As promised here are a few of the weeks dinners
Southwest Loaded Bowl
Make enough brown rice or quinoa to fit your bunch. I love (http://www.lundberg.com/)
Lundberg brands. They are at Wegs so its not hard to find.
Prep the dressing
Juice of 1 lime and lemon
1Tb of Veganise (you'll never know the difference except in health factor)
1/4 c EVOO
1ts cumin
S & P to taste
(mix it all and let chill, to help really emulsify the oil zip it in a food processor)
Dice:
1 Tomato, Avocado,Cuke,1/2 a Zuke, some broc finely diced, about 2-4 ears of corn cut from the cob, 1/2 of a jalepeno,2 cloves of garlic, fresh cilantro 2 cups of spinach and the juice of 1 lime. Toss it all to coat and serve over a grain of your choice with the above dressing.
In honor of Mr. Food, oh its so good. With out the grain the dressing and the veggies make a great chunky fun salsa.
These loaded bowls have become a favorite around our house. A great way to use up the end of the weeks CSA veggies and so filling.
Eggplant parm
Serve with a pasta or Ravioli or on a GOOD sub roll as a sandwich. (Bread is another one of the things I never cheap out on and in fact there happens to be a great bakery by me which is known as the "Bread Store" by little miss and most times its actually cheaper in cost then the big stores).
Cut the Eggplant so you get nice small circles rather then the long way, Not sure why but it makes a difference. Have 3 bowls set up one with about 2 egss and a splash of milk and S & P, 1 with flour and 1 with Panko bread crumbs (the lesson, is in the breading, YOU MUST use the Panko crumbs not regular bread crumbs. They are a Japanese style crumb that is airy and lighter in texture and flavor). Begin by dipping in flour, then egg, then crumbs, let them sit for a minute or 2. Get a nice large pan hot coat with oil to fry. You'll fry them just a few minutes till each side gets brown.
(Use whatever red sauce you prefer, I make my own quick sauce by, sauteing some onion and garlic, add a large can of crushed tomatoes, some mint and basil to taste)
Put a small amount of sauce in the bottom of 9 x 13 pan place cooked eggplant on top, use a yummy melty cheese of choice (fontina or provolone)put a little bit more sauce on top and bake at 350 for about 15 minutes to get the cheese gooey.
Sweet Cinnamon Zuke bread
Preheat oven 325
sift
3 cups flour
1ts salt
1ts baking soda
1 Tb cinnamon
1/2 ts ginger
1/4 ts baking powder
wisk to combine
beat with electric mixer
6 eggs whites till foamy
then 1/2 cup oil
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups grated unpeeled zucchini
2 ts vanilla
Add dry to wet mix just till blended pour into loaf pans that were sprayed, bake for about 1 hour or use clean knife test. Most times I smell the bread before its even done, I check it and what do you know...
Enjoy, happy bellies all
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