Four Square Meals – March 17

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Available for pick up Tuesday March 17.

  • Spanish White Beans – with purple kale and collards
  • Old World Pilaf – barley and einkorn wheat with red cabbage and caraway
  • Moong Dal – with spices and baby greens
  • King’s Rice – brown rice with rye, cauliflower and celariac, toasted sunflower seeds and nori
  • Thai Tofu – with broccoli in ginger-coconut sauce
  • Roasted Garlic Mash – potatoes with carrot and black pepper
  • Seitan Diable – tangy sauce with seasonal vegetable
  • Green Ocean Pilaf – with jade pearl rice, amaranth, seasonal vegetable

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Menu for March 24.DaveHeader

Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Echollective Farm, Organic Greens and Grinnell Heritage Farm

Four Square Meals – March 10

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Available for pick up Tuesday March 10.

  • Riviera Days Salad – chick pea with roasted Roma tomato and cucumber seasoned with Mediterranean flavors
  • Red to Green Line – brown and jade cloud rice with red beets, green onion and fresh herbs
  • Tofu Provencal – with seasonal vegetable in leek-black pepper sauce
  • Demeter’s Plains Pilaf – basmati rice and millet with seasonal vegetable and herbal flavors
  • Green Lentil Sabut – dal with seasonal vegetable, onion, cumin and cayenne
  • Mother Grain Salad – quinoa, kamut and barley with eggplant and carrot
  • Mock Tuna Salad – tempeh, cabbage, onion, celery and nori in a creamy dressing
  • Picante Potatoes – with seasonal vegetables, paprika and lime

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Menu for March 17.DaveHeader

Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Echollective Farm, Organic Greens and Grinnell Heritage Farm

Four Square Meals – March 3

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Available for pick up Tuesday March 3.

  • Sweet ‘n’ Sour Tofu – marinated with seasonal vegetable in sweet and sour sauce
  • Hawkeye Rice – curried basmati and black rice with seasonal vegetable
  • Mahabharata Dal – spiced black eyed peas and seasonal vegetable
  • Chinese Parsley Pilaf – brown rice and jade pearl rice with seasonal vegetable, cilantro and lemon
  • Tempeh Harissa – spicy tempeh and seasonal vegetable and spicy North African sauce
  • North Country Pilaf – Barley, faro and rye with seasonal vegetable and spices
  • Subterranean Stew – black beans with seasonal vegetable
  • Aloo Timatar Sonf – potato and mixed greens in tomato-fennel glaze

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Menu for March 10.DaveHeader

Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Echollective Farm, Organic Greens and Grinnell Heritage Farm

Four Square Meals – February 17

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Available for pick up Tuesday February 17.

  • Fandango Stew – pinto beans, napa cabbage and jalapeno
  • Mushroom Pullao – basmati rice and quinoa with criminis, ginger and garam masala
  • Tofu Zeera – marinated tofu and carrots in roasted cumin sauce
  • Gujerati Pilaf – brown jasmine rice, kamut and seasonal vegetables with brown mustard seed
  • Chole – garbanzos in a rich, spiced sauce with root vegetables
  • Potato Salad – with red cabbage, sweet corn and celery
  • Forest Spirit – seitan and mushroom in roasted garlic-leek sauce
  • Days Go By Salad – Faro, green & black rice with baby greens, caramelized onions and garlic

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Menu for Feb 17.DaveHeader

Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Echollective Farm, Organic Greens and Grinnell Heritage Farm

Valentine’s Day from Four Square Meals

If you are looking to avoid the elbow bumping and non-intimacy of a restaurant on Valentine’s Day, have a look at our 4-course feature, available for pick up or delivery to enjoy at home by the fire…

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Tempeh Cutlet Zeera – breaded marinated tempeh in a rich creamy roasted cumin sauce
Persian Rose Pilaf – aromatic basmati rice, amaranth and seasonal vegetable infused with sumac and rose petal essence
Herbed Ragout – carrot, red beet and baby greens with tarragon
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Four Square Meals – February 3

