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Next Week from Four Square Meals
Menu for pick up Tuesday June 17
- Seitan Cauliflower Cream – Our home made seitan with a coconut milk and cauliflower sauce and roasted celery root
- Golden glazed Potatoes – roasted with carrots, garlic, ginger and turmeric
- Tropical pilaf – Basmati and amaranth with pear and green onion
- New Delhi Tempeh – Curried tempeh in tomato-ginger sauce with black turnips

- Black bean chili – with tomatoes and sweetcorn
- Ethiopian pilaf – barley and rye with harissa spices and lacinato kale
- Mushroom Umama – roasted mushrooms in a savory miso sauce with Iowa spring turnips
- Two-Tone Rice – Brown and pink rice with red beets, walnut and ginger
If you like the look of some items but not others we can custom build a selection from this menu. (Minimum 3 meals)
Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Iowa City Farmer’s Market, Echollective Farm and Muddy Miss Farm.
What’s Cooking at Four Square Meals
Pulling in the flavors of the Levant this week, Morocco, Southern France, Persia. Images here –
Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Iowa City Farmer’s Market, Echollective Farm and Muddy Miss Farm.
Pop Up Dine Out with Four Square Meals
Chef Dave will be preparing a vegan feast Artsfest weekend at Channing Hall (below Unitarian Church – corner of Gilbert and Iowa). Dinner is at 6pm, Saturday June 7.
Over 40 people attended our last dinner. Check the menu below and use the order form to reserve your spot. Dinner is by reservation only. Cost is $17 inclusive of tax. Cash or checks only please, payable at the door.
Vegetable Canapes
Baguette slices topped with seasonal vegetable tossed in a creamy dressing with capers and Dijon mustard
Tempeh Rouge with Golden Ginger Sauce
Marinated tempeh breaded with a paprika-spice blend and served with a creamy garlic ginger spice sauce
Pullao Rice and Amaranth with Seasonal Vegetable
Basmati rice seasoned with cumin, turmeric, garam masala and finished with seasonal vegetables and dairy free butter
Mixed Green salad with Vinaigrette
Lettuce, baby kale and other greens tossed in a white wine-olive oil dressing with a hint of toasted sesame
Chocolate cake squares with lemon frosting
To learn more about the Iowa City Vegetarian and Vegan Meet Up group click here.
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Next Week from Four Square Meals
Menu for pick up Tuesday June 3
- Korean Spring Salad – Kidney bean, spring turnip and tomato
- Masaledar Aloo Sem – Potatoes and green beans in a spicy tomato sauce

- Coconut chole – garbanzos in coconut milk curry with carrot and cauliflower
- Sticky Brown Rice – sweet and sour flavors with baby kale
- Tofu Korma – creamy Indian sauce with baby kale and chard
- Spring Yunnan Fusion – buckwheat and mushroom with sesame seeds
- Kansas Avenue Tempeh – lemon marinated in a creamy roasted cumin sauce with celery root
- Silk Road Pilaf – basmati rice and kamut with bok choi and cilantro
If you like the look of some items but not others we can custom build a selection from this menu. (Minimum 3 meals)
Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Iowa City Farmer’s Market, Echollective Farm and Muddy Miss Farm.
What’s Cooking at Four Square Meals
Spanish and Indian flavors from last week as we move into spring
Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Iowa City Farmer’s Market, Echollective Farm and Muddy Miss Farm.
What’s Cooking at Four Square Meals
Here’s what we cooked last wee
Produce and grains purchased locally at New Pioneer Food Co-op, Iowa City Farmer’s Market, Echollective Farm and Muddy Miss Farm.
This Week from Four Square Meals
Menu for pick up Tuesday May 20
- Red lentils with spinach
Basmati rice with turnip and green onion - Mung bean, tomato and cucumber salad
Aloo Gobi (Indian potato and cauliflower) - Tofu spring salad with sweet potato and red beet
Brown and black rice with raisins and green kale - Tempeh and green cabbage in leek sauce
Buckwheat, rye and millet pilaf mixed spring greens, sunflower seeds and
If you like the look of some items but not others we can custom build a selection from this menu. (Minimum 3 meals)
Menu for pick up Tuesday May 27
- Black bean-miso salad with vegetables
Moroccan barley-quinoa pilaf - Seitan with BBQ sauce
East-west rice (Brown and pink rice with brown mustard seed and nori) - Tempeh-cilantro slaw
Garlic & dill-mashed potato and carrots - Levantine green lentils with asparagus
Persian basmati rice and amaranth pilaf
Vegetables are purchased close to cooking date, and will be updated on Friday May 23
Veggieburgers are always available too – Classic and Spicy Black Bean
Next Week from Four Square Meals
Menu for pick up Tuesday April 8
- Seitan with mustard greens and almond chili sauce; Pink rice and amaranth with gold beet and red onion
- Smoky black beans and sweet potato; Barley and millet with spiced turnip and sunflower seeds
- 3C Tempeh salad; Curried potato and cauliflower
- Red lentils with baby kale; Faro and brown rice with red beet
If you like the look of some items but not others we can custom build a selection from this menu.
Veggieburgers are always available too – Classic and Spicy Black Bean
Note: There will be no meals April 15 or 22. Back to normal April 29.
Next week from Four Square Meals
Menu for pick up Tuesday April 1
- Garbanzo bean and vegetable curry; buckwheat, amaranth and collard greens with sumac and capers
- Tofu-miso salad with red cabbage; basmati rice and millet with turnip and black cumin seed
- Tempeh with lacinato kale and beets in cilantro-lime broth; mashed potatoes and carrot with thyme and green peppercorns
- Kidney beans stew with fennel and tomato; brown rice with celery root and brown mustard seed
If you like the look of some items but not others we can custom build a selection from this menu.
Veggieburgers are always available too – Classic and Spicy Black Bean
Note: There will be no meals April 15 or 22. Back to normal April 29.