It's Fall all up in here

hey eaters - here's what's up for the first box of October!

Purple Hull Peas
Sweet Peppers
Dill
Sweet Potato
Louisiana Green Shallots
Asian Pears
Red Potatoes
Mini Pumpkins
Butternut Squash

the Peas - i'm gonna cook up like this - Purple Hull Peas from Fat Free Vegan - and eat with greens and quinoa

Sweet Peppers, salads or stir fries

Dill - some kind of salad dressing - like this Cucumber-Dill Ranch

Sweet Potato - i just bake these up in batches and have them with almost every meal!

Shallots - I used some today in Shitake Miso Soup!

Asian Pears - i love these, today i chopped one up in some vanilla soy yogurt, topped with pecans

Red Potatoes - it's roasted potato season!

Mini Pumpkins - they have a recipe with these, but i will probably use them for decoration :)

Butternut Squash - i'm craving these chopped up and roasted with onion and spices

Local Box 9/19/13 - Vegan Greenling Meal Plan

This is a great box because it has almost all "ingredients" that i can add to what i'm already planning, or what i may throw together - i promise not to make mashed potatoes again though.


Meyer Lemon
Pea Shoots
Rosemary
Avocado
Cilantro
Salad Mix
Asian Pears
Red Potatoes
Louisiana Green Shallots

Lemons - i love having a fridge full - i use them in salad dressings mostly, but may try this delicious looking Brussels Sprouts recipe from Fat Free Vegan, or this Lemony Quinoa with Butternut Squash

Pea Shoots - ohh look! With Avocados too - Avocado Beet Pea Shoot Salad

Red Potatoes & Rosemary & Green Shallots- my son wants to invent a potato soup with these

Avocado & Cilantro - I already made"fish" tacos made with Tempeh from Blissful Bites  and topped them with Avocado and Cilantro - but forgot a pic! doh

Local Box 9/6/13 - Vegan Greenling Meal Plan

Yikes, a new box is coming today and i haven't posted this box - i'm all outta whack

Ok here we go

Avocado
Patty Pan Squash
Lettuce
New Mexico Peppers
Microgreens
Gold Potatoes
Limes
Butternut Squash
Popcorn on the cob
Jujube Fruits


Avocado - I used some here on a tofu scramble taco - with some amazing Mango salsa by the local Southern Heat & Pickled Spice - they make such good salsas with unique flavors

Patty Pan Squash - i love these, i dry sauteed some with some brussels sprouts, and drizzled with some lemon tahini dressing.

Microgreens  - so many nutrients packed in tiny leaves, love it - here they are topping a salad

I made mashed potatoes again - no photo

Butternut Squash - this time i made Macro "mac and cheeze" from Blissful Bites - vegan mac n cheeze with butternut squash.  super healthy, very delish AND you get a nice arm workout chopping the dang squash

Ok - hopefully I will writ another post tonight or tomorrow with the new box and get on track - happy eating!

Local Box 8/22/13 - Vegan Greenling Meal Plan

Cantaloupe two times in a row makes me happy - here's how i ate some of it for breakfast - with strawberries, so delicious coconut yogurt, and pecans.

The rest of the box had:

Chard
Acorn Squash
Hot Peppers
Asian Pears
Green Onion
Spearmint
Purple Viking Potatoes
Sweet Red Onion
Butternut Squash

well seeing as this was almost two weeks ago now and the next box comes this week, here is what i made!

