The Food Gallery section of PostcardsOnTheFridge has outgrown it’s poor, little gallery page – so I’ve devoted an entire blog just to my favorite vegetable-based recipe ideas & adventure eating: TastyVegetableRecipes.com!
Some of my favorite vegetable recipe ideas:
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- Apple, kale, cilantro, spinich, celery, red cabbage.
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- Apple, kale, cilantro, spinich, celery, red cabbage.
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- Juice: black grape, orange, carrot.
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- Juice: black grape, orange, carrot.
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- Spinach, kale, apple & celery. This one came out really good!
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- Spinach, kale, apple & celery. This one came out really good!
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- Juice: Carrot, tomato, celery, spinach & one tart green apple.
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- Actually, much tastier than it looks! I promise –
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- Tomato, black grape, apple.
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- Tomato, black grape, apple.
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- Juice Ingredients: carrot, apple, strawberry, orange.
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- Juice Ingredients: carrot, apple, strawberry, orange.
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- Juice: Ginger, carrot, orange.
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- Juice: Ginger, carrot, orange.
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- Juice Ingredients: pear, apple, carrot, ginger.
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- Juice Ingredients: pear, apple, carrot, ginger.
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- Juice Ingredients: green apple, celery, kale, ginger.
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- Juice Ingredients: green apple, celery, kale, ginger.
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- Black beans, cheddar, spinach, jalapenos, green onions, fresh tomatoes, sour cream on my all-time favorite toasted whole grain tortillas. (Normally, it’s much prettier! I was in a hurry…)
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- Black beans, cheddar, spinach, jalapenos, green onions, fresh tomatoes, sour cream on my all-time favorite toasted whole grain tortillas. (Normally, it’s much prettier! I was in a hurry…)
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- Homemade black bean burgers, ready to freeze. Beans, 3 kinds of peppers, onion, jalapeno & the secret ingredient: rice flour. Makes everything crispy!
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- Broccoli, cheddar, red onion quiche
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- Broccoli, cheddar, red onion quiche & spinach salad.
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- The Buddha Bowl! Carrots, kale, onion, peppers, broccoli, tempeh over a slow-cooked wild & brown rice with sesame. 2 important things: the tempeh & the miso-tahini dressing. Modeled after the rice bowl at Asheville’s Green Sage restaurant.
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- The Buddha Bowl! Carrots, kale, onion, peppers, broccoli, tempeh over a slow-cooked wild & brown rice with sesame. 2 important things: the tempeh & the miso-tahini dressing. Modeled after the rice bowl at Asheville’s Green Sage restaurant.
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- Romaine, cabbage, tomato, feta, celery, green onion, carrots, croutons & buffalo shrimp. Satisfies any craving for spicy buffalo sauce.
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- Mmmm. Cream-free butternut squash soup: onion, squash, hot pepper, thyme & homemade veggie stock. Oh, ok – i drizzled some sour cream/soymilk over the top.
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- Mmmm. Cream-free butternut squash soup: onion, squash, hot pepper, thyme & homemade veggie stock. Oh, ok – i drizzled some sour cream/soymilk over the top.
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- ButterWhiskey Pecan Pie. Our decadent holiday treat….
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- This photo does no justice to how great this soup came out. Russet potato, butternut squash, cheddar & lots of fresh broccoli. Made with soy milk & homemade veg broth – the key is to cook the broccoli separately.
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- I hate letting my bunch of fresh cilantro or parsley go bad in the fridge. Here’s an ice cube tray of cilantro ready to be frozen into handy cubes.
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- The frozen cilantro cubes.
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- Pasta primavera! Asparagus, broccoli, carrot, onion & gemelli in a cheese-rosa sauce. What a tasty way to clean out the fridge.
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- Pasta primavera! Asparagus, broccoli, carrot, onion & gemelli in a cheese-rosa sauce. What a tasty way to clean out the fridge.
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- Gemelli pasta with spicy zucchini-onion arrabiatta sauce.
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- Baked gnocchi with butternut squash & kale. This is a great winter recipe – the vegetable broth & squash make a low-cal sauce. There’s very little cheese or oil!
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- Baked gnocchi with butternut squash & kale. This is a great winter recipe – the vegetable broth & squash make a low-cal sauce. There’s very little cheese or oil!
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- Veggie Greek pizza: fresh spinach, sliced tomato, red onion, green pepper, Kalamata olives, cheese, hot pepper & Herbes de Provence.
