Vege recipes for meat-lovers
Side Dishes
Strawberry Vinegarette Salad
Jan 3rd
Ingredients
- Baby arugala & romaine lettuce
- strawberries
- goat’s cheese
- olive oil
- red wine
- candied walnuts
- balsamic glace vinegar (thicker than regular balsamic vinegar dressing)…(these are also available in pre-flavored varieties, like raspberry, strawberry etc if you prefer)
Method
- Chop lettuce into bite size pieces, mix together well
- slice strawberries thinly
- top the lettuce with strawberries, crumble goat’s cheese on top
- add walnuts if desired
- add dressing, salt and pepper to taste
Dressing Method (this will make enough for several salads)
- in bowl, add 1/2 cup of balsamic vinegar glace, 1/2 cup of olive oil
- add splash of wine (or more if you prefer)
- Mix well, and quickly drizzle on top of salad before it seperates
Super Simple Bruschetta
Jan 3rd
Ingredients
- Fresh baked loaf of bread
- Organic tomato sauce (canned)
- Italian Seasoning
- Basil
- Garlic Salt
- 1/4 white onion
- 1/2 large tomato
- mozzarella cheese (grated)
- parmesan cheese (grated)
- butter
- red wine
- garlic salt
- olive oil
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
- Cut tomato into large chunks
- dice onion
- sautee onion with butter in pan
- mix italian seasoning, basil, garlic salt, splash of wine into the tomato sauce in a bowl (excess of this is great on pasta)
- brush the bottoms of the bread with olive oil (if you have an olive oil with basil, this is good too)
- put desired amount of sauce mixture, then onions, then tomatos, then cheeses on top (unbrushed side) of bread
- bake at 400 degrees until cheese melts and turns golden brown. This should take around 5-10 minutes at most
- Remove from oven and enjoy!
Holy Moley Smashed Guacamole
Jan 2nd
Ingredients
- 4 small tomatoes (chopped)
- 3 avocados (diced)
- 1 small red onion (diced)
- 1 handful of fresh cilantro (diced)
- 1/2 cup of sour cream
- 2 tsp salt (more or less to taste)
- OPTIONAL: chilli powder
Method
- Clean hands….soap….purell…whatever you want to do…just have clean hands (and fingernails)
- Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl
- With your clean hands, mash all ingredients together, squeezing avocados and tomatoes so they mix into a “dip” consistency.
- If you like more chunky guacamole, don’t mix so much, and maybe use less sour cream.
- If you like a more smooth consistency, add more sour cream and really dig in to mash all the chunks of tomato and avocado down into a paste. You may also want to peel the tomatoes too.
- Add chili powder to give some heat
- Serve with tortilla chips