Theme Meal Plans: Veggie - Book Group
Spinach Salad | Pasta with Four Cheeses | Oven-dried Tomatoes | Carrot Cake
Spinach Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Veggie - Book Group (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 1 | lb | spinach, fresh baby |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | medium | lemon, juice of |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 3 | oz | cheese, feta, crumbled |
| 2 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.25 | cup | cranberries, dried |
| 0.25 | cup | pecans, halved |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Lightly toast pecans. Place all ingredients in a large bowl and toss.
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Pasta with Four Cheeses
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Vegetarian Entrée |
| Meal: | Veggie - Book Group (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 3 | Tb | salt, kosher |
| 1 | lb | pasta, farfalla |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 4 | medium | carrots, fresh, whole |
| 1 | large | zucchini |
| 0.5 | lb | mushrooms, sliced |
| 4 | oz | cheese, Alloutte garlic |
| 4 | oz | cheese, Fontinella |
| 1 | cup | cream, heavy |
| 2 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 8 | oz | cream cheese |
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Cook pasta in boiling, salted water. Julienne carrots and zucchini. Sauté carrots, zucchini and mushrooms in olive oil. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour over pasta, sprinkle Romano cheese on top and serve.
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Oven-dried Tomatoes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Vegetables |
| Meal: | Veggie - Book Group (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 6 | medium | tomatoes, plum |
| 1 | pinch | salt, kosher |
| 3 | Tb | sugar, brown |
| 2 | cloves | garlic, minced |
| 1 | pinch | thyme, dried |
| 1 | pinch | pepper, fresh ground |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
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Cut tomatoes in thirds lengthwise, place on cookie sheet covered with parchment paper, sprinkle with sugar, salt and pepper, garlic and thyme. Sprinkle with a drop or two of olive oil. Bake at 250- degrees for 2 1/2 hours.
Note: may be re-heated prior to serving.
Carrot Cake
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 12 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Veggie - Book Group (Theme Meal Plans) |
| 1.5 | cup | oil, vegetable |
| 2 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 4 | large | egg |
| 2 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
| 1.5 | tsp | baking soda |
| 1.5 | tsp | baking powder |
| 2 | tsp | cinnamon. ground |
| 1 | tsp | salt, kosher |
| 0.75 | lb | carrots, shredded |
| 1 | cup | walnuts, chopped |
| 0.5 | cup | raisins, golden |
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Cream sugar, eggs and
oil.
Mix in flour, baking soda
and powder, cinnamon
and salt. Add grated
carrots, nuts and raisins.
Bake in greased tube pan
or (2) 9 inch cake pans for
40- 50 minutes at 350
degrees.
Cover with cream cheese
icing. *
Note * See cream cheese
icing for recipe.
This recipe serves 12. If
you scale the recipe to 8
or less bake 20 minutes
less.
Shown here as a 3layer
cake.
