Braised Rosemary Beets & Tomato Cucumber Salad with Mint

We decided to try some red beets and I have to say neither of us liked them. I braised them according to a recipe I received from our produce delivery farm. The Salad was delicious of course as it was last time. We both really enjoy the golden beets we had in the past but any red beets we received after this went into the animals' veggie mix. :-)

Vegetable Stir Fry

This lunch was supposed to be a tofu vegetable stir fry but we didn't have any tofu on hand. It's from the book The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook by Cathe Olsen. It was really tasty. The vegetables I used were broccoli, bell pepper, onion, carrot, & snow peas. The sauce was soy sauce, sesame oil, arrowroot powder, water & red pepper flakes. I would probably make some more sauce next time as it didn't go as far as I thought it would.

Cherries!

We bought these cherries at the co-op and boy were they tasty! What a delightful snack.

Stir-Fried Tofu with Greens & Cashews

We were getting overrun with kale and I remembered this dish we made before that didn't come out quite right. I got brave and decided to try it again using no salt. And it came out perfectly. Only used kale this time but everything was cooked and seasoned just right.

Veggie Burger

Today for lunch we just threw together a veggie burger with a veggie patty, red onion, leaf lettuce, tomato, bbq sauce, mustard, and a bit of smoked cheddar on some fresh buns from the co-op. Pretty satisfying!

Smoked Mozzarella-Snap Pea Sandwiches

I was looking online for some snap pea recipes and ran across this one from the May 2005 issue of Vegetarian Times. We weren't sure how it would come out but it was really tasty! I halved the peas and cooked them with some onions, salt & pepper and then balsamic vinegar. We used Naan as our bread and ate the sandwiches open faced after baking them just long enough for the cheese to melt. It had a very unique flavor with the smoked mozzarella and the balsamic peas. Again, yum!

Vegetarian Hot Pot

We hadn't made this soup in a while and since we had just received some bok choy I pulled the recipe out. It was ok, it wasn't as flavorful as it had been before but I blame that on the new/different veggie broth we used. We had run out of our regular kind and the co-op had been out for the last 2 weeks so we picked up something else. Not quite as tasty so it was a bit disappointing as we both really liked the soup in the past. We had been receiving red carrots for a few weeks and used them in this dish as well as in some salads we had made. The red carrots aren't quite as sweet as the "regular" ones but they were still good and added a nice touch of color.

Medley of Greens with Potatoes and Leeks

I made this tasty dish again since I enjoyed it so much last time. It still wasn't a quite a medley as I only had kale on hand. I used baby Yukon gold potatoes I got in the delivery and they were quite tender and tasty.