Chard - went in smoothies

Hot Peppers - well when i first got them out i didn't notice it said hot peppers and i started chopping one up for a salad, good thing i popped a piece in my mouth - ouch! So i saved it and sauteed it up for a taco later in the week - here it is atop tofu chorizo from the Wellness Reboot menu

Green onion - salads, tacos

Spearmint - as usual, when i get mint i make Goddess Mind Dressing from Blissful Bites cookbook by Christy Morgan - i'm addicted

Purple Viking Potatoes - added these to the potatoes from the last box - and made mashers - we all were happy

Butternut Squash - luckily a butternut squash soup was on my Wellness Reboot plan that i'm doing - sooo good and easy

Asian Pears i've been snacking on all week!

i don't have plan yet for the acorn squashes, but they last a while, so i'm sure will pop up later

oh and an added bonus, i finally at the spaghetti squash from a box of yore - just a dash of ume vinegar and some nooch, perfect

Local Box 7/8/13 - Vegan Greenling Mealplan

wow, when i go out of town and skip a week it feels like forevs till a new one comes. so exciting

here's the scoop

Cherry Tomatoes
Peaches
Cantaloupe
Lettuce
Poona Kheera Cucumbers
Green Onion
Basil
Purple Potatoes
Spaghetti Squash
Popcorn on the cob

YES POPcorn on the cob - check them out! You just take off the husks, put them in a paper back, lay them in the microwave and pop-em. Groovy

So i am just finishing up week one of a 28 day plan - it's called the Wellness Reboot and it's designed my vegan Chef Christy Morgan - aka The Blissful Chef - i cook from her book Blissful Bites all the time.

It has a really fab menu, meal plan, recipes and workouts, super clean, healthy and delicious food - so all my meals right now are from that. I will do my best to adapt some recipes so as to use all my box food too. a fun adventure.

Cherry Tomatoes, Lettuce, Green Onion, and the Poona Kheera Cucumbers will all go in salads and also for snacks with dip or wraps.  In fact I made a wrap today with hummus and used the cucumbers in it, as well as sliced up some sticks of it for the side, you will see the cool color of this odd cucumber in the next post

Peaches and Cantaloupe will be my "sweet snacks" of the day if my son doesn't eat them first

Basil - Christy actually sometimes uses basil in smoothies, i tried, it, and it's GOOD! it can also probably be thrown into almost any recipe

Spaghetti Squash - I will probably just add this in as a vegetable side, so healthy and low cal and fat.

Purple Potatoes -these don't really seem adaptable to my meal plan but my kids LOVE purple mashed potatoes so there ya go.

see you next week

Local Box 7/11/13 - Vegan Greenling Meal Plan

oh summer - so much beautiful produce, and i love eating it mostly raw :)

here's the box:

Tomatoes
Basil
Swiss Chard greens
Hon Tsai Tsai
Green Bell Peppers
Fennel
Mangoes
Baby Carrots
Crookneck Squash
1015 Onion

Tomatoes - salads, and tonight i made sauteed onion and tomatoes and mixed it with lentils, delish, but I forgot to take a pic!

Basil - some kind of salad dressing - like this one Tahini Basil Salad Dressing

Greens - likely smoothies

Hon Tsai Tsai all the recipes i've looked up seem to be stir fries or sauteed, so we shall see what happens

Green Bell Peppers - probably salads or raw slices with hummus

Fennel - I may try grilling - supposed to have a veg grill fiesta next weekend with my brother and fam

Mangoes - i love Mangoes, so they will probably get gobbled up, altho the box came with a very delectable sounding Mango Salsa recipe that also uses the green bell pepper

in fact i used one this morning with strawberries, oats, coconut yogurt, and pecans, like a parfait

Baby Carrots - see Bell Peppers

Squash - maybe grill!

Corn-ee

quicky post with last weeks makings:

on the fourth we grilled the corn! I also threw on the sweet peppers and some veggie dogs, I topped my dog with the grilled peppers.

Beautiful Tomatoes! I ate them topped on toast and guacamole, with some carrot sticks from the box before that that were still around!

Another item that was still around from the previous box that I didn't write about was a spaghetti squash - I roasted it and topped it with a delicious sun dried tomato sauce that used a box tomato. The recipe was from Christy Morgan's Wellness Reboot meal plan - I got to recipe test it - check out the plan HERE - and get a kick start on getting healthy and feeling great!

Beets, chard and spinach went in smoothies, Cantaloupe for breakfasts and snacks for me and Gabe! happy times