Another winning recipe from Super Natural everyday, this quick dinner involves soaking the mung beans ahead of time (canned would be way to mushy). If you’re not familiar with mung beans, you can usually buy them at a co-op or whole foods, and they also make great sprouts! If you start soaking them in the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘broccoli’
21 Jun
Broccoli Polenta from Veganomicon, with Spring vegetables
I’ve admitted before that I find broccoli a bit of a chore. I know that it’s good for me, and arrives beautiful and fresh in my CSA, but there just aren’t that many ways that I like it. Whenever I find a recipe I like, I’m thrilled. With a giant head of broccoli on my [...]
28 Jun
Late Spring Pho
Kate was sick. “I just want something salty and spicy and soup,” she said. I had more vegetables than I knew what to do with, so I offered to make some soup and bring it over. Spicy and salty – obviously had to been Asian influenced. And I had snap peas and carrots and mushroom [...]
22 Jun
General Tso’s Tofu
My sister was visiting, and had a hankering for some Chinese food. My CSA has been more than plentiful with the broccoli lately, so I decided on on of my favorites – General Tso’s. The extra step of shocking the broccoli may seem annoying, but it’s essential for keeping the broccoli from getting soggy. General [...]
20 Feb
Whole Wheat Fussili with Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Sauce
This pasta was another mid-week experiment meal. I had an opened jar of roasted eggplant, meant for another purpose it turned out to be unsuited for, aging in the fridge. Thinking about the pasta dish I had at La Laconda the other week, I whipped up a sauce with fried garlic, roasted eggplant pulp, canned [...]
