Day 90: "Grillers" with Onions & Cheddar Cheese

Morningstar Farms Grillers. I like mine cooked in a heavy skillet on top of the stove. S. likes hers in the microwave because it is faster. I like sauteed onions on top and a slice of cheddar cheese. I am not crazy about hamburger buns, I prefer a very large slice of Calandra's Whole Wheat Panella bread cut in half and lightly toasted.

Day 99:Pasta with Swiss Chard, Onions & Cannellini Beans

Started with this recipe:

http://www.marthastewart.com/314565/pasta-with-swiss-chard

My take:

Sauteed the onions and swiss chard ribs

Put up a pot of water for the pasta

Threw a slice of day old good country bread in the food processor to make crumbs, then cooked them in a skillet with a little butter (about 2 tsps).

Added the chard to the onion mixture, let it cook down, then added a can of small white beans and let that cook a bit to meld the flavors. Boiled up some rotini pasta

Threw the pasta and some cooking water into the pot with the vegetables and heated together.

Served with freshly grated Parmesan and the above mentioned breadcrumbs.

Day 98: Eggs with onions, peppers, zucchinni & cheese

This is the way my Fridays have been going lately, home from work sometime between 5 and 6 pm, then a scramble to get something on the table for dinner so we can get to synagogue by 7:30. I don't like the rushed feeling and I'm hoping to make a change in my schedule so we can have a more relaxed start to Shabbat. This week I made a quick dish of a diced onion, one zucchini cubed, 1/2 a red pepper cut into small strips, sauteed in a little olive oil, topped with 5 eggs beaten with a little soy milk. When the eggs were set, I sprinkled some cheddar cheese on top and let that melt. We had that with Morningstar Farms breakfast sausage patties and Rye bread toast. Not fancy, but quick, tasty and filling.

Day 96: Tofu Triangles with scallions, sesame seeds & Peanut Sauce

See Day 41

1. cut the tofu into 1/4 inch slices and then into triangles. Brown in 1-2 tablespoons olive oil plus a dash of toasted sesame oil. When nicely browned on each side, pour in half the peanut sauce (see below) and simmer until reduced and bubbly.

2. Cup up 1 onion, several carrots, several stalks of celery and 1/2 a medium cabbage and stir fry in a tiny bit of oil over fairly high heat - onions & carrots first, then add celery, then cabbage, until cooked to your taste - somewhere between crisp and semi crisp - don't let the veggies turn into mush. turn off the heat when they are done - until the tofu is ready - then reheat on high with stirring.

3. Make the peanut sauce in a food processor, for each package of tofu, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1 tblsp tamari, 1/4 cup peanut butter (I used chunky), 2 scallions, 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons  brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (or less - to taste), 2 scallions, finely chopped

• 1/3 cup water, Pinch salt.

4. Plate the tofu and top with the sauce from the pan, 2 sliced scallions, and some sesame seeds. Serve with the stir-fried vegetables and some rice (we used brown rice). Serve the extra sauce on the side

Day 95: Mini "Corn Dogs" & Spinach Salad

Did a music class with the Hebrew School kids at TH from 5:45 until 6:15 PM and due for rehearsal with my new band mates at  7:15, so a speedy dinner was required. Morningstar Farms makes mini "corn dogs" - vegetarian hot dogs wrapped in a cornbread cover - well they are probably discontinued, since MF has stopped making their hot dogs, but we had a box. Heated them up and made a salad of fresh baby spinach, pecans, sliced Granny Smith apple, dried cranberries & feta cheese with balsamic vinaigrette.

Day 91: Vegetarian Chili

The usual recipe with slight modifications.
1 onion, 1 zucchini, chopped green pepper from the freezer equivalent to about 1 small pepper
canned corn this time (no salt) + liquid from can. 1 can dark red kidney beans, 1 can regular kidney beans, 1 can pintos.
1 can Muir Glen organic diced tomatoes and a few rings of hot pepper from the "hot peppers in vinegar" jar - chopped.
chili pepper, cumin, corriander S & P.
I let it cook a good hour -or more.
I cooked the brown rice in the microwave - first time - followed the directions on the box - came out fine - took a lot less time. I think I will do that again. Is there a microwave cooker for rice I wonder?

Day 92:Cavatelli & Broccoli

Fast. Easy. Favorite. See Day 15  and Say 28. I realized there is no picture posted - so next time we have this, I will post a picture - I'm sure it won't be long..