Four Square Meals June 2

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  • Thai Tofu – with seasonal vegetable in ginger-coconut sauce
  • Two-Tone Rice – basmati and black rice with seasonal vegetable, walnut and ginger
  • Summer Protein Salad – French lentil salad with red onion, seasonal vegetable, olive oil and white wine vinegar
  • Aloo Gobi – Indian spiced potato and cauliflower
  • Tempeh Korma – creamy Indian sauce with raisins, seasonal vegetable
  • Eastern Plains Pilaf – barley, amaranth and seasonal vegetables, tossed with tamari, cilantro and lemon
  • Black Forest Stew – herbed kidney beans with seasonal vegetables and fresh herbs
  • Emperor’s Rice – Mekong brown rice and faro wheat with sesonal vegetable, sesame and nori

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

Four Square Meals April 28

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Available for pick up Tuesday April 28.

  • Tempeh Cauliflower Cream – vegan take on cauliflower cheese sauce
  • Campfire Pilaf –aged basmati, faro, sweet corn and smoked paprika
  • Mushroom & Seitan Harissa – spicy mushrooms with wheat protein in a spicy North African red lentil sauce
  • Two-Tone Rice – brown 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
  • Earthbender Salad – black beans with seasonal vegetable in miso broth
  • Athena salad – spelt berries, barley and red cabbage tossed with olive oil, umeboshi vinegar & nori

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Recipe – Roasted Portabello Mushroom

While yPortabello and pestoou can cook portabellos on the stovetop, to get that firm “meatiness”, roasting is definitely the preferred method. Simple and delicious. All it need then is a little rice and some sauteed veggies. Here we show it with cilantro pesto and pine nuts. Click here for cilantro pesto recipe.

Place portabellos on a sheet pan top down. On each cap, add 1 T extra virgin olive oil, 1/8 t salt, 1 t balsamic vinegar and a pinch of black pepper. Roast at 375 for 7-12 minutes, turning the pan after 5 minutes.
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Menu for March 21.

Four Square Meals April 14

 

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Available for pick up Tuesday April 14.

  • Tofu Dijon – marinated in rich mustard sauce with seasonal vegetable
  • Macro Mash – millet, cauliflower and amaranth with roasted garlic and nutritional yeast
  • Mushroom-Tempeh Umama – roasted mushrooms & seasonal vegetable in a savory sauce with tempeh
  • Spring Yunnan Fusion – buckwheat, amaranth, green onion and sweet potato with sesame seeds
  • Black bean chili – with tomatoes and sweetcorn
  • Pink Coconut Pilaf – sweet and sour flavors with pink and brown rice, steamed Iowa carrot and nori
  • Masoor Dal – spiced red lentils with spinach
  • Masaledar Aloo Band Gobi – potatoes and green cabbage in a spiced tomato

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Four Square Meals – March 24

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Available for pick up Tuesday March 24.

  • Tofu Spring Salad – miso, lemon and tahini dressing with seasonal vegetable
  • Pilaf of Youth – Jade cloud and black rice with raisins and Iowa kale
  • Earthbender Salad – black bean with seasonal vegetable in miso broth
  • Tricolor Pullao Rice – basmati rice with seasonal vegetable and green onion
  • Tempeh Korma – creamy Indian sauce with raisins, seasonal vegetable
  • Emperor’s Pilaf – barley, amaranth and zucchini with sesame and tamari
  • Mung Bean Magic – spiced mung beans, tomato and seasonal vegetable
  • Aloo Gobi – Indian spiced potato and cauliflower

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

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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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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Recipe – Spiced butternut squash

CIMG27592 t sunflower oil
2 t fennel seeds
2 t cumin seeds
1 T minced garlic
1 small can tomatoes
1 large butternut squash peeled and diced
2 t grated ginger
1 t salt
½ – 1 can coconut milk plus some water
2 T ground coriander
½ t turmeric
2 t lemon juice
Generous amount of black pepper
Cilantro, finely chopped
¼ – 1 t Cayenne, optionalSquashCloseUp

Heat oil in heavy bottomed pan, add a seed. If it sizzles the oil is ready. Add rest of seeds and let sizzle a few seconds, add garlic, fry until golden, add tomatoes and saute for a few minutes stirring often to avoid burning.

Add coconut milk, ginger, turmeric, coriander and salt, stir followed by squash and then water to about an inch below top of squash, bring to a simmer and cover, turn heat to low, cook til squash is done, about 30 minutes. Add lemon juice, pepper, cilantro.

Try using these same spices with other cooked winter squash to make DaveHeadera squash soup.

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Menu for March 10.

 

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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Recipe – Groundnut Stew

KitchenVegDaveAn old Red Avocado recipe from an African recipe originally found by Derek and much adapted over the years. Great warm to your bones food.

Note – T=tablespoon, t=teaspoon, c=cup

4 T oil
1 inch cinnamon stick, whole
½ t whole cumin seeds
5-10 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 large onion, peeled and diced
1 leek, washed (see below) and roughly chopped
3 sweet potatoes, peeled, diced 1 inch
1 celeriac, peeled and diced, ¾ inch
2-4 carrots, rinsed, diced, 1 inch
1 can diced or crushed tomato
1-2 inches ginger, peeled and finely grated
1 t cumin
1 t coriander
¾ t turmeric
1 t paprikaIAVegSqr
Handful spinach
Large pinch sugar
¾ c peanut butter
1 t salt, or to taste
½ a bunch of cilantro, finely chopped
1-4 T fresh lime juice

Add oil to wide, heavy bottomed pot and heat to medium-high. Add cinnamon and whole cumin seed. Heat for a few seconds (it should bubble at edges). Add garlic and fry until golden, add diced onions and stir often, coating all with oil. After 5 minutes (still stirring often, at lively heat), add the leeks and stir thoroughly again.

After five minutes or so add sweet potatoes, celeriac and carrot. Stir. Add tomatoes and water to just cover vegetables. Stir in ginger. Turn heat up high, partially cover pot.

Meanwhile mix 1 t cumin, 1 t coriander, 1 t paprika and¾ t turmeric. And this spice mixture and stir. Re-cover pot and bring to a boil. When it boils, stir and turn heat down to low and cover completely. Cook until vegetables are soft, 30-45 minutes.

Ladle out 1-2 c cooking liquid and add 1 c peanut butter off the heat and whisk until smooth.  Add peanut butter mixture to pot and stir.

Add salt, chopped cilantro and lime juice to taste, off heat.