-- Experiment with new recipes using root
vegetables like squash, parsnips, carrots, beets and sweet potatoes.
If you are making soups or side dishes with root
vegetables like squash or carrots, add a tablespoon before you mash or whip them for something a little different.
I think my favorite fall comfort food is curry — especially with the fall
vegetables like squash and sweet potatoes, it's just THE BEST.
With the changing of season, we are also seeing fall
vegetables like squash.
She braised
vegetables like squash, carrots, potato, green beans and red pepper.then added a vegetable stock and let the vegetables and stock simmer for about an hour.
I too get very annoyed by the way we take a completely gorgeous, healthy and delicious
vegetable like squash and monotonously saturate it with sugar and cream.
Not exact matches
In early spring, it's wild
vegetables like ramps and fiddlehead ferns, which give way to peas, tomatoes, corn, and zucchini, and finally to braising greens,
squash, and root
vegetables in the fall.
Botanica — a soon to be,
vegetable forward restaurant in LA + a lovely online journal with some amazing recipes
like Spiced Spaghetti
Squash Pancakes, Whole Roasted Cauliflower, Banana Buckwheat Poppyseed Bread
I'm hoping this will be equally successful with winter's root
vegetables,
like carrots,
squash, or rutabaga.
1 / 2T Oil 1 Medium onion, diced 1 Large clove of garlic, minced 1» pc ginger, minced 1 / 2T Cinnamon 1t Cumin 1t Ground coriander 1 - 2t Harissa (optional if you
like a bit of heat - or try 1 / 2t Chili Flakes) 1 / 2t Salt 1 / 3C Red lentils 1 1/2 C
Vegetable broth 1 x 400g / 14oz Can of chopped tomatoes 1 1/2 C Cubed
squash (I prefer large chunks) 1 Large carrot, chopped into large chunks 2 Medium courgettes, chopped into large chunks 1 / 2C Dried fruit (I used a mixture of unsulphured dried apricots and dried figs) 1T Lemon juice Chopped fresh parsley to serve
As an antidote to my
vegetables -LCB- which, by the way, included fava beans, some major leafy greens that are
like kale, but not at all ruffled, and some baby summer
squash -RCB-, I made whoopie pies.
Squash is
like my favourite
vegetable and I love the sound of stuffing them with lasagne, yummy
This recipe can be easily customized with
vegetables you have on hand
like spinach, green peas, steamed or roasted cauliflower and broccoli, carrots, and sautéed zucchini and yellow
squash.
On the other hand spaghetti
squash is a delicious
vegetable that looks
like pasta but has its unique characteristics, so
squash is
squash, has always been
squash and will always be
squash and should be enjoyed as
squash..
I
like to top mine with more crunchy pumpkin seeds and sweet pomegranate seeds, but you can really personalize this with whatever you'd
like and add other fall
vegetables like roasted
squash.
I actually find
vegetables like zucchini, spinach, sweet potato,
squash, and cauliflower to be a blessing to us all!
And bonus points for acorn
squash, which are already shaped
like little bowls (and I do love foods in bowls), ready to hold a heaped serving of healthy
vegetables.
There are so many recipes out there using spaghetti
squash and if you were
like me it is a
vegetable that I did not know too much about.
3 Tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce 2 Tablespoon peanut or canola oil 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest (from 1 lemon) 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon) 1 Tablespoon minced fresh ginger root 1 Tablespoon minced garlic (about 2 cloves) 1 Tablespoon dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional) 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 lb swordfish steak, cut into 1 inch cubes Salt, Pepper to taste
Vegetables for skewering: choose your favorites
like zucchini, yellow
squash, bell peppers, red onion, and mushrooms 6 bamboo skewers, soaked for 30 minutes in water
Besides adding richness to certain dishes, these good quality sources of fat are essential for helping your body absorb the fat - soluble nutrients in
vegetables like winter
squash, carrots, and parsnips.
If you can not source this special
vegetable, any other hearty winter
squash will work in this salad,
like butternut, Acorn, Buttercup, Kobocha, or Pumpkin — which are readily available all year round.
These Butternut
Squash Fries won't crisp up
like a normal potato fry but they are still a fantastic way of introducing new
vegetables to fussy eaters in a recognisable form.
If you've been assigned the
vegetable category which is separate from the salad category, I'd go with a
vegetable casserole
like this Summer
Squash Casserole.
Many people
like this zucchini spread so much that they don't wait until they have leftover
vegetable pulp innards from stuffing veggies — they just shred the whole
squash and cook it!
I discovered with these Butternut
Squash Fries that if I cut and cook
vegetables to look
like fries then I am guaranteed that she will at least -LSB-...]
I prefer to use rice vermicelli for an authentic texture, but feel free to use spiralized
vegetables (
like zucchini or yellow
squash), or sweet potato noodles, depending on your preference.
With only 40 calories and 10 grams of carbs per cup cooked this
vegetable is the perfect low - carb and gluten - free substitute to family - favorite recipes that typically use pasta,
like shrimp scampi, spaghetti meatballs, or my personal favorite, Garlic Butter Chicken and Spaghetti
Squash.
I typically stick to chunky
vegetable soups and chilis, but I decided to see why people love creamy blended soups
like butternut
squash so much.
During the colder seasons, you could try replacing the tomatoes with a variety of roasted root
vegetables,
like sweet potatoes or parsnips, or roasted
squash.
Not only can you choose from dark green leafy
vegetables from the cruciferous group (for example, mustard greens, turnip greens, kale, or collards), but you can also choose from the leguminous
vegetable group (
like green beans or green peas), the
squash / gourd group (including zucchini and cucumber), the parsley / umbelliferous group (
like fennel and celery), green allium
vegetables like leeks, green lettuces
like romaine, and finally, of course, the asparagus group that includes asparagus.