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- Veggie Greek pizza: fresh spinach, sliced tomato, red onion, green pepper, Kalamata olives, cheese, hot pepper & Herbes de Provence.
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- OK, I know. It’s a waste of a perfectly good pumpkin. But it was really, really fun!
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- Sorry pie. He came out really good though, right?
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- Sorry pie. He came out really good though, right?
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- White bean “Minestrone d’Asti” with carrot, celery, kale, zucchini, orzo & hot pepper flakes.
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- White bean “Minestrone d’Asti” with carrot, celery, kale, zucchini, orzo & hot pepper flakes.
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- Brown rice & mushroom soup. Carrot, celery, onion, lots of mushrooms, brown rice, veg stock. Sorry, this one got eaten before I could take a photo!
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- Pressed veggie panini: swiss, tomato, grilled zucchini, mushroom, onion & spicy mustard (on the George Foreman!)
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- Pressed veggie panini: swiss, tomato, grilled zucchini, mushroom, onion & spicy mustard (on the George Foreman!)
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- Onions & zucchini grilled before adding to panini.
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- Inside the veggie pot pie: butternut squash, carrot, onion, celery, asparagus, yukon gold & saffron.
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- Veggie pot pie: butternut squash, carrot, onion, celery, asparagus, yukon gold & saffron.
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- Veggie pot pie: butternut squash, carrot, onion, celery, asparagus, yukon gold & saffron.
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- Veggie pot pie: butternut squash, carrot, onion, celery, asparagus, yukon gold & saffron.
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- Afternoon snack wrap – lettuce, cabbage, carrot, onion, mayo & buffalo sauce on whole wheat tortilla.
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- I do love ramen. I don’t love sodium. Here’s what ramen noodles look like at our house – lots of veggies, tofu & homemade low-sodium vegetable broth.
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- Salmon chowder! Carrot, celery, potato, homemade veg broth, shrimp & salmon.
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- Grilled mushrooms, mediterranean grilled shrimp & Greek orzo pilaf with green pepper, spinach, tomato, red onion, kalamata olive & feta.
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- Grilled mushrooms, mediterranean grilled shrimp & Greek orzo pilaf with green pepper, spinach, tomato, red onion, kalamata olive & feta.
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- Toasted wheat tortilla, blackened shrimp, lettuce, cabbage, green onion, cheese & my spicy aioli.
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- Fresh spinach, mushrooms, red onion & mozza-provolone.
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- Fresh spinach, mushrooms, red onion & mozza-provolone.
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- Step 1 of homemade pasta: the “volcano.”
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- The pasta “volcano” once the spinach gets stirred up.
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- Drying the rolled & cut pasta – thanks for the pasta maker Mom!
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- The completed pasta – with mushrooms and cheese. Mmmm.
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- Stuffed salmon & cauli-mash. The salmon isn’t really that big, just “butterflied” & stuffed with spinach, artichoke bottom, low-fat cottage cheese, slivered almonds & parmesean. Cauli-mash is mostly cauliflower (a little yukon gold potato) with dill & parlsey – made with soymilk.
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- Spicy Thai Coconut Soup! Tomato, broccoli, mushroom, tofu, carrot, cauliflower, rice noodles and homegrown hot red peppers – in a spicy, citrus, coconut, cilantro broth.
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- The tofu & mushrooms – toasted before being added to the Spicy Thai Soup.
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- Veggie chili & jalapeno cheddar cornbread. 3 types of beans, carrots, zucchini, onion, fireroasted tomato.
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- Veggie chili: 3 types of beans, carrots, zucchini, onion, fireroasted tomato.
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- Oh we’re not that good. We add cheese & sour cream & onion too!
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- Stuffed vidalia onion with wild/brown rice, mushrooms & soy. Stuffed zucchini with cheese and artichoke.
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- Stuffed vidalia onion with wild/brown rice, mushrooms & soy. Stuffed zucchini with cheese and artichoke.
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- Weeknight veggie plate: dilled carrots & cauliflower, steamed broccoli with hot pepper flakes & parmesan, yellow squash with vidalia onion, kale with balsamic reduction & parmesan risotto.
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- Martini night! Dilled carrots, asparagus with lemon, cheesy rice, roasted chili-squash, kale with balsamic reduction & a small blacked salmon.
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- Homemade veg stock from the juicer leftovers. Much lower sodium & using my veg scraps.
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- Zucchini-corn fritters (actually, not as fried as they look), red pepper-tomato soup & spinach salad.
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- Zucchini-corn fritters (actually, not as fried as they look), red pepper-tomato soup & spinach salad.
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