Saturday, January 6, 2018

January 2018 Potluck

This month's theme is soup and salad. Everything was so amazing!!! What a blessing each month brings, sharing wonderful recipes and socializing with similar minded people!!!
Next month's theme is Super Bowl Snacks

Lentil Soup Using 3 cups cooked lentils instead of 1 and only 1 tsp of oil











Mushroom soup

White Bean and Kale Soup The How Not to Die Cookbook by Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM
From
Makes: 4 (1 ½-Cup) Servings

6 cups Vegetable Broth
1 large red onion, chopped
3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced
1 medium sweet potato, cut into ½-inch dice
5 cups chopped fresh red kale
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 bay leaves
1 ½ cups cooked or 1-15.5 ounce BPA-free can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 teaspoon white miso paste
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon fresh marjoram or oregano, or ½ teaspoon dried
2 teaspoons Savory Spice Blend (recipe below)

Heat 1 cup of the broth in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the sweet potato, kale, red pepper flakes, bay leaves, and the remaining 5 cups of broth, and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat to medium, add the beans and cook until the vegetables are tender, 20 to 3- minutes. Ladle about 1/3 cup of the broth into a small bowl or cup. Add the miso paste and stir to blend. Pour the miso mixture into the soup and stir in the nutritional yeast, parsley, marjoram, and the Savory Spice Blend. Serve hot.

SAVORY SPICE BLEND
Makes: About ½ cup

2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon dried basil
2 teaspoons dried thyme
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons dry mustard (mustard powder)
2 teaspoons paprika
½ teaspoon ground turmeric
½ teaspoon celery seed


Combine all the ingredients in a spice grinder to blender to mix well and pulverize the dried herbs and spices. Transfer the blend to a shaker bottle or jar with a tight-fitting lid. Store in a cool, dry place.

Cauliflower soup












Red Lentil Coconut Soup


Quinoa Salad
craisins, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, quinoa, almonds, seasoned with Penzeys Spices Tuscan Sunset and Fox Point









Salad











Vegan Garlic Bread


Mangoes and Dates soaked in mango and apple juice, coated with carob and almonds











Kiwi Cheesecake

with this version there is no crust, kiwi instead of peaches and no blueberry sauce

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