11/30-11/4 menu

 We don't use oil. If a recipe meal recipe calls for oil we use the liquid from our olive jar and not add salt.

 This week's menu includes:

Monday: White Bean Vegetable Soup

Tuesday: Last of the leftovers, Shepherd's Pie 

2 cups green beans, diced
1 cup celery, diced
1 cup onions, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
4 carrots, diced
1 red bed pepper, diced
1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced
parsley, basil, oregano, thyme, salt, pepper, season to taste
leftover bean gravy
leftover stuffing for the top.

directions: water saute until the vegetables are soft. Stir in the gravy. Pour the veggie mix into a pie pan. Top with stuffing. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes

Wednesday: Beet Falafels with Harissa roasted vegetables

Harissa Spiced Vegetables 

Dehydrator time: 1 1/ 2 hours
Equipment required: dehydrator

Ingredients:
1 1/ 2 cups cauliflower or broccoli florets
2 cups diced zucchini
1/ 2 bunch baby carrots or 3 regular carrots, peeled and cut into halves
2 red peppers
2 tbsp lemon juice
1tbsp cold-pressed olive oil
1 tsp harissa spice
1/ 3 cup almond meal
1/ 2 tsp sea salt
1/ 4 tsp freshly cracked pepper
Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix until all the vegetables are coated in the spice and almond flour. Spread onto a dehydrator sheet and dry at 115 ° F for 1 1/ 2 hours. Or bake at 375 for 30 minutes

May, Megan (2015-08-10). Raw Organic Goodness (Kindle Locations 3297-3305). Fair Winds Press. Kindle Edition.

Thursday: Vegetable pizza with a super salad
We make a gluten free crust and top with vegan cheese or aquafaba mozzarella
Aquafaba Mozzarella
1/4 cup cashews*
2/3 cup aquafaba (chickpea brine)*

1/3 cup water
2 tbsp tapioca flour (starch)
1 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
1 tbsp refined coconut oil
1 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt, or to taste*

Blend all ingredients in a high powered blender.  It will be a really thin liquid.  Pour into a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring fairly frequently.  (Ideally stir frequently but I was cleaning my blender at the same time so you can get away with a break every now and again.)  The mixture will become lumpy on the way to becoming smooth.  Just keep stirring and have faith.  It will take a few minutes.  Once it thickens and becomes smooth and pulls away from the pan while stirring it is good to use.  The mixture can be kept in an airtight container in the fridge for a few days.

Friday: Vegetable Fajitas