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Paella cooking class

Bone broth

2 lb bones, chicken or beef, they usually have it in the frozen section at Whole Foods or you can ask your butcher
Green part of the leek
Green part of a fennel
2 carrots
2 sticks of celery
any other vegetable or herbs scraps
2 Tbsp vinegar (to help extract the collagen)
Sea Salt to taste
1 whole onion, unpeeled
4 star anise
2-3 bay leaves

Heat up the oven to broil, place the bones on a baking sheet and brown them in the oven, on all sides. In a large pot (12-16 QT) place everything and fill up with water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 8 hours. I like to leave it in the oven overnight. Cool down and freeze in Ziplock bags or jars. If you are using jars, fill it up to 75% to avoid cracking.

With the weather changing, its a great time for a broth. You can use it as a base for dishes or consume it on its own, you gut, nails, hairs and body will thank you.

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Menu week-Vegan-harissa

Harissa week menu plan

Shakshuka

Rice paper pockets

Spinach stew with chickpeas

Moroccan spicy tofu

Polenta

Ratatouille

Dessert- apple crumble

Cooking steps:
1. Prepare the harissa-use it for shakshuka, chicken, ratatouille
2. Prepare the polenta
3. Slice vegetables (2 peppers, 2 zucchinis, 1 summer squash, 1 eggplant) for the ratatouille-broil
4. Prepare the chickpeas dish
5. Prepare the ratatouille
6. Assemble the shakshuka before dinner or breakfast
7. Prepare the rice pockets, keep covered and bake before eating
8. Dessert
Spinach can be incorporate with all the dishes. Just add it at the end of cooking or re-heating

Harissa based sauce

  • immersion blender
  • 1 12 oz jar Roasted peppers
  • 1 6 oz. Tomato paste
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 10 cloves Garlic
  • 1 juice from lemon
  • 1 Tbsp ground cumin
  • generous amount Olive oil
  • 3 slices preserved lemons
  1. Blend everything together, adjust oil or water to get a thick sauce

Shakshuka

Eggs for dinner

  • Large pan
  • 4 eggs (Or polenta substitute)
  • Harissa sauce

Corn "eggs" for a vegan option

  • 6 scoops cooked polenta
  1. Using the harissa sauce, simmer the sauce to reduce a bit, add eggs and cook the eggs to your preferences, runny or hard. sprinkle a bit of cheese or preferred seasoning on top

  2. For the polenta "eggs"

    Scoop out the cooked polenta and make it look like egg yolks in the sauce. Add some chickpeas for a boost of protein

Main Course
Mediterranean
dinner, eggs,, spicy

Moroccan spicy tofu

  • sauce pan
  • 1 lb. Firm tofu sliced thick
  • 2 tbsp. harissa
  • 1 drizzle oil
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste or fresh/canned tomatoes
  • water to get the right saucy consistency
  • 1 slices preserved lemons
  • optional cilantro, parsley for garnish
  • Chili (optional)
  1. In a pan, place the oil and the harissa, cook for 1-2 minutes, add chili at this point if you wish. add tomatoes, tofu and water

  2. Cover and cook for 5 minutes, until the fish is thoroughly cooked.

  3. Add the lemon and herbs

Main Course
Mediterranean
fish,

Spinach stew with chickpeas and a touch of harissa

  • Sauce pan or oven proof container
  • 2 bags washed spinach or frozen boxed spinach
  • 1 handful Cooked or soaked chickpeas
  • 1 cup Harissa based sauce
  • 1 handful Raisins or other dired fruit
  1. Place everything in a sauce pan or an oven proof pan and cook, covered for 15 minutes

Side Dish
American

Rice paper pockets

Bundles of joy stuffed with tempeh, ratatouille and spinach

  • Baking sheet
  • Mixing bowl
  • Knife and board
  • Deep plate to dip the rice paper in
  • 1 pack dry rice papers
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup Avocado or olive oil
  • Assorted broiled vegetables and chickpeas
  1. Heat up the oven to 400 F

