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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

SPLIT PEA SOUP; KALE AND BROCCOLI GREEN MIX FOR QUESADILLAS; GOLDEN BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND PENNE PASTA BAKE, ASPARAGUS AND SWEET POTATO "SHEPERD'S PIE"; PUMPKIN-CRANBERRY CAKE; DOUBLE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CRANBERRY COOKIES; APPLE & RAISIN TURNOVERS, PHOTOS OF PREP FOR TOMORROW'S VEGETARIAN DELIVERIES

THICK AND HEARTY SPLIT PEA-VEGETABLE SOUP

PREVIOUS 3 PHOTOS STILL HARVESTING OWN GROWN

1 "GALLON" MARINARA SAUCE RECIPE IS IN "RECIPES FOR SUCCESS" ON www.amazon/kindle

Butternut squash and purple onion for the penne bake

Fresh kale and own grown broccoli greens for the Quesadillas

Sauce and squash added to the penne

Asparagus, mushroom and white sweet potatoes for the "Shepherd's Pies" will top with mashed yams, sweet potato and russet potatoes to be baked at client's home

Previous 2, the greens sweated with onions, crushed chilies and garlic for the quesadillas..heat a large flour tortilla and add the greens, grated cheese and top with another tortilla and cook in a dry skillet until the cheese has melted, turning once, will be served with an own grown tomato salsa.

Cheese topped asparagus and mushroom "Shepherd's pie".

Previous 2 the pumpkin cake before and after baking

Double chocolate, cranberry-oatmeal cookies

Previous 2 the apple, raisin turnovers (the filling is apples cooked in apple juice, then diced raw Granny Smith apples, local raisins and quick cook oatmeal with cinnamon..no added processed sugar)

Sunday, November 8, 2015

TUSCAN STYLE WHITE BEAN SOUP; TOMATO SOUP; BROCCOLI & CAULIFLOWER WRAPS BASE; GOLDEN ACORN SQUASH STUFFED WITH SWEET POTATO, VEGETABLES AND RICE; ZUCCHINI & GOLDEN SQUASH PASTA SAUCE PHOTOS OF PREP FOR TOMORROW'S VEGETARIAN-VEGAN DELIVERIES

TUSCAN STYLE WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH ROSEMARY & BASIL

OLD FASHIONED TOMATO SOUP WITH SWEET POTATO

GOLD ACORN SQUASH ROASTING/BAKING

THE COOKED SQUASH TO BE FILLED WITH SWEET POTATO, TOMATO VEGETABLE MIX WITH TURMERIC RICE AND BAKED AT CLIENT'S HOME

THE VEGGIE FILLING FOR THE SQUASH

TOMATO SOUP, BLENDED WITH ALMOND MILK

CAULIFLOWER, BROCCOLI, CHILE PEPPER FLAKES, TOMATOES, FOR THE TORTILLA WRAPS..TO BE ASSEMBLED AT CLIENT'S HOME

TURMERMIC STEAMED RICE FOR THE SQUASH

GOLD SQUASH AND TOMATO SAUTE

CORNMEAL POLENTA WITH CHEESE AND BASIL FOR THE ZUCCHINI-TOMATO SAUCE BELOW

Beautiful orange Fall colors for a sunny and warm, Fall Southern California Day.
We are finished with the mini heatwaves thank goodness, now into higher than usual Fall Temperatures.

There are some great yams and sweet potatoes in the stores now, the drought has made these vegetables much more sweet than usual and they tend to have a more dense flesh..making the most of them while they are nice and fresh.

Also please encourage your local markets to sell over ripe fruit and misshapen vegetables. Too much good food is wasted by markets as they are not uniform in shape. As long as they are fresh and not bruised they are fine, in fact most over ripe fruit is better than under ripe, as their flavors/sweetness are more pronounced and in the end you end up spending less.

This is ANOTHER reason my photos of fresh produce tend to look a bit "weathered", they have more flavor and are wonderfully fresh.