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  • BBQ Seitan– sweet, sour and spicy with carrots
  • Oliver’s Best – einkorn wheat and millet stew with eggplant and green cabbage
  • Southwestern Salad – black beans, tomato and seasonal vegetables with and ancho pepper dressing
  • Punjabi Summer Pastel – basmati rice and rye with sweet potato, cumin and bay
  • Paris in Istanbul – creamy French Lentils with aromatic spices and seasonal vegetables
  • Aloo Sem – Indian spiced potato and green beans
  • Tempeh alla Manna – marinated tofu with seasonal vegetables in a cilantro-lime sauce
  • King’s Rice – pink and brown rice and with seasonal vegetables and eastern flavors

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Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Iowa City Farmer’s Market, Friendly Farm, Echollective Farm and Muddy Miss Farm.

Four Square Meals – January 27

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  • Mung Bean Magic – protein salad with mung beans, spices, tomatoes and leeks
  • Curried Rice – basmati rice and millet with black radish
  • Tofu Sangre – with red beets and asparagus in basil-caper sauce
  • Mixed Jeweled Pilaf – barley, rye, faro and kamut with pomegranite, raisin and apple
  • First Star Stew – split red lentils with star anise, fennel, cinnamon and green cabbage
  • Red to Green Line – brown and jade pearl rice with mixed greens, red onion and herbs
  • “Seitan Sunday Roast” – seitan with mushroom gravy and zucchini
  • Lemon Pepper Potatoes – with squash, fresh lemon and black pepper

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Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Iowa City Farmer’s Market, Friendly Farm, Echollective Farm and Muddy Miss Farm.

Four Square Meals – January 20

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Available for pick up Tuesday January 20.

  • Tempeh Cauliflower Cream – vegan take on cauliflower cheese sauce
  • Campfire Pilaf – Aged basmati, faro, sweet corn and smoked paprika
  • Mushroom Harissa – spicy mushrooms with seasonal vegetable in a spicy North African red lentil sauce
  • Two-Tone Rice – pink and black rice with seasonal vegetable, walnut and ginger
  • New Delhi Tofu – curried tofu in tomato-ginger sauce with seasonal vegetable
  • Golden Glazed Potatoes – with seasonal vegetable, garlic, ginger and turmeric
  • Black bean chili – with tomatoes and sweetcorn
  • Athena salad – Brown rice, barley and red cabbage tossed with olive oil, sunflower seed, nori

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Menu January 27.DaveHeader

Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Echollective Farm, Organic Greens and Grinnell Heritage Farm

Four Square Meals – January 13

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  • Korean Winter Stew – Kidney beans and seasonal vegetables with spices
  • Sweet Tooth Pilaf – basmati rice and rye with pear and green onion
  • Tofu Dijon – marinated in rich mustard sauce with seasonal vegetable
  • Exotic Tabouli – barley and jade cloud rice with Roma tomatoes, sunflower seeds, oregano and lemon juice
  • Aromatic Black Eyed Peas – a rich dal spiced with coriander, cumin and turmeric
  • Macro Mash – millet, cauliflower and amaranth with roasted garlic and nutritional yeast
  • Tempeh Slaw – with cilantro and crunchy vegetables
  • Potato chukander – Potato and beet in onion-cumin sauce

Four Square Meals – December 16

  • Masoor Dal – spiced red lentils with spinach
  • Moroccan Barley Pilaf – with quinoa, sweet corn and seasonal green
  • Mushroom Umama – roasted mushrooms in a savory miso sauce with seasonal vegetable
  • East-west Rice – Brown and pink rice with seasonal vegetable, brown mustard seed and nori
  • Kansas Avenue Tempeh – lemon marinated in a creamy roasted cumin sauce with seasonal vegetable
  • Aloo Gobi – Indian spiced potato and cauliflower
  • Levantine Green Lentils – with seasonal vegetable and spices
  • Persian Rice – basmati rice with amaranth seasonal vegetable and sumac

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Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Echollective Farm, Organic Greens and Grinnell Heritage Farm