Pumpkin with Chestnuts
<p>A pumpkin recipe for a tasty Fall side. Substitute any winter squash like acorn, butternut, or carnival squash for the pumpkin.</p>
Vegetarian!
Source: The Roaming GastroGnome
Servings: 4
Ingredient keywords: pumpkin, squash, chestnut, onion, turmeric, butter, oil, thyme, rosemary
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Pure Power Smoothie Recipe
<p>Pure Power Smoothie Recipe<br />
Serves 1 – Vegan</p>
<p>Brimming with antioxidants from the fruit, satiating fats from the seeds and nut butter, muscle-building protein from the powder, and blood sugar-balancing cinnamon, nothing kicks my day off to a better start than a tall glass of this Pure Power Smoothie. When shopping for a protein powder, be on guard for hidden sources of gluten, dairy, and sugar that often sneak into the ingredient lists.</p>
<p>1/2 cup fresh strawberries or blueberries<br />
1/2 medium frozen banana<br />
2 ice cubes<br />
1/2 cup unsweetened almond or rice milk<br />
1 scoop brown rice, pea, or hemp protein powder<br />
2 teaspoons ground chia seeds or flaxseed<br />
1 tablespoon almond or peanut butter<br />
Pinch of sea salt<br />
Pinch of ground cinnamon</p>
<p>Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and blend on high until smooth. Serve.</p>
<p>Go nut-free: Use rice milk and omit the nut butter.</p>
Vegan!
Source: Mother Earth Living
Servings: 1
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Purple Banana Smoothie
<p>The color combo will make a deep purple drink; the strawberries, blueberries and banana will make an awfully good sweet drink; green leaves will make an appetite-satisfying nutritious drink. Give it a try.</p>
Source: Adapted from simplegreensmoothies.com
Servings: 1-2 depending on your hunger
Ingredient keywords: strawberry, blueberry, banana, nut
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Purple Hull Peas
<p>Two pounds of peas makes enough for dinner and storing extra in the freezer. They are worth every minute it takes to prepare them.</p>
Source: Food Network
Servings: 8 servings
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Purple Hull Peas with Smoked Sausage (Optional)
<p>This recipe uses purple hull peas from Green Acres! <br />
A great recipe for New Years Good Luck!</p>
Source: Tom Green - Green Acres
Servings: Serves 6-8 as a Side
Ingredient keywords: Peas
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Purslane salad
<p>A cool mild tasting salad for easy meals.</p>
Source: http://www.yogurtland.com/2006/06/21/purslane-salad/
Servings: 3-4
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Puttanesca Pork Chops
<p>A savory flavor filled pork chop recipe that’s easy to prepare and even easier to enjoy! Please consider leaving a picture or comment if you decide to try this recipe!</p>
Source: eatingwell.com
Servings: 4
Ingredient keywords: pork, seasoning, seasoning, oil, garlic, anchovy, tomatoes, olives, capers
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Queso Sauce
<p>Creamy, velvety Queso that’s cashew-, soy-, and gluten-free! Eggplant gives it that creamy texture that’s also lighter in calories than queso and reheats extremely well. Ridiculously close to the real thing! Let the dipping begin!</p>
Source: minmalistbaker.com
Servings: 4-6
Ingredient keywords: eggplant, garlic
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Question: How Do I Stir-fry Different Types of Vegetables?
<p>This article is copied from the following link:</p>
<p>http://chinesefood.about.com/od/cookingfaqs/f/fryvegetables.htm</p>
<p>“You’ve decided to a prepare a healthy stir-fry from scratch, using ingredients you have on hand. Not sure whether a certain vegetable is a good candidate for stir-frying? It all comes down to the density and moisture level of the vegetable.</p>
<p>Answer:</p>
<p>High moisture vegetables that are not too hard, like zucchini, sweet peppers, spinach and mung bean sprouts, can be quickly stir-fried at high heat without the addition of extra liquid.</p>
<p>Denser, low moisture vegetables like broccoli and carrots, on the other hand, require more cooking time. Most recipes call for the vegetables to be stir-fried briefly and then boiled in a liquid such as chicken broth. Another option is to briefly blanch the vegetables prior to stir-frying.<br />
Many vegetables fall somewhere between these two extremes. Snow peas (also called sugar peas and snap peas) have medium moisture levels and thickness – they can be stir-fried dry or finished in a sauce. Asparagus, on the other hand, is a high moisture vegetable but relatively hard and thick – liquid is usually added.</p>
<p>More Tips on Stir-frying Vegetables:</p>
<p>For all vegetables, cut them into uniform size before stir-frying. This ensures that they will cook evenly.<br />
Be sure the vegetables are thoroughly drained before stir-frying. (A good tip is to wash the vegetables and leave them to drain earlier in the day). Wet vegetables can ruin a stir-fry.<br />
On the other hand, if vegetables become too dry during stir-frying, they can burn. To prevent this, splash them with a bit of Chinese rice wine, dry sherry, or water while stir-frying.<br />
Keep moving the vegetables during stir-frying. This also helps prevent them burning."</p>
Source: http://chinesefood.about.com/od/cookingfaqs/f/fryvegetables.htm
Servings: Depends on the how many vegetables you add... :)
Ingredient keywords: stir
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Quick and Easy Bok Choy Stir-fry
<p>This simple cooking method works equally well for all sorts of fresh tender vegetables, including bok choy, chinese cabbage, and broccoli. (Don’t try to substitute olive oil for the suggested oils; it has too low a smoke point for good stir-fry cookery.)</p>
Vegetarian!
Vegan!
Source: A nice website for simple fresh recipes -- steamykitchen.com
Servings: serves 4
Ingredient keywords: choy, oil, garlic, ginger
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