  2. In a mixing bowl, make a mix of the different dishes from today. Tempeh, ratatouille, sinach, chickpeas.

  3. Cool down the filling mixture completely

  4. Dip the rice paper in cold water for 5 seconds until it becomes flexible

  5. Place the wet rice paper on an oiled surface

  6. Place the mixture in the center and roll like a burrito

  7. Place all the stuffed rolls on well oiled a baking sheet and brush with more oil.

  8. Bake for 20 minutes or until crispy

Appetizer, entree
Mediterranean
greens, tofu, vegan

Polenta

  • Medium pot
  • 1 cup Dry yellow polenta
  • 3 cups Water or milk
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 Tbsp Olive oil or butter
  • 2 Tbsp Nutritional yeast
  1. Bring water,salt and oil to a boil

  2. Add the polenta, reduce the heat to simmer and keep stirring

  3. Cook for 10-15 minutes. add the yeast and mix in.

  4. You can control the consistency by adding more liquid. It could be served as a slice of solid "cake", or the consistency of mashed potatoes

Side Dish
Italian

Ratatouille

  • Cutting board and knife
  • Cooking pot
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil (divided, plus more for serving)
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 medium yellow onion (diced)
  • 1 box frozen spinach
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 28oz can of diced tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh basil leaves (thinly sliced, plus more for serving)
  • 4 handfuls roasted vegetables (eggplant, squash, zucchini, pepper)
  • 3 tbsp harissa
  1. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the onion, stirring occasionally, until browned in spots, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl.

  2. Add 2 handfulls of the roasted vegetables

  3. Add the tomatoes, harissa and stir.

  4. Bring to a simmer, then turn down the heat to medium-low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for at least 20 minutes or up to 1 1/2 hours. A shorter cooking time will leave the vegetables in larger, more distinct pieces; longer cooking times will break the vegetables down into a silky stew.
  5. Remove the bay leaf and thyme sprigs. Just before serving, stir in the basil and the spinach. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed. Serve, sprinkling each serving with more basil and drizzling with more olive oil.

Side Dish
Mediterranean
cold, healthy, side, vegan, vegetables

Apple crumble

Easy apple crumble

  • cake pan
  • Mixing bowl
  • 4 granny smith apples (peeled, cored, thinly sliced)
  • 1 cup Almond flour (or other nut flour)
  • 80 g butter or oil (chilled, chopped)
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup (optional)
  1. Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Grease a 1.5-litre (6-cup-capacity) ovenproof dish.
  2. Peel and slice apples

  3. Combine apples with cinnamon in prepared dish. Bake, covered, stirring once, for 15 minutes or until fruit is just tender. Remove from oven.

  4. Meanwhile, combine almond flour with butter or oil in a large bowl. Add butter. Using your fingertips, rub butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Sprinkle over apple mixture.

  5. Bake an additional 15 minutes or until the crumble browns

  6. You can serve with ice cream and/or drizzle some maple syrup on top

Dessert
American
apple, breakfast, healthy dessert

Vegan menu week-Peanuts

Vermicelli stir fry w/ peanut sauce

Roasted cauliflower with peanut glaze

Black bean burgers

African peanut stew

Rainbow salad

Black bean truffles-dessert

Cooking steps:

  1. Soak 1 pack of vermicelli noodles

2. Grate or slice vegetables: 1 cabbage, 2 onions, snow peas, 3 carrots, mushrooms, 2 sweet potatoes

1 swiss chard, 1 cauliflower- vegetables will divide between burgers, stir-fry and stew

3. Make peanut sauce

4. Roast cauliflower

5. Stew

6. Assemble salad

7. Prepare stir fry

8. Burgers-use the same pan as cauliflower

9. Make bean balls dessert

Vermicelli tofu stir fry-vegan

  • wok or a large pan
  • cutting board
  • Knife
  • 1/2 package Vermicelli noodles (soaked)
  • 2 handfull sliced vegetables
  • 1/2 cup peanut sauce
  • 1 drizzle sesame oil
  • 1 lb tofu, tempeh or other protein sliced very thin
  1. In a hot wok, add a drizzle of oil and toss the vegetables.

