Archive for the ‘Vegetarian’ Category

April 21, 2010

28. Salads with Quinoa and Preserved Lemon

By Anne in Grain, Lunch/Snack Salad, Uses Leftovers, Vegan, Vegetarian

Wow.  My days of salad are starting to blend together.   My “100 Days” will be far more than 100 by the time I get to the number 100 in the blog entries.  This is mostly a function of salad redundance.   My goal is to inspire, not bore. 
So for this salad, the two exciting elements were the [...]

March 31, 2010

25. Egg Salad

By Anne in Lunch/Snack Salad, Vegetarian

Making a salad at your friend’s house is a great way out of a salad-making rut.  My friend asked if I wanted to have an egg salad, because she had boiled eggs on hand.  Oh, yeah! Egg salad! What a delicious reminder.
It was great fun having permission to  go through her fridge and pick out what would [...]

March 20, 2010

23. Enlighten Salad from Thrive

By admin in Lunch/Snack Salad, Raw, Vegan, Vegetarian

Ever walk into an unknown restaurant and immediately know you’ve entered one of your new favorite places?  This happened today to me at Thrive.  The minute I set foot in this place I felt both uplifted and relaxed.  The friendly staff was smiling while they worked.  Beyond the eating area was a store to buy healthy products and equipment such as bulk grains and [...]

March 19, 2010

22. Emerald City Salad

By Anne in Grain, Lunch/Snack Salad, Main Course Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian

I usually think of chard and kale as veggies to eat cooked, but Emerald City Salad has a special something, and I think it’s the rugged texture that the uncooked veggies have.   Seattle’s largest coop, Puget Consumer Coop, has an awesome deli, and Emerald City Salad is a standard you can usually find at one of [...]

March 15, 2010

19. Breakfast Salad

By Anne in Fruit, Raw, Vegan, Vegetarian

If salad is one of my favorite foods, then fruit salad is a favorite of the favorites.  Here’s my favorite way to make this favorite-favorite: 
In the cookbook Vegetarian Nights: Fresh from Hawaii, Bonnie Mandoe recommends making your fruit salad with very small cubes of fruit, so that each spoonful contains several different pops of juicy, [...]

March 14, 2010

18. Cilantro-Lime Coleslaw

By Anne in Mexican-Inspired, Raw, Side Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian

I first made this slaw to go with fish tacos, but glory be, I generally cannot stop eating it, even without the tacos. It’s so refreshing, crunchy, and tart.  It’s the perfect bright and juicy counterpoint to Tex-Mex dishes, such as the chicken enchiladas we had for dinner tonight.   I’ve tried adding other ingredients and [...]

March 13, 2010

17. Post-Dance Salad

By Anne in Grain, Vegetarian

Today I judged at a swing dance competition, which took many (wonderful) hours. I was lucky enough to get a salad down the old gullet!  Not much to say about this salad, although it was tasty.  Greens, radishes, peppers, celery, avocado, and a bit of leftover Tabbouleh salad from Ballard Market.

March 11, 2010

15. Fresh Rolls

By Anne in Asian-Inspired, Vegan, Vegetarian

Nope, didn’t make these.  The number of degrees on our daughter’s thermometer has an inverse relationship with the number of minutes we spend in the kitchen.  In other words, she had a fever today and we ordered takeout.  Man, I love Thai food.  And I love salads gift-wrapped a go-go.  More time to spend snuggling on [...]

March 10, 2010

14. Pear Salad with Balsamic Reduction

By Anne in Vegetarian

This was not a salad to satisfy a powerful hunger.  This fell under the category of recreational flavor experimentation.   When I was playing with these ingredients I heard the telltale sound of the stepstool banging against little two-year-old legs as my kid arrived on the scene to help.  She loved this salad more than I did. Specifically she was into [...]

March 9, 2010

13. Lentil Spinach Salad

By Anne in Lunch/Snack Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian

This salad was just perfect.  I had a few extra minutes while I was doing other things, so I threw some lentils in a pot with stock, carrot, onion, celery, bay leaf, and thyme, then I cooked them for about 45 minutes.  They were so great with the crunchy cold veggies! The tart lemon and [...]