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Recipes for Healthful Mediterranean
Veggies abound in this healthful cuisine packed with color and flavor. Each recipe includes serving suggestions and variations of the recipe, as well as explanations of ingredients that might be unfamiliar.
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Healthful Mediterranean I
Enjoy these colorful dishes relying on the vegetables themselves for the abundance of texture and flavor. $5 for this set of 5 recipes.
FOR MCDOUGALLERS: The risotto calls for a small amount of oil, but you can use water instead; everything else is oil-free.
- Polenta with Fresh Veggies - so beautiful
- Spring Veggie Risotto - farmer's market fare
- Pasta Primavera - add your favorite veggies
- Elegant Red Lentil Pate - with pistachio nuts!
- Bruschetta - pronounced broo-sketta
Healthful Mediterranean II
Enjoy these colorful dishes relying on the vegetables themselves for the abundance of texture and flavor. $5 for this set of 5 recipes.
FOR MCDOUGALLERS: There is a small amount of olive oil in the pesto, but try replacing it with a couple teaspoons of white/light miso; the polenta squares require a light brushing of oil for grilling, but you may bake them instead; the green beans call for oil to - essentially - caramelize the garlic; and there is no added oil in the bean salad or strawberry pie.
- Perfect Basil Pesto - garlic galore
- Fresh Bean Salad - with tomatoes & herbs
- Grilled Polenta Squares - with red onion & herbs
- Garlic-Glazed Green Beans - crispy and fresh
- No-Bake Strawberry Pie - pecan and date crust
Healthful Mediterranean III
Enjoy these colorful dishes relying on the vegetables themselves for the abundance of texture and flavor. $5 for this set of 5 recipes.
FOR MCDOUGALLERS: All of these recipes are oil-free, except for 1 tablespoon of oil to brush the peppers before baking.
- Rice & Herb Stuffed Peppers - elegant & easy
- Penne Pasta with Fresh Veggies - any pasta will do
- Quinoa & Corn Medley - in 15 minutes
- Roasted Red Pepper Hummus - forget store-bought
- White Bean & Garlic Pate - did I mention garlic?
Healthful Mediterranean IV
A couple of these recipes are in other packets above, but this is a new combo. Students from our April 2006 cooking class enjoyed these dishes, and I hope you do as well. Each dish relies on the vegetables themselves for the abundance of texture and flavor. $5 for this set of 5 recipes.
FOR MCDOUGALLERS: One tablespoon of oil called for in the peppers (to brush them before baking), the oil for sauteeing the veggies in the "Basic Basil Pesto with Polenta Squares" can be replaced with water, but there is a small amount of oil in the pesto. There is oil in the Muhammara and cake but none in the Asparagus Soup.
- Basic Basil Pesto with Polenta Squares
- Muhammara (Roasted Red Pepper and Walnut Spread)
- Elegantly Simple Stuffed Bell Peppers
- Asparagus Soup with Fresh Herbs
- Light Lemon Cake with Raspberry Sauce
Healthful Mediterranean V
One of these recipes (No-Bake Strawberry Pie) is in another packet (Mediterranean II) above, but the rest is all new. Students from our June 2006 cooking class enjoyed these dishes, and I hope you do as well. Each dish relies on the vegetables themselves for the abundance of texture and flavor. $5 for this set of 5 recipes.
FOR MCDOUGALLERS: There is a little oil in the pesto for the bruschetta, but you may replace it with a little light miso. The crust for the quiche calls for oil, but you can find an premade oil-free crust. Oil to saute veggies in the Ratatouille can be replaced with water, and a small amount of oil is called for in the scalloped potatoes for greasing the casserole dish. No added oil in the pie.
- Sundried Tomato Pesto Bruschetta
- Asparagus Leek Quiche
- Ratatouille with White Beans
- Herbed Scalloped Potatoes
- No-Bake Strawberry Pie with Pecan Crust
Healthful Mediterranean VI - NEW!
Two of these delicious recipes were created out of my recent visit to the Tuscany and Umbria regions of Italy. One is featured in my new cookbook, The Joy of Vegan Baking. $5 for this set of 6 recipes. (The Panini recipe includes a recipe for pesto.)
FOR MCDOUGALLERS: I reduced the oil substantially in all of these recipes, and even though they all call for a small amount of oil, it can be eliminated in the Arborio Rice recipe, the Fave Bean Hummus, and the Pesto.
- Arborio Rice with Roasted Red Peppers, Pine Nuts, & Basil
- Eggplant & Caramelized Onion "Lasagna"
- Fava Bean Hummus
- Portabello Panini With Lemon-Basil Pesto
- Zucchini Bread