Make your recipe bloom with rose water, flowering herbs, floral teas, dried lavender blossoms or even fresh flowers
like nasturtiums, violets, borage,
squash, sunflowers or pretty much any blossom in a
vegetable garden.
Free to add additional
vegetables like turnips or carrots, or to use other sweet winter
squash like delicata.
My favorite fall foods are fresh apples and pureed soups with coconut milk — made with either
squash like butternut or kabocha, or root
vegetables like parsnips or sweet potatoes.
Or even sneak a few
vegetables into their box by using a perfectly sweet treat with hidden veggies in it
like these Yellow
Squash Vanilla Cupcakes!
Even in a drought, it seems
like squash is the cockroach of the
vegetable garden — it can survive anything.
Roasted winter
squash is wonderful, and for me tastes
like candied
vegetables, but brushing it with just a little maple syrup brings it up to an entire new level.
They partner with local farms Small Axe Farm out of Barnett, Vt., which supplies the lush salad greens and beautiful
vegetables like rainbow chard, kale, and
squash.
OK, here are some favorites we've been cooking up at my place: -
vegetable curry (grind my own whole spices, use whatever veggies we get in our weekly CSA share; radishes / beets, eggplant,
squash, greens, etc)- quick kale (sauteed with coconut oil, chili flakes, garlic, [lemon grass], soy sauce, lemon juice)- pac choi w / sauteed mushrooms «chinese» style (with fish sauce, rice wine vinegar, jalepeno / chili, soy sauce, etc)- roasted radishes w / poached eggs - «teamwork pasta» — this is your recipe for pepper and cheese pasta, but it helps having two sets of hands to make it in our house... we put an egg on this too of course - tuna pasta (chopped onion, garlic, lemon zest, chili flakes, tuna, olives — easily adaptable to what you already have in the house and
like)- roast chicken on friday - roasted sweet potatoes - omlets - challa french toast
Add seasonal roasted
vegetables like butternut
squash or zucchini.
Use beans as a binder in
vegetable - based cakes
like these
Squash and Sweet Potato Pancakes, or toss a handful or white beans or lentils into pasta with tomato sauce or brothy soup.
Couscous and Feta - Stuffed Peppers Adapted from Epicurious
Vegetable - oil cooking spray 1 1/4 cups fat - free chicken or vegetable broth 2/3 cup couscous 4 extra-large or 5 large bell peppers, mixed colors (or 6 smallish bell peppers) 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 6 oz zucchini, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 6 oz yellow squash, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (I left this out because I don't like nor have fennel seed... to each her own) 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half 15 oz canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed 4 oz crumbled feta cheese (about 1 cup) 3 tablespoons tomato paste (I only used 2 because 3 seemed like a lot for a strong flavor like tomato paste) Preheat oven t
Vegetable - oil cooking spray 1 1/4 cups fat - free chicken or
vegetable broth 2/3 cup couscous 4 extra-large or 5 large bell peppers, mixed colors (or 6 smallish bell peppers) 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 6 oz zucchini, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 6 oz yellow squash, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (I left this out because I don't like nor have fennel seed... to each her own) 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half 15 oz canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed 4 oz crumbled feta cheese (about 1 cup) 3 tablespoons tomato paste (I only used 2 because 3 seemed like a lot for a strong flavor like tomato paste) Preheat oven t
vegetable broth 2/3 cup couscous 4 extra-large or 5 large bell peppers, mixed colors (or 6 smallish bell peppers) 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 6 oz zucchini, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 6 oz yellow
squash, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (I left this out because I don't
like nor have fennel seed... to each her own) 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half 15 oz canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed 4 oz crumbled feta cheese (about 1 cup) 3 tablespoons tomato paste (I only used 2 because 3 seemed
like a lot for a strong flavor
like tomato paste) Preheat oven to 350 °F.
Delicious
vegetables like peas and tomatoes are absent from farmers markets and perhaps all you can find are
squashes and potatoes.
To use for a cleanse replace tomatoes with other
vegetables,
like thinly sliced fennel bulb or sautéed summer
squash.
Healthy carbs include whole foods
like fresh fruit, grains,
squash, potatoes and
vegetables!
What's in it: 1 medium - sized spaghetti
squash (about 3 - 4 pounds) 5 tablespoons
vegetable oil, I used half peanut half canola Kosher salt and Freshly ground black pepper 2 eggs (optional, I omitted this to keep mine vegan) 1 (15 - ounce) package firm or extra firm tofu, water pressed out and diced * 1 red onion, thinly sliced 6 cloves garlic, finely minced 2 cups carrots, cut into matchsticks 2 cups bean sprouts 6 scallions, sliced Other optional veggies: I added a cup of sliced white mushrooms, but broccoli, peapods, or any others you
like would work as well 4 tablespoons Pad Thai sauce, more to taste ** 1/3 cup peanuts, chopped 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped 1 lime, cut into wedges * you could alternatively use chicken or shrimp if you're not a tofu fan ** I used a jarred pad thai sauce to save some time but check out the original recipe link above to see the full sauce recipe if you want to go homemade
You can add parmesan cheese if you would
like and even switch up the
vegetable from sweet potato to butternut
squash.
Because if you don't have Brussels sprouts or if you don't
like this green veggie, you can roast another
vegetable like sweet potato, carrot, butternut
squash, beets and so on.
You can also add in any other seasonal
vegetables like spinach or kale, diced
squash or chickpeas.
It's also a good way to use some
vegetables like eggplant,
squash, and overly ripe tomatoes in bulk that might be otherwise difficult to use up.
The full nutty flavor of barley makes it a great choice in grain bowls with roasted
vegetables,
like this one with delicata
squash and mushrooms.