  2. Add soaked noodle, stir and add sauce.

  3. Adjust seasoning with soy sauce or chili

Main Course

Peanut butter Roasted cauliflower

  • Baking sheet
  • 1 whole cauliflower (divided into florets)
  • optional other hard vegetables
  1. Coat the cauliflower florets with the peanut dipping sauce and roast at 450 for 15 minutes.

Side Dish

Black bean burgers

  • immersion blender
  • baking sheet or a frying pan
  • 1.5 cups cooked black beans
  • Assorted vegetables and herbs left from cooking session
  • 1 handful flour or bread crumbs (GF flour is great too)
  • Salt and pepper
  1. Grind the vegetables, beans and flour together and form patties

  2. bake or fry

entree
American

African peanut stew-vegan

  • sauce pan
  • 1 onion (chopped)
  • 1 inch ginger (chopped)
  • 1 6 oz. can tomato paste
  • 1 lb Firm tofu (cut into small cubes)
  • broth or water o cover vegetables
  • 1/2 cup of peanut butter sauce
  • Assorted vegetables
  1. Sauté onion until translucent

  2. Add vegetables and sauté for 5 minutes

  3. Add chopped ginger and sauté

  4. Add tomato paste and stir for 2-3 minutes

  5. Add peanut butter, broth. Bring to a boil and simmer.

  6. Serve with lime, crushed peanuts and cilantro

  7. Serve over vermicelli noodles

entree

Rainbow salad w/ peanut butter dressing

  • Knife and cutting board or food processor
  • 1 whole cabbage sliced (red or white)
  • 1 handful snow peas (sliced)
  • 1 pepper red or orange
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 3 whole carrots (grated)
  • 1 whole cauliflower (broken into florets)
  • other options-corn kernels, lettuce, grated zucchini
  1. Slice everything thin

  2. Divide this amount, some for stir fry and some for the salad

Salad

Bean-chocolate balls

  • Blender
  • 1/2 cup cooked black beans
  • 1/4 cup almond flour or other gf flour
  • 2 tbsp peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp Raw cacao powder
  • 2 tbsp honey or 4 dates
  • water as needed, add slowly
  • optional ingredients-other nuts, hemp seeds, chia powder
  1. Blend everything in a blender and form into balls

Dessert
American

Sofrito week-Vegan

Bean and peas Paella
Bean Sofrito
Yuba (tofu skins) salad
Caramelized pumpkin
Coleslaw
Orange soup
Oat pancake
Fenugreek tea
Preserved lemons-for next week

Cooking steps:
1. Make the Sofrito
2. While the Sofrito is simmering, prepare the pumpkin or squash for roasting and soup.
3. Assemble the bean Sofrito and cook on low for a few hours or overnight. You can also use a pressure cooker.
4. Prepare the Paella with some of the Sofrito sauce
4.Slice the cabbage and grate 2 carrots for the salad
5. Roast the pumpkin or squash
6. Prepare the orange vegetable soup
7. Hearty fenugreek drink (loaded with health benefits)-prepare when you are ready to drink or re-heat if made in advance.
8. Yube-tofu skins salad

Vegan beans and peas Paella

  • sauce pan with a lid
  • 1/2 cup Arborio rice or other short grain rice
  • 1 cup vegetable stock (Better then bouillon)
  • 10 strands Saffron (optional) (or turmeric)
  • 1 sprinkle turmeric
  • Salt and pepper
  • Half the amount of the sofrito sauce
  • 2 Ladels Cooked Beans from the beans sofrito
  • 1 small bag frozen peas
  • 1 lb. Cubed firm tofu (Optional)
  1. Assemble everything, cover the pot bring to a boil and simmer covered for 10 minutes. Turn off. Leave covered for 10 more minutes.

