Green Onion Corn Cakes with Ginger Rhubarb Sauce and Beet Greens
Garden fresh inspiration can lead to a really good meal.
I altered my Blue Corn Cakes recipe and came up with some delicately delicious yellow corn cakes.
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup yellow corn meal
- 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup unbleached white flour
- 1.5 tsp baking powder (a little less at altitude)
- 1 tsp baking soda (a little less at altitude)
- pinch sea salt
- 1 cup chopped green onion
Combine the dry ingredients in one bowl, and the wet and green onion in another. Mix the wet ingredients together well and then combine with the dry. Simple. Cook on a griddