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Nicole

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Christie's comments about eating homemade meals vs prepackaged, and the general healthful atmosphere here has inspired this thread. Also, the delicious meal I made last night that I want to share for all the non-vegan veggies. I get daily emails from a healthful cooking website and I often use their recipes as a starting point for my own creation. (I never cook from a recipe 100%).

I'd love to hear other people's favorite recipes, and tips on cooking healthfully.

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Nicole

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Greek Style Shrimp (SUPER FAST and EASY)

Make rice according to package instructions--I like whole grain brown rice, so I usually make a large batch and use it thru out the week since it takes so long to cook.

Chop a green Bell Pepper and saute in olive oil for one minute.
Add 2 cups diced tomato, 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, Italian seasoning (basil, oregano), black pepper, dash of salt and fresh mushrooms. Add 1 pound of cooked deveined shelled shrimp. Cover for three minutes on low. Crushed red pepper to taste if you like a little spiciness. Spoon shrimp mixture over rice and sprinkle with a few tablespoons of goat cheese.

Angie

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DELICIOUS! I'm running late, but I'll chime in later.

Anonymous

My hint is to subscribe a a local farmers' alliance that gives you a bag or two of whatever they are harvesting each week through the growing season. Mine has a wide variety of products including hot house veggies and local milk and cheese, and bison meat. The challenge is to find or make up recipes to use things you might not be familiar with. I love the challenge and we eat lots more veggies because we get so many fresh things. The Farmers' Market is good too, but this is an even better choice for us.

Inge

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Great thread again, Nicole, and I'm going to try that recipe asap, I love that type of simple and tasty dishes!

I'll post one of my own tomorrow, have to dig up the recipe and translate it first.
Hope to read lots more here!

Sihaya

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I try to buy organic produce as much as possible (there was a list on the web of the 8 top things to buy organic - I don't remember all of them but do remember broccoli). We have also tried to eliminate high fructose corn syrup from our house - it's in a ton of stuff and really really not good for you. Thanks for the recipe Nicole!

Becky

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Here is one of my favorite meatless recipes, for black bean and rice enchiladas:

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Rec.....Enchiladas

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Ooh, thanks. That looks good and sounds like authenic flavor. I will be trying this recipe.

Ola

I love reading cooking blogs to get recipe ideas. This one is one of my favourites:
http://definitelynotmartha.blogspot.com/ She makes some great things and it's very entertaining to read too.

Some of the recipes I got from there I use regularly, such as:
- pizza-crust quiche: http://definitelynotmartha.blo.....verse.html
- thai style mango-shrimp curry: http://definitelynotmartha.blo.....-free.html

I have a couple more favourites at home that I'll post later.

Ana

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Thanks for posting the vegetarian recipe, Becky!

This one is great, and you can sub sharp cheddar for smoked Gouda (which can be expensive):

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_18764,00.html

Nicole

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Tonight I tossed together this little side "salad", which I ate as my meal--my husband smothered garlicy chicken with it.

2 ripe avacados--diced
1 can black beans -- drained and rinsed
Lime Juice (I squeezed a plastic lime for about 15 seconds)
garlic Powder
Salt and pepper

Just toss it all together and let it sit about 15 minutes to meld the flavors. I've also made this as a dip for parties. SO YUMMY!

Lannie

Oh, you've given me an idea for what to do with our canned black beans, Nicole! Thanks!

Angie

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The BEST hot chocolate fudge sauce:

100g of your favourite chocolate ( I use Lindt)
100g of peanut butter
175ml of heavy cream
3 tablespoons of syrup

Mix it up in a pot over medium heat and pour it over ice cream of your choice while it’s piping hot. Mine in triple chocolate by Hagen Das. Not so healthy but very quick and extremely fabulous. You’ll have died and gone to heaven. Ever in a dessert pinch and pressed for time, this is it.

Lannie

Since it's still the AM-

Breakfast Panini:
whole grain bread (or your favourite type of bread)
natural peanut butter
thinly-sliced granny smith apple (or any kind of tart apple)
drizzle of honey

Pop it in the panini press (or other sandwich press/right into a hot pan) and voila! Something a little different for breakfast than cereal, toast, or eggs.

Nicole

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Oooh Lannie that sounds delish! My kids would LOVE that. I'd also try it with banana (I love PB and Banana sammies). I don't have a Panini Press, but I make paninis all the time--I use my George Forman Grill!

Lannie

I love, love our panini press (but I reckon the Foreman grill does the exact same job) and I have a long list of things that I like to make in it. Other meal options:

Lunch: PB&J- in a panini press, PB&J becomes magic. I like using natural peanut butter and homemade strawberry jam.
Dinner: tortilla wrap with provolone and grilled peppers, mushrooms, and onion
Dessert (yep!): your choice of bread (I've used chocolate cherry loaf from the market, but you could probably do anything from French loaf to sliced pound cake) with a chocolate spread (we have a dark chocolate spread that I love, but in a pinch Nutella would do). Layer of jam or compote optional.

I once ate nothing but panini for about 3 days straight. My mother thought I was touched in the head.

judy

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Here's a link I just discovered surfing late last night that I wanted to share with you all:

http://www.101cookbooks.com/index.html

Her name is Heidi Swanson...and the recipes are mostly vegetarian...she also has a book that's supposed to be very good for anyone trying to go more natural called Super Natural Cooking that looks like a beautiful and comprehensive guide to buying and cooking better that intrigues me. Like a good closet, a good cupboard of food starts with getting rid of the stuff you don't want to eat and making wise choices at the store, I find!

Inge

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I discovered Heidi's blog a few months ago and I like it a lot. She makes me want to try out ingredients and combinations that I sometimes wouldn't have thought of myself.

Another blog tip: Chocolate & Zucchini:
http://chocolateandzucchini.com/
The focus is not always on healthy cooking, and not all recipes are vegetarian but I know many of you are delighted by the French (Parisian) way of life, and Clotilde is a 'parisienne' who has lived in the USA, has two cookbooks out now, and always manages to add a little couleur locale to her blog posts. And for that alone I would keep going back;-)

Angie

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Fun, Inge!

This is the one we like (another husband and wife team ;-))

http://www.deliciousdays.com/. They live in Munich.

Inge

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Oh yes, that's a good one too Angie! (I was just there a few minutes ago - I have way too much food, interior decorating and literature blogs in my blog aggregator... well not too much for my liking but I do have to work and live away from the computer;-)

Angie

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Then we are honoured you take the time to contribute to our forum

Inge

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My pleasure! (big grin;-)

Angie

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Ik heb net een taart gebakken!

Inge

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Aaaah! Ik begin al te watertanden (weet gewoon dat ie lekker zal zijn!-)
Recept! Foto! Ik wil ook een stuk!
(doe je dat vaker Angie, zelf taart bakken? De laatste tijd zit ik in een 'zelf muffins en wafeltjes bakken periode' - maar mijn wafelijzer heeft het vorige week begeven-(

Inge

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(en jij doet dat dus ook: tussen de 'kookbedrijven' door, terwijl je moet wachten tot iets klaar is, snel even online naar YLF;-)

Angie

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Precies! Ik bak niet graag, maar had vanmiddag zin. Ik zal een stukke opsturen! (lemon fairy cakes with cream cheese icing).

Mmmmm....wafeltjes met stroop. Nou begin ik te watertanden!

You need to go to sleep!!!

Angie

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ps. sorry to hear your waffle-iron broke (sad face)

Inge

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Just saw this (have slept in the meantime, but I really do am a night owl;-)

That taart sounds so delicious Angie, would you believe that I've never had cake with cream cheese icing in my life (note to self: must remedy that soon!).

Stroopwafeltjes, grin, that's a typical Dutch thing for me, not so fond of them myself. But planning on getting me a new waffle-iron this weekend and you're welcome to a batch of 'ambachtelijke suikerwafeltjes' anytime!

Rosie

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Sometimes I need Dutch translators for documents at work. Now I know where to go!

Inge, I LOVE Chocolate and Zucchini! I personally am a risotto maker and Clotilde has a recipe for making pasta like risotto and it comes out so interesting! Her blog just makes me happy! For those of you going to Paris anytime soon, she just came out with a book filled with places to go there.

I watch quite a bit of Food Network, and one of my recent favorites is Dave Lieberman. His recipes are often simple, inexpensive and really tasty. Usually fairly healthy. I find that his desserts often focus on fruits, which I love. The recipes are often so uncomplicated that you don't need to write things down; but, if you do, then just check them out on the Food Network website.

It seems like there are a lot of vegetarians on here. I highly encourage you to check out any of Mollie Katzen's books - anything from the Moosewood series. Also, her book with Walter Willett (amazing Harvard health expert) called Eat, Drink and Weigh Less actually has fantastic recipes in it, done by her. Not all vegetarian, but those that are taste truly spectacular.
Here are a bunch to try:
http://www.molliekatzen.com/archives.php

The Eggplant Parmesan and the Stuffed Peppers on the link below are truly delicious and very healthy. Some of my favorite meals ever.
http://www.eatdrinkandweighless.com/recipes.htm

Ana

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Thanks for the veggie recipes, rosebudrmm.

Angie, I am going to try that chocolate sauce tomorrow! Mmm....

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