Main Course

White beans Sofrito

  • Baking sheet
  • 2 cups Beans (Soaked for 8 hrs)
  • Salt and pepper
  • Half of the sofrito sauce
  • 1" water of the pan
  1. Cook the beans with the sofrito sauce. Add water to cover, plus another inch above the beans

  2. Place the squash or pumpkin in the Sofrito sauce.

  3. Bake at 300F of simmer on the stove for 3 hours. covered

  4. You can use a pressure cooker for faster cooking time. Approx. 30 minutes

Main Course

Tofu skins salad

  • Mixing bowl
  • Cutting board and knife
  • 1 lb. Yuba, sliced thin
  • 2 tbsp vegan mayo
  • 1/2 bunch scallion
  • generous amount capers
  • squeeze of lemon or other vinegar from the chart
  • Any soft herb of choice; dill, cilantro, parsley etc.
  1. Slice the tofu and mix with the rest. Chill.

Salad
vegan

Caramelized butternut squash or pumpkin

  • Baking sheet
  • 1 butternut squash cut into cube
  • 4 dates pitted
  • 1 tsp Baharat, cinnamon or other sweet spice
  • 1 drizzle olive oil
  1. Mix everything on a baking sheet and bake broil for 10 minutes

Side Dish
vegan

Coleslaw

  • cutting board+knife
  • Large mixing bowl
  • 1/2 Cabbage, sliced thin
  • 2 carrots, grated
  • 1 juice lemon (or other vinegar)
  • 3 scoops mayonnaise, vegan or not
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 drizzle Maple syrup
  • 4 Sprinkles smoked paprika
  1. Slice the cabbage thin, grate the carrots

  2. Mix the mayo, spices, syrup and vinegar

  3. Add the vegetables and toss together. Let it rest before eating.

Salad

Orange soup

naturally sweet soup great as a meal or a snack

  • 1 large pot
  • Immersion blender stick
  • 1 onion or leek
  • 1-2 lb carrots
  • 2 small sweet potatoes
  • 1 butternut squash
  • 2 sprigs of Thyme (optional)
  • 1 Tbsp Better then Bouillon stock
  • Salt as needed
  • 2 tsp Curry powder (optional)
  • 1 can coconut milk (optional)
  • ½ stick butter (salted or unsalted or 3 Tbsp olive oil)
  • 1 stick cinnamon or 3 shakes of ground cinnamon
  1. Cut the leek or onion into slices, sauté in the melted butter until translucent.
  2. Add vegetable unpeeled

  3. Add water just enough to cover the vegetables.
  4. Bring to a boil and lower to simmer. Cook until fork tender.
  5. Blend until smooth using an immersion blender.
  6. Add the optional seasoning, coconut milk and salt.

Soup
American
beginner, dinner, snack, soup

Oat pancake

  • mixing bowl and spoon
  • frying pan or griddle
  • 2 cups ground oats
  • 1 tso baking powder
  • 1 cup non-dairy milk
  • 4 tbsp apple sauce
  • 1 tbsp butter or oil
  1. Mix all the ingredients except the butter

  2. Heat up the frying pan, melt the butter. Wait for the pan to heat up and pour the batter, flip over after 1 minute, until done. Serve with maple syrup or honey

Breakfast
vegan

Fenugreek tea

  • Small sauce pan
  • 2 tbsp. Fenugreek seeds (approx.)
  • 2 cups water
  • milk of choice
  • honey to sweeten
  1. Bring the water and seeds to a boil, cook for 1 minute until the water becomes yellow. Drain the water from the seeds, add milk and honey to taste. Enjoy hot or cold.

Dessert

Preserved lemon for next week

  • small jar
  • Cutting board and knife
  • Sea salt
  • Olive oil
  1. Slice the lemons with the rind on, into thin circular slices

  2. Place a slice at the bottom of the jar and sprinkle with salt, generously. Keep layering the slices with salt in between each slice.

