Rosemary Mushrooms & Kale

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This one-pan recipe is very quick and easy to make, using just kale, mushrooms, yams, garlic and rosemary—yum! For this dish, I use curly kale because of its hearty texture and delicious peppery-ness. Ingredients ½ cup water 1 large yam or sweet potato, skin on, cut into 1/2–inch slices 1 clove garlic cut in half [...]

Tandoori Love Soup

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I call this “Tandoori Love Soup” because it’s very sensuous—the sweet and spicy tandoori seasoning (including saffron), shitake mushrooms, sweet yams, and fresh tarragon come together in a dish that is rich in flavor and diverse in texture. Tandoori seasoning is a fragrant, heady mix of aromatic spices. Orange- and red-colored seasoning mixes typically include [...]

Minestrone Soup

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Minestrone is known in Italy as “the big soup” since it is thick with colorful ingredients. It has no set list of “must have” ingredients, but vegetables in tomato broth with beans and pasta is common. In this version, fresh fennel and fennel seeds are added for even more Mediterranean flair. Ingredients: ½ cup water [...]

Tu-no Salad Wraps

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Chickpeas—aka garbanzo beans—are a perfect plant-based substitute for canned tuna when it comes to creating a healthier version of tuna salad. For this recipe, the tuna salad is wrapped in warm corn tortillas and collard green leaves. 2 cans chickpeas/garbanzo beans 4 ribs celery, diced ½ red onion, diced 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil (or [...]

Roasted Vegetable Salad with Dill Dressing

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This warm salad incorporates a variety of roasted and raw vegetables, and is finished off with a creamy dressing made with fresh dill, green onions and tofu. Salad: 6 small golden beets, skins on and washed 1 red onion, quartered 2 zucchinis, each cut into 12 pcs 1 yellow/red bell pepper, sliced 10-15 cherry tomatoes [...]