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Here's my first recipe post-baby birth: a fresh, healthy, and straight from the garden salad. It makes great use of the in-season veggies, while also providing enough carby-stuff to be a yummy, filling meal. It was our supper tonight!
Total time: 15 minutes Ingredients: Garden fresh veggies of choice. We used: tomatoes, cucumber, green onion, garlic scales, snap peas, romaine lettuce, red and yellow pepper Pasta of choice Dressing: 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1/4 cup White Vinegar 1/8-ish cup honey or maple syrup Juice of 1/2 lemon Sprinkle of sea salt, pepper, basil, oregano, tarragon What to do: 1) Cook pasta according to package. Drain and cool. 2) Chop vegetables. 3) Shake dressing ingredients together. 4) Combine and serve! I have to admit, the wonderful people out there who post on All Recipes.com inspired this recipe. I took my own liberties with substituting ingredients, but I felt it turned out great so I decided to post. If you google sweet potato and black bean salad, you'll probably find similar recipes. Mine turned out really spicy, so I would take out the hot pepper to tone a down a bit. Total TIme: 35 minutes Ingredients: 4 sweet potatoes, chopped into cubes 1 onion, chopped Oil for roasting and for dressing Pinch of Sea Salt/Pepper 1 dried cayenne pepper, minced 1 clove garlic, minced Juice of 2 limes Zest of 1 lime 1 tbsp honey 1 can organic black beans, rinsed and drained 1 red pepper, chopped 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro. 1 green onion, shopped What to do: 1) Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Place sweet potato, drizzle of oil, sea salt and pepper into a bowl to combine well. Spread onto cookie sheet and bake for about 30 minutes, until cooked - not too soft though, just soft enough to eat. 2) For dressing, combine about 1/4 cup oil, garlic, cayenne pepper, lime juice, honey and zest of lime in a small dish. Set aside. 3) When sweet potatoes are done, dump them into a large salad bowl. Add black beans, red pepper, cilantro, green onion, and dressing. Combine well. Serve immediately or after it's been refrigerated for a while. It's good hot and cold! |
All Vegan, Refined-Sugar-free, Soy-free. A sprinkling of Gluten-free. And a pic of my babies, when they were babies. :)
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