Oats with Papaya (rating 4 out of 5)
Lunch
Hazelnut-Red Peppers Sauce over whole wheat pasta (rating 5 out of 5)
2 cup whole hazelnuts
4 red bell peppers (about 2 cups chopped)
6 cups undrained canned tomatoes (2-28 oz cans), or 4 medium fresh tomatoes
2 garlic bulbs
5-6 tablespoons red wine vinaigrette (leftover from last week) (or 5 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar)
¼ cup red wine
pinch of chili flakes
small bunch spinach
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. (or use a toaster oven)
Spread the hazelnuts on an unoiled baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. While the nuts are baking chop the bell peppers, tomatoes and garlic. Heat the vinaigrette in a saucepan, then add the peppers, tomatoes, garlic, vinegar, wine and chili flakes. Cook on high heat for 5 minutes and remove from the heat. The peppers should still be crunchy.
Cool the baked hazelnuts for several minutes, and then rub them briskly with a towel to remove most of the skins. Finely grind the hazelnuts in a food processor or nut grinder or in several batches in a spice mill. Place all of the ingredients in a food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
Modified from Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home
Dinner
Peanut butter, jelly and trail mix sandwiches (rating 4.5 of 5)
Cinnamon-raisin Ezekiel bread
peanut butter (grind it at the store!)
jelly
trail mix
Um, yea. You know what to do.
3 comments:
I would like to hear a little more about why you like these meals. What about the length of time it took to prepare the food.
Thank you for the comment! You are my first...
I will try to keep records about how much time it took to prepare. I haven't ever kept track of that, so I will have to create this habit. From now on, I will also include information about why I like it.
The pasta was very garlic-y, which I love. The nuts and whole grain pasta also gave the dish more texture than regular spaghetti w/ marinara would.
PB and J with trail mix is a really nice combo of sweet and salty. Again, great texture because of the trail mix and fruity bread. I also really love the simple peanut flavor of the grind-it-at-the-store peanut butter.
Hey crew: I made this pasta sauce last night - wow! I loved it!
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