1. The Savory sweet and Tangy Vegetables
These savory-sweet and tangy vegetables are not only a great
side dish, but can also be added to salads or tucked into cooked grains like
quinoa, rice, or buckwheat groat to liven them up. To idea adding flavor are
high heat and roasting in a single layer to allow maximum contact with the hot
pan.
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Important Ingredients:
- 3
medium carrots, peeled
- 3
medium parsips, peeled
- 1 Sweet
potato, washed, skin on
- 1
tablespoon garlic-infused olive oil
- ¾
teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1/8
teaspoon salt
- 1/8
teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2
tablespoons 100% pure maple syrup
- 7
teaspoons balsamic vinegar
Method of Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 425 F and spray
two big baking sheets with baking spray or coat with oil.
- Cut each vegetable into 1 ½
x ½ inch thick pieces. Cutting vegetables into uniformly-sized pieces
ensures they will cook at the same rate.
- Place vegetables in piles in
the center of each baking sheet. Drizzle with garlic-infused oil and toss
to coat also sprinkle some thyme, salt, and pepper and toss again. Put
vegetables in a single layer on baking sheets. Cook the vegetables are a
deep brown on the bottom, 20 to 25 minutes.
- While vegetables are
roasting, combine maple syrup and balsamic vinegar in a small bowl.
- Remove pan from oven and
drizzle maple vinegar mixture evenly over vegetables, then turn pieces
over to coat. Rotate vegetable pieces so that an un-browned side is face
down on the pan.
- Return the pan to the oven
and roast until the mixture is bubbling and mostly reduced, 5 minutes. Now
stir the vegetable pieces to coat with the syrup mixture. Take out pieces
that appear in danger of burning and return the rest to the oven to roast
until mixture is dry, 3 to 4 additional minutes.
- Remove vegetables from the
pan while still quite warm, as they can stick somewhat when cool. Serve
warm or at room temperature.
This technique has a wide variety of applications for making
vegetables taste great—try it with white potatoes, fennel, cabbage, or bell
peppers. Substitute your favorite herbs for the thyme. Rosemary, oregano or
dill are other possibilities. Heat the vegetables to enhance their flavor
before adding them to any dish, from a soup to a grain bowl.
2. The Savory Peppery Crackers
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The Peppery, Savory crackers are great and wake up your
taste buds. They make a tasty snack paired with cheese, nuts, or fruit, and are
a great addition to an appetizer platter of sliced meats, olives, and cheeses.
Oat crackers are often found in gourmet stores, but they can
cost a small fortune yet, they are very simple to make yourself and can be
infinitely varied with the use of different herbs and cheeses.
Important Ingredients:
- 2
1/4 cups rolled oats, divided
- 1/2
teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4
teaspoon salt, rounded
- 1/2
teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1
1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2
teaspoon dried or fresh rosemary
- 1/2
cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2
tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2
cup boiling water
Method of Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Grind 3/4 cup oats in a
blender or food processor for 1 to 2 minutes to make oat flour. The flour
should be slightly coarse.
- In a large bowl, combine the
oat flour with the remaining oats, baking soda, salt, pepper, sugar,
rosemary, and Parmesan cheese, and mix together.
- Add the olive oil and
boiling water to the dry ingredients and mix. Knead the dough with your
hands until a slightly sticky ball of dough forms. Let the dough rest for
5 minutes to hydrate the oats. Add more water a tablespoon at a time if it
is too dry; if it is too sticky, add additional oat flour or whole oats.
- Cut two large pieces of
parchment paper. Now put the dough ball between the pieces of parchment
paper, on a large cutting board or flat counter. Roll the dough out to a
1/8-inch thickness.
- Peel one layer of parchment
paper away from the surface of the dough and use a sharp knife to cut the
dough into 1-inch strips. Then, cut strips crosswise into 1 1/4-inch
squares.
- Remove the crackers from the
parchment paper and place them on two un greased baking sheets with about
1/2 inch of space in between. Bake until the bottoms of the crackers have
darkened a shade or two and the tops are dry, about 12 to 15 minutes. The
crackers are flip over and bake for an additional 5 to 7 minutes, until
crackers are very dry, and golden brown on the edges.
- Crackers will crisp up as
they cool. Store in a sealed container at room temperature.
Now use the parmesan cheese shredded on the medium holes of
a box grater for this recipe. The purchase pre-shredded long shards and chop
them into smaller pieces before measuring. Instead of rosemary, use different
dried herbs, such as basil, oregano. The Paprika, cumin, or coriander can
provide good flavor. Use cayenne pepper in place of black pepper for assertive
heat.
If the dough cracks as you work with it don't worry; it is
very forgiving. Just pinch and pat cracks and holes together with your fingers,
using small pieces of extra dough as patches. Cutting scraps can be pressed
together and re-rolled. If dough has dried out, knead in a few sprinkles of
water
3. Vegetable soybeans
The vegetable soybeans Vegetable soybeans are immature soybeans
but some soy products have more oligosaccharides than others. It can serve Vegetable
soybeans in the pods as an appetizer, shelled and served as a side dish. It can
be served with carrot sticks or homemade crackers.
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Important Ingredients:
- 1
1/2 cups vegetable soybeans
- 6
tablespoons lemon juice
- 3
tablespoons water
- 2
tablespoons peanut butter
- 3
tablespoons olive oil
- 1
teaspoon cumin
- 1/2
teaspoon salt
- 2
teaspoons sesame oil
- 1/2
teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons cilantro
Method of Preparation:
- In a medium saucepan, bring
one quart of water to a boil over high heat put the frozen soybeans and
bring the pot back to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
Drain soybeans and allow it to cool until it is safe to handle.
- Take Food processor put the soybeans,
lemon juice, water, peanut butter, garlic-infused oil, cumin, salt, sesame
oil, and red pepper flakes. Grind at a low speed, then process on high until
the desired degree of smoothness is reached then stir it.
- Cover and chill before serving. Drizzle with additional sesame oil and garnish with cilantro, if desired. Sesame oil can be used instead of regular sesame oil if you enjoy the extra heat. Cook the vegetables are a deep brown on the bottom, 20 to 25 minutes
Written by K. Ravi Kumar, The Choose Healthy Food
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