GMT
Hello all, thanks for these great recipes. I am headed toward a plant based diet. May I ask what you eat for breakfast?
Sharon
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Post by cathygeha on Mar 31, 2019 6:41:43 GMT
Hello all, thanks for these great recipes. I am headed toward a plant based diet. May I ask what you eat for breakfast? Sharon Sharon,
I am not all the way there yet but working toward vegan, too. I am not sure if you are planning on vegan or vegetarian but here are some breakfasts that I eat...I usually have coffee in the morning with or without milk or plant-milk and then
* peanut butter on toast with a fruit * toast with avocado on top and cooked tomatoes with or without an egg * cold cereal with milk or plant milk (weetabix and cheerios are for sure vegan - not sure about the rest) * hot cereal (any grain of your choice) with ground flax seeds and a fruit - dry or fresh - cooked in * overnight oats with fruit and nuts or seeds * tofu (firm) cut in chunks or crumbled with a bit of tamari sauce for flavor....with some veggies * there are a number of smoothie recipes I have seen online and I will add in 1/2 cup beans since I don't have vegan protein powder * there are also recipes for breakfast cakes and pancakes and waffles and other breakfast foods that have been veganized * if I were in the USA I would probably buy the ready vegan -vegetarian sausages and other meat substitutes for variety.
* if you are vegetarian you can add in eggs and cheese and that opens up other options
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Post by dinkous on Mar 31, 2019 17:52:08 GMT
Thank you cathygeha. It appears to be easier than I thought.
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Post by cathygeha on Apr 1, 2019 6:20:06 GMT
Breakfast ideas - vegan:
There are many more websites and recipes...the problem for me is finding the ingredients as not all are found where I live.
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Post by dinkous on Apr 3, 2019 14:26:01 GMT
Suggestions wanted. I have cooked rice (Lundberg wild rice mix) and canned red beans. Can I just add diced tomatoes to make a beans and rice dish? I thought the Rotel would be good. Thanks.
Sharon
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Post by Holly Gail on Apr 4, 2019 5:12:12 GMT
dinkous , Yes. I don't know the Lundberg brand, but beans and rice are supposedly one of the best "complete protein" combinations. Adding whatever you want to that mixture can only enhance the flavor and texture, etc. Go for it.
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Post by cathygeha on Apr 4, 2019 5:57:12 GMT
Suggestions wanted. I have cooked rice (Lundberg wild rice mix) and canned red beans. Can I just add diced tomatoes to make a beans and rice dish? I thought the Rotel would be good. Thanks. Sharon
Sharon - Holly is right...rice and beans are a great combination. You can add onion, tomato, peppers, corn or anything else you want to to the meal.
My friend from Togo does onions and tomatoes or tomato sauce with salt and pepper and serves it over rice with a hot red pepper sauce that she makes. She serves it with any beans and then layers the rice, beans and sauce over the top.
My husband does the tomato sauce then adds in red beans then eats with local flat bread.
Seasoning can be Italian, Mexican or just salt and pepper.
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Post by surfgirl on Apr 7, 2019 21:59:25 GMT
cathygeha is correct. Another way to tell if you're not sure is that sweet potatoes (white flesh) are more brown like an Idaho potato, while Garnet Yams (the orange ones we like at holiday time) are a ruddy reddish brown color. If you're not sure and there isn't a greengrocer to ask, you can nip off the tip of one to see what color the flesh is. IIRC, there are yams that are not orange, but you're talking about Garnets.
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Post by bee on Apr 7, 2019 22:03:38 GMT
bee , I always have a problem deciding if something is a sweet potato, or a yam.... and I don't think the store knows either! Got any ideas on that? Nope, I do not. I just buy La. sweet taters. |
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Post by cathygeha on Apr 8, 2019 6:03:14 GMT
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Post by dinkous on Apr 8, 2019 13:13:18 GMT
Good morning. Cathygeha yes I think yams are hard to find, but then I haven’t been looking.
Tip: the meat tenderizer is now good for smashing garlic cloves.
I have not been able to switch to vegetarian completely. DH is still a meat eater. The smell of the burning breakfast meat in the morning bothers me.
Sharon
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Post by cathygeha on Apr 9, 2019 6:53:59 GMT
dinkous , My husband is eighty and has decided he needs more protein so he is eating more fish, chicken and beef than ever before. I keep seeing the animals waiting to die and have trouble eating meat as a result.
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Post by Holly Gail on Apr 9, 2019 13:37:17 GMT
I stopped eating the meat of four-legged animals about 45 years ago. I was recovering from surgery at a friend's house; he wasn't eating red meat, so dinner every night was brown rice, vegetables, and either chicken or fish. After about 6 weeks, another friend came to town and invited about 4 or 6 of us out to dinner at a well-known local restaurant. I ordered London broil, which came smothered in mushrooms and gravy (I had never had it that way before). The next day, I felt like I was lugging around a boulder in my gut. I stopped eating red meat that very day. DH eats everything and I just stay out of the kitchen when he's making something whose smell makes me feel yucky. The smell of cooking lamb does more "yuck" to me than the smell of cooking bacon (which, to my nostrils, is not pleasant either).
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