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Mujaddara with Spiced Yogurt recipe from Food52. Author Notes: During my time living in Israel, my favorite place for upscale-ish dining was an unassuming neighborhood joint that put modern spins on traditional dishes.

Mujaddara with Spiced Yogurt recipe from Food52

Their take on mujaddara was actually pretty traditional -- jasmine rice, lentils, loads of caramelized onions -- but they topped it all with a cumin-spiked spiced yogurt that was out of this world. 7 Ways to Make Cabbage Sexy. This winter, cabbage is shrugging off that sheepskin coat, stepping out of those muddy boots: it is peasant food no more.

7 Ways to Make Cabbage Sexy

30-Day Green Smoothie Challenge - Day 2 - Incredible Smoothies - Community. Organic Quinoa for Breakfast? Here's How I Prepare It. I am a huge, huge fan of quinoa and eat it for dinner several times per week. In fact, quinoa with kimchi or other fermented foods might be one of my absolute favorite meals. Wanting to see how I could incorporate organic quinoa into my breakfast and seeking a gluten-free alternative to oatmeal or oat bran, I tried making quinoa porridge. And, I was pleasantly surprised at the results. The key to it is to take the quinoa and put it in a coffee grinder in order to get finely ground quinoa flour. Once you have that, you then prepare it exactly in the same way as you would oatmeal. To be honest, the taste seemed a little strange in the beginning because for my entire life I have been eating oatmeal and expected something similar. However, once I added in nuts and fruit, that made an enormous difference and I really started to enjoy it.

Pita bread. Oh, am I so happy to finally have a great pita recipe.

pita bread

You see, pitas themselves aren’t hard to make. Most recipes very closely, or even exactly, resemble a standard pizza dough and they’re not much more difficult to assemble. No, the trouble comes when you pop them in the oven and pray for the kind of puffiness you can pop some falafel into and end up with flatbread. What is a green smoothie? What makes it different from any other smoothie? What is a green smoothie?

What is a green smoothie? What makes it different from any other smoothie?

Why are so many people raving about them anyways? It is where greens are blended with a fruit smoothie. (I've even added greens to dessert smoothies!) It is actually very easy to cover up the flavor of the greens with the sweet fruits. Please, read more about this powerhouse of nutrients before you make any judgments against the idea. I ran home and started experimenting with all kinds of flavors and greens. Mark Bittman's Customizable Soups. Yunhee Kim for The New York Times; Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero.

Mark Bittman's Customizable Soups

Prop Stylist: Deborah Williams. And you’ll need no special techniques, no advance preparation and, for the most part, not much time. You can use just about any vegetable (or bean) you have on hand. These are not stone soups, but they’re close. I’ve created four essential categories: creamy (vegetables puréed with dairy); brothy (a strained vegetable stock, with quick-cooking ingredients added); earthy (with beans); and hearty (the vegetables sautéed first, to deepen their flavor).

A few practical notes: All of these recipes serve four, and you’ll want about a 2.5-to-4-quart (medium or large) pot. Healthy. Happy. Life. Unmindful Squash and Tomato Casserole. When I started making the original of this recipe (from the July/August 2012 Vegetarian Times hard copy magazine, Go buy it.

Unmindful Squash and Tomato Casserole

It's a great issue!) , I was only going to change just a few things. Truly. I wanted more of the pretty little yellow squashes for sure. More cheese. Then we had an incredible, albeit brief, storm and a power out. Ranch Flavored Dip. By Lisa, on December 1st, 2011 I was browsing through the $5 Dinner Mom’s website when I came across her ingenious idea to mix up a big batch of seasonings at one time for an easy homemade Ranch dressing.

Ranch Flavored Dip

Once your spice mixture has been made it’s a very simple process to add your perishable ingredient whenever you’re in the mood for some homemade dressing. Talk about being efficient! Now we prefer a Ranch dip over a dressing at our house (especially since it magically makes my 6-year-old eat twice as many carrots as normal) so below is a modified version that turns Erin’s spice mixture into a Ranch dip instead of a Ranch dressing.

Ranch Flavored Dip 2 tablespoon dried parsley1 teaspoon dried dill1 teaspoon garlic powder1 teaspoon onion powder½ teaspoon dried basil½ teaspoon pepperSour cream, for serving Mix together the first six ingredients down to the pepper. Posts may contain affiliate links. Homemade Coffee Creamer. My friends tell me the one thing they can’t give up is their flavored coffee creamer.

Homemade Coffee Creamer

I can understand. Creamy, sweet, smooth, with all sorts of different flavors to choose from. The problem is the ingredients. Southwest Sweet Potatoes with Black Bean Chili. [ Close Privacy Policy ] Privacy Policy / Your California Privacy Rights Revised and posted as of March 4, 2013 Prime Publishing, LLC ("Company," "we" or "us") reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time simply by posting such revision, so we encourage you to review it periodically.

Southwest Sweet Potatoes with Black Bean Chili

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HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION AND WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? Recipes from a vegetable lover's kitchen. Trader Joe's. Zucchini Quinoa Burgers Print Recipe 2 cups TJ's Tri-color Quinoa, Cooked 1/2 cup TJ's Shredded Mozzarella 1 cup TJ's Low Fat Cottage Cheese 1 cup TJ's Zucchini, Grated or Chopped 3 TJ's Eggs, Beaten 3 Tbsp TJ's White Whole Wheat Flour 2 TJ's Green Onion Stalks, Chopped 1 cup TJ's Panko Bread Crumbs 3 Tbsp TJ's Olive Oil 1 tsp TJ's Cumin 2 Cloves TJ's Garlic, Chopped TJ's Salt & TJ's Pepper In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except olive oil.

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Mixture will be sticky. If necessary add more Panko Crumbs at this point. Serves: 10 Cooking Time: 30 Minutes. Top 10 Soup Recipes of 2011. January 2, 2012Angela (Oh She Glows) Happy New Year! Are you eager, worn out, hung-over, excited, or ready for summer? Maybe, you’re cold and looking to warm up with a soothing bowl of soup? Or maybe you’re fighting off a bit of a cold from the holiday excitement? Yes to all of the above. Here are the top 10 soup recipes of the year according to you. Carrot and Squash Curry Soup. This is a delicious, satisfying soup that’ll improve your vision, win friends and influence people, and make you love curry…if you don’t already.

It’s easy to make, freezes well, and will make you a happier, more well rounded citizen of this planet. How can you resist that? (Fun tip: check out the new Print tool at the end. It’s all for you, baby!) Chop up a bunch of garlic. Then grab an onion or two. Clean Eating Weight Loss.