Month: October 2021

Categories
Gluten-Free Italian Pasta Recipes Vegetarian

Homemade Gnocchi

Homemade Gnocchi made with potatoes is a fun activity for the family and kids. And makes an awesome meal as well!

Ingredients

  • 2 potatoes, boiled, mashed
  • 2 cups flour

Directions

  1. Add four 1/2 cup at a time to the mashed potatoes and knead. Stop adding flour when the dough forms a ball.
  2. On a floured surface, roll out small portions of the dough into long shapes. Cut into bit-size pieces of gnocchi.
  3. Boil a pot of water with salt and add the gnocchi to the boiling water for 3-5 minutes till they rise to the top.
  4. Remove, drain and serve hot with tomato sauce and basil or with butter and sage.
Categories
Avocado Recipes Vegan Vegetarian

Avocado Salsa

Avocado salsa with oranges and corn served on grilled tofu and tortillas are such a treat!

Ingredients

  • 1 large avocado
  • ½ cup frozen corn, thawed
  • 1 orange
  • ¼ jalapeno, seeded, diced
  • 1 tsp lime juice
  • ½ cup cilantro, chopped

Directions

  1. Peel the orange and cut along the membranes to remove the segments. Slice the segments.
  2. Slice the avocado in half, scoop out the insides and chop.
  3. Mix the oranges, avocado, jalapeno, corn and lime juice.
  4. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve on top of grilled tofu and grilled tortillas for an amazing taste!
Categories
Dessert Recipes Thanksgiving Vegetarian

Easy Pumpkin Pie

Enjoy the flavors of the season with this Easy Pumpkin Pie!

Ingredients

  • 1 15 oz can pumpkin
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ginger
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 graham cracker crust shell

Directions

  1. Add cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, and eggs to the pumpkin puree and mix well.
  2. Pour into a graham cracker crust shell and bake at 425 F for 15 minutes. Cool for an hour before slicing.
Categories
Gluten-Free Potatoes Recipes Vegan Vegetarian

Easy Potato Skin Masala

Inspired by Indian street food, this Easy Potato Skin Masala is a fun, different way to eat your potatoes!

Ingredients

  • 4 Russset potatoes
  • 2 plum tomatoes, diced
  • ½ cup canned chick peas, drained and washed
  • 1/3 cup green onions, sliced
  • 1/3 cup cliantro, chopped
  • 1 tsp chaat masala
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil

Directions

  1. Lightly grease the potatoes with some olive oil, prick them with a fork and bake at 425F for 40 minutes. Cool and slice in halves. Scoop out the potato in the middle leaving a thin layer of skin.
  2. Brush the potato skins with olive oil and bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool.
  3. Chop the scooped out potatoes. Mix with chick peas, diced tomatoes, salt, chaat masala and some of the green onions.
  4. Scoop them into the potato skins and sprinkle with remaining green onions and cilantro. Serve with sour cream or greek yogurt (optional).
Categories
Italian Mediterranean Recipes Soup Vegetarian

Minestrone Soup

This classic Minestrone Soup is a one pot vegetarian meal that really satisfying!

Ingredients

  • 4 oz pasta shells
  • 1 cup onions, diced
  • ¾ cup celery, diced
  • ¾ cup carrots, diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • ¾ cup canned kidney beans, washed and drained
  • ¾ cup canned chick peas, washed and drained
  • ¾ cup tomato-basil sauce
  • ¾ cup spinach, chopped
  • 2 ½ cups broth/water
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • ½ tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/8 tsp salt

Directions

  1. Sauté onions with a little olive oil till it softens. Then add the garlic, carrots and celery and sauté for about 5 minutes till the vegetables soften.
  2. Add water/broth, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, shell pasta, tomato sauce and boil covered for about 15 minutes.
  3. Add kidney beans and chick peas and boil for another five minutes.
  4. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the chopped spinach.