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Jun 13 2011

We Eat Well

You Must Try Loving Cafe

I am not Vegan. I am not a Vegetarian. But I do love good food and Loving Cafe has it. I usually opt for the Orange Salad: sweet and sour soy protein, smoked tofurkey, sprouts, organic onion, avocado, tomato, bell peppers, and romaine heart, served with cucumber sauce.

Today, I ventured out of my comfort zone and tried Salad Noodle: rice noodles, bell peppers, soy protein strips, onion, coconut milk, apple, broccoli, vegetable seasoning, and spring mix. I have found a new favorite. I love noodle dishes, especially ones full of vegetables. Everything tasted fresh and was well- seasoned. I have a feeling I will be eating several of these a week for awhile. Warning: portions are HUGE.

If you are REALLY hungry, try the summer rolls too! Delish.

Tagged Asian Noodles, broccoli, Loving Cafe, Orange Salad, tofurkey, Vegan, Vegetarian

Sep 26 2010

Bowtie Pasta with Homemade Tomato Sauce and Steamed Broccoli

Earlier this year, Jon’s mom and sister traveled to Italy and brought back an authentic Italian cookbook for him. Many of the recipes are rather involved, but every once in awhile, he gets inspired, rolls up his sleeves, and dives in. This time he pulled out a recipe for tomato sauce to help us deal with the overabundance of tomatoes from our garden. We made the sauce earlier in the week for fish fillets and reused with bowtie pasta, al dente, and fresh steamed broccoli from the garden.

Tomato Sauce

2.5 pints of garden grown grape tomatoes

6 cloves of garlic

½ large Vandalia onion, cut in half

Salt

Pepper

Oregano

Fresh Basil

1/3 jalapeno with seeds, cut off tip, quartered

¼ cup pine nuts

Roast the tomatoes, onions and garlic in the broiler till slightly charred. Place all ingredients in blender, blend until smooth.

*Note, Jon would do without the pine nuts next time

Tagged al dente, authentic italian cookbook, bowtie pasta, broccoli, cooking, garden, recipes, tomato sauce, tomatoes

Aug 16 2010

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We Eat Well

See How Our Garden Grows

I went out of town over Memorial Day Weekend, and when I came home, I discovered that Jon had been busy. He planted our very first garden, full of tomatoes, broccoli, rosemary, basil, chives, cilantro, and red bell peppers. It was so cute in its freshly planted status. We had no idea what to expect; we’d never done this before after all. Whoa, how our garden has grown. We now have 7-foot tall tomato plants. We’ve had two cuttings of broccoli, a couple bell peppers, an endless supply of rosemary, basil and chives, and more tomatoes than we know what to do with.

Tagged basil, broccoli, chives, gardening, gigantic tomato plants, growing a garden, rosemary, tomatoes

Aug 15 2010

His Version of Garbage

I would have been satisfied with cereal for breakfast, but Jon had other plans. He offered to make me an omelet and disappeared into the kitchen. When he emerged, he held a plate overflowing with yummy goodness: fried potatoes, scrambled eggs and toast. Of course, these weren’t just any ol’ fried potatoes, scrambled eggs and toast. Jon added his “twist” to them and the result was pure perfection. And the best part is, he made everything from stuff we had leftover in the refrigerator, hence the title of this post- His Version of Garbage.

Potatoes

Sliced Red Potatoes

Sliced Sweet Potatoes

Fresh Rosemary from the Garden

White Onion

Tossed in a skillet and fried in bacon fat

Eggs

2 Eggs

Skim Milk

Broccoli and Red Pepper mixture (leftover from the Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie he made last week)

Onion

Shredded Colby Jack Cheese

All ingredients scrambled up in a pan over medium heat

Served with Brownberry’s Country Buttermilk Bread, toasted.

Delicious!

And in the background, Jon made sure to capture our friend Clint Roth’s new CD- Appetite for Construction. Clint is amazingly talented and we’ve enjoyed listening to this.

Tagged Appetite for Construction, bacon fat, Big Jaw, Breakfast Food, broccoli, Clint Roth, Colby Jack Cheese, Country Buttermilk Bread, eggs, fresh rosemary, fried potatoes, Garbage for Breakfast, leftovers, omelet, red pepper, red potatoes, scrambled eggs, skim milk, Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie, sweet potatoes, toast, white onion

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