Greenbeans & Potatoes

Dinner was delicious!

Spinach salad with Gorgonzola and sliced almonds- dressed in olive oil and vinegar

Mrs. Ma's greenbeans! My childhood best friend's Mom made the most amazing greenbeans and I made her give my mom the recipe. This is a vegged version, using tofurkey sausage instead of ground pork. I think it would also be good using mushrooms or tofu. The 'meat' is marinated in soy sauce (I used liquid aminos) and a little cornstarch. That was then sautéed in olive oil ( I think peanut oil would be really good too) then add LOTS of greenbeans and mix around. Add about 4 ounces of hoison sauce (chopped garlic, PB, rice vinegar, sesame oil, sriracha, black pepper) and 4 ounces water. Mix, cover pot, turn down/off heat, and steam.

Scalloped potatoes via Veganomicon- potatoes slices to 1/8 inch and artfully layered in pan. Pour veg broth and almond milk over top. Cover in nutritional yeast. Drizzle with veg broth and olive oil. Top with more nooch, dried basil, thyme, rosemary, paprika, and salt. (I also added red pepper flakes. Roast at 400 degrees covered for 35 minutes, then uncovered for 15 minutes.

Greens, grains, and tofu

Buffalo Hummus

Experiments in Nut Milk!

1 cup toasted raw hazelnuts, 4 cups water

Blend

Strain with cheesecloth

Voila!

PS I love this glass bottle. Need to buy some more fresh market italian soda so I can have another bottle.

Leftover "nut pulp" can then be used to make other delectable treats!

Hazelnut hummus topped with chopped greek olives, olive oil, pine nuts, and sriracha

Hazelnut pulp serves as the flour- mixed with agave nectar, peanut butter, & chocolate chips

All food Seattle

pesto pizza with feta and tomato (big mario's in capitol hill)

oysters with ginger and champagne shallot vinaigrette (the walrus and the carpenter in ballard)

 asparagus benedict with greens (the fat hen in phinney ridge)

Green bean salad

I can't believe how good this was. We had some fresh green beans in the fridge that needed to be used up. After perusing Pinterest for ideas I settled on a green bean salad preparation.

The green beans are snipped and cut into 1-1&1/2 inch pieces and quickly boiled then put into an ice bath. They are dressed in an olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, garlic powder, mustard powder, and lemon juice mixture. Then I just threw in what I had on hand- chopped onion, olives, walnuts, and feta cheese.

This was so good and I think it will be my new go to healthy pasta salad alternative!

 

Salad Bowl

Spinach salad with toasted walnuts, pomegranates, goat cheese, and wild rice

Topped with a dressing of puréed onion, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, orange juice, salt and pepper.