Calculate Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
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Tomato - Roasted Eggplant — Roasted Red Pepper & Pesto Soup
Delicious!
Ingredients:
- one large onion, coarsely chopped
- two large garlic cloves, chopped finely
- six tomatoes peeled and cored (blanche quickly in hot water to peel)
- four eggplants, sliced in half length-wise, placed flesh side down on cookie sheet, skins slit in three places then brushed with canola oil and broiled in oven until tender, scoop out flesh and chop into 1 inch cubes
- two red peppers, cut in half, stems & seeds removed, place with skin sides up on cookie sheet, place in oven and broil until skins turn black, cool and peel off and discard skins, chop coarsely
- six cups vegetable broth or bouillon
- salt & pepper to taste
- In a tablespoon of canola oil, heated in a stockpot over medium heat, cook the onions until translucent.
- Add garlic, stirring over heat for two minutes, do not brown
- Add peeled, cored and diced tomatoes, diced eggplant, and chopped red peppers.
- Add vegetable broth. Adding a little salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil then turn down heat to a simmer. Simmer for an hour.
- Half hour before serving, blend contents until smooth in a blender. Return to stockpot, reheat over medium heat, taste and adjust salt and pepper.
- When serving, add a dollop of pesto (recipe follows) to the center of the bowl … or stir in entire portion of pesto just before serving.
Pesto
Throw the following ingredients into a food processor and blend to your desired consistency, or chop them finely with a knife and mix together in a small bowl with the oil. Keep covered tightly in the refrigerator:
- three large handfuls of washed and dried basil leaves with stems
- one handful of unsalted pine nuts
- two large garlic cloves
- juice of one half a lemon
- two tablespoons of nutritional yeast
- 1/4 cup canola oil
Spring is here and fresh asparagus abounds.
This week’s Camp Biche campers made this lemon-mustard vinaigrette version … served with toasted walnuts from our farm and roasted shallots. Yummy.
Photo by Christina Wernikoski
Lemon - Mustard Vinaigrette
Whisk together well the following ingredients then pour over steamed asparagus that is slightly al dente, refrigerate for two to three hours … or eat immediately :)
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 3 teaspoons, grainy, Dijon-style mustard
- 2 teaspoons pure maple syrup
- 3 large cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme … or 1 1/2 teaspoons of dried thyme
- 1/2 cup canola oil (also known as colza or rapeseed)
- freshly ground pepper
Embrace the Hurricaine
Life rarely turns out how we had hoped.
We need to be ripped from our routines in order to calibrate our life so that it is more fulfilling.
All of us will be battered by events we have no desire to experience. Once you get through the hurricane, have stopped sobbing, and can catch your breath, look around and figure out how to triumph.
A friend of mine wrote me last month asking for help in adopting a plant-based diet. Both he and his wife had been diagnosed with threatening lifestyle diseases.
But now they’re eating healthy … and they’re walking.
They’re moving on to a happier and healthier phase of their life together.
Yeah, they aren’t pleased with the diagnosis that set them on the healthier path; but they’re going to be very happy in another month or two with their svelte bodies and their more dynamic lives.
Bonjour WWL :)
Let me know if you have any specific questions. My best advice is just to walk and get rid of the animal products :) The weight will drop off quickly.
Hugs,
Libby
Bonjour Rosie Doll,
The Key Philosophies of the French regarding food and dining are:
- quality over quantity (pay up for good food, not for a good bargain)
- three meals a day, no snacking
- come to the table hungry, leave sated
- take every opportunity you get to walk for the sheer enjoyment
- eat whole foods, as close to the farm as possible
Hugs,
Libby