  3. Using a cylinder (I use the Vitamix stick) push the lemons down until they get completely immersed in their juice, keep massaging it until the slices stay covered in juice.

  4. Seal the top with a layer of olive oil, close tightly and leave by a window until next week.

Chinese

Black pepper chicken
Chicken Stir fry
Bok Choy
Cucumber salad
Okonomiyaki (Japanese omelet)
Okonomiyaki dessert
Ginger salmon

Cooking steps:
1. Soak 1 package of wide rice noodles for 15 minutes, drain and place in a bag, refrigerated. (1/2 for tofu, 1/2 for stir fry)
2. Slice/grate the vegetables-1 cabbage, 4 carrots, 2 bunches of scallion, 1 box of mushrooms
3. Slice the bok choy-2 pieces
4. Slice 4 cucumbers into 1″ thin slices
5. Prepare the Chinese style sauce
6. Prepare the chicken (or tofu) dish fresh before you plan to eat it. You can eat it with rice noodles
7. Saute the vegetables-cabbage, edamame, carrots, mushrooms, scallions
8. Prepare the Okonomiyaki
9. Prepare the cucumber salad
10. Assemble the stir fry fresh before you plan to eat. Store soaked noodles in the fridge.
11. Sautee the bok choy
12. Assemble the salmon (better fresh before you eat)
Everything can be made in advance except for frying the tofu cubes. It’s best to mix in the rice noodle with the stir-fried vegetables right before you plan to eat. Soaked noodles will cook quickly as you re-heat the sauteed vegetables.

Chinese style sauce

  • small pot
  • Measuring cup
  • immersion blender
  • 4 Cloves Minced Garlic
  • 2 Inches Chopped Ginger
  • 1 Chopped Chili Pepper (serrano or another)
  • 1/4 Cup Tamari
  • 3 Tsp Seasame Oil
  • generous amount Crushed Black Pepper
  • 2 Tsp Honey or other sweetener
  • 1 Bunch Green Onion/Scalion
  • 1 Bunch Chopped Cilantro
  • 1/4 Cup Oil of your choice
  • 1 drizzle vinegar
  1. Mince all the ingredients with a blender

  2. Use this sauce with the bok choy, noodles and as a condiment for the omlette

Chinese, vegan
chili, chinese, sauce,

Rice noodles stir fry

  • wok
  • cutting board and knife or food processor
  • 1 large cabbage
  • 1 large box mushrooms
  • 4 carrots
  • 2 bunches scallion
  • 1 lb frozen peeled edamame
  • 1 large drizzle oil
  • 1/2 bag wide rice noodles, soaked
  • 1 lb Chicken breast sliced thin
  1. Slice the cabbage, mushrooms, scallion, into thin slices

  2. grate the carrots

  3. Heat up the oil in the wok and sautee all the vegetables for 5 min. on very high heat.

  4. Add Chinese-style sauce, Add noodles and stir for 1-2 min.

Main Course

Sautéed Bok Choy

  • Frying pan or wok
  • cutting board
  • 4 Pieces Bok Choy
  • 1 small drizzle oil
  1. Cut the bok choy in half lengthwise

  2. Heat up the oil in the wok

  3. Place the flat side of the bok choy on the oil and cover. lower the heat

  4. Cook for 2 minutes

  5. Drizzle some of the Chinese style sauce over the greens

Side Dish
Chinese, vegan
greens

Ginger salmon

  • Frying pan
  • 8 oz. Wild salmon
  • 1 bunch scallion
  • 1 : ginger, chopped small
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 6 tbsp Chinese sauce
  • 1 bag Broccoli slaw
  1. Heat up the pan with, place the salmon skin down until charred and crispy.

  2. Flip the salmon, add the sauce and vegetables. Lower to simmer. Cover for 4 minutes

entree
Chinese

Okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake)

  • Grater
  • Cutting board and knife
  • Mixing bowl
  • Frying pan/wok
  • 1 cup all-purpose gf flour
  • pinch of sea salt or seaweed flakes salt
  • pinch of sugar
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • 1 yam (grated)
  • 1/2 cup vegetarian stock
  • 1 lb tofu
  • oil drizzle to bind
  • 1 vegetables to cover the bottom of the pan in a thick layer (cabbage, scallion, mushrooms, carrots)
  • avocado oil for frying
  1. Sautee the grated yam for 3 minutes

  2. In a mixing bowl mix the tofu, flour, stock, baking powder, oil, salt and pepper

  3. Add the sauteed vegetables and yam to the mixing bowl to mix with the wet ingredients

  4. Add oil to the pan, pour the mixture back into the pan and flatten to create a large omelet. Fry on one side, for 2-3 minutes on low-medium heat, once browned minutes flip and cook on the other side .

  5. Cut in half. One half serve warm or cold with a drizzle of mayonnaise (vegan) and some of the Chinese style sauce

  6. The other half can be eaten sweet for breakfast with a drizzle of maple syrup

entree
Japanese
vegan

Cucumber salad

  • Cutting board and knife
  • Mixing bowl
  • 4 Mini cucumbers
  • 1 drizzle Chinese style sauce
  • 1 sprinkle sesame
  1. Cut the cucumbers into thin, short sticks, about an inch long

  2. toss in the sauce and sprinkle sesame

Salad
Chinese

Black pepper chicken

  • pan or wok
  • cutting board
  • 1 lb Chicken breast
  • 2 Tbsp Corn Starch
  • ¼ Tsp Salt
  • ¼ Tsp Crushed Pepper
  1. Press the tofu with tofu press or paper towel.
  2. Cut tofu into cubes or shape of your choice.
  3. Sprinkle corn flour /corn starch on the tofu .Make sure they have a really thin layer of it. Remove the excess flour by shaking it off .
  4. Deep fry ,air or bake the tofu till they are crispy from outside and soft from inside.
  5. Coat crispy tofu with the Chinese style sauce.

  6. Serve over the noodles or just like that .

Main Course
vegan

Vegan menu-Chimichurri

Menu

Almond, Quinoa, and Sun-Dried Tomato patties

Tofu and vegetable patties

Roasted vegetables

Quinoa lentil salad

Kale salad

Persian Omelet-Breakfast

Tools

1 baking sheet

1 immersion blender with a container

1 cutting board and knife

1 mixing bowl for the ground turkey meat

Cooking steps

  1. Turn the oven to Hi-broil, place rack on the top rail
  2. Prepare the chimichurri using immersion blender
  3. Cut the roasting vegetables and lay on a baking sheet, drizzle with oil, salt. Roast a few batches
  4. Place the vegetables under the broiler to roast for 10 min. approx. or until brown
  5. Wash and cook the quinoa
  6. With the stick blender (immersion) blend the ingredients for the tofu-vegetable patties and place on the same baking sheet as the vegetables and roast alongside the vegetables, until browned. You can also store it raw, and broil right before you are ready to eat.
  7. Mix the ingredients for the almond patties. Fry in a pan with a little bit of avocado oil.
  8. Take the rest of the cooked quinoa and mix it with the roasted vegetables (chopped up), chimichurri, cherry tomatoes, pine nuts and olives. Add 1 Tbsp. chimichurri. 
  9. Prepare the kale salad using the greens and herbs from the other dishes
  10. Prepare Persian omelet. Serve warm, cold or at room temperature.

Chimichurri

  • Small blender such as immersion blender
  • Knife and board

Chimichurri

  • 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 lemon Lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more
  • 3-4 garlic cloves
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 Serrano or jalapeño chile (Optional)
  • 2 cups minced fresh cilantro (Basil and thyme will work too)
  • 1 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh oregano or 1 Tbsp dry oregano
  • 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  1. Blend all the ingredients into a pasta

  2. Some of the chimichurri will be used with the vegetables and chicken

Main Course
American
dinner

Mediterranean quinoa

Easy salad or side dish

  • Medium size pot
  • Large non stick pan
  • Large mixing bowl

Quinoa

  • 2 cups quinoa (rinse well)
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 tbsp better than bouillon vegetable
  • 1 tsp fine sea salt
  • 1 handful red lentils

Salad

  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes (sliced in half)
  • 1/2 cup olives (sliced)
  • 3 tbsp roasted pine nuts
  • 1 tbsp chimichurri
  • 1/2 cup feta (optional)

Quinoa

  1. Rinse the quinoa well numerous times

  2. In a pot add water, quinoa, salt and bouillon

  3. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. leave covered for 10 more minutes

Salad

  1. Heat up a pan and toss the quinoa until it crisps up

  2. Add quinoa to mixing bowl

  3. Add salad ingredients and some dressing from kale salad

  4. Serve at room temperature or warm

Side Dish
Mediterranean
beginner, cold, lunch, salad, side, summer

Roasted seasonal veggies

  • Baking sheet
  • 2 bulbs fennel (trim stems and cut in half. stems can be used in the soup)
  • 4 beets (cut in half)
  • 2 bunches asparagus
  • 2 bulbs garlic
  • 4 onions (peeled)
  • olive oil
  1. Turn the oven to high broil. Place the rack in the upper part of the oven.

  2. Cut the beets in half

  3. Lay the vegetables on a sheets pan

  4. Drizzle lightly with olive oil

  5. Broil for 10-15 minutes

Tofu and vegetable patties

  • immersion blender
  • Baking sheet
  • 1 lb Extra firm tofu
  • 2 handful roasted vegetables
  • 1 generous drizzle tahini
  • 1 scoop chimichurri
  1. Blend everything with an immersion blender. Shape into patties and broil for 4 minutes on both sides until browned but not dry.

Main Course
vegan

Almond, Quinoa, and Sun-Dried Tomato patties

  • immersion blender
  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 1 small-medium clove garlic cut in quarters
  • 2 generous drizzle balsamic vinegar
  • 1 drizzle tamari or coconut aminos for soy-free version (or other salt)
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt (or other salt)
  • 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes not oil-packed; preferably pre-sliced – or (chop before adding to processor)
  • 1 1/2 cups cooked quinoa
  • 1 generous scoop chimichurri
  1. Puree all the ingredients Cook patties, about 5-7 minutes on first side, and then another 3-5 minutes on second side until golden brown. These patties hold their shape well, but if they are flipped a lot and overcooked they become more crumbly and dry.

Main Course
vegan

Persian omlette

Quick quiche, perfect as a side or entrée

  • 1 small leek or onion (rinsed and chopped)
  • 1 bunch chopped parsley ((approximately 1 bunch))
  • 1/2 bunch chopped cilantro
  • 1/4 cup chopped dill (optional)
  • 1 small bag baby spinach
  • 2 TBS dried cranberries (zereshk*)
  • 1 TBS all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 TBS extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 8 large eggs (Replace eggs with firm tofu)
  • Combine with all the left over greens from previous dishes

For vegans

  • 2 cups garbanzo flour mixed with 2 cups water (substitute for the egg)
  1. Preheat an oven to 350ºF and adjust rack to upper-middle position.

  2. In a large bowl stir together vegetables and herbs with cranberries, flour, baking soda, olive oil, salt and pepper.

  3. Stir eggs into the vegetable mix.
  4. Spray 9-inch ceramic pie dish with cooking spray.

  5. Pour egg mixture into prepared pie dish.
  6. Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.
  7. Let it cool for 15 minutes prior to serving. Or cool completely and serve at room temperature.
Breakfast
Mediterranean
breakfast, easy, eggs,, greens, herbs, spinach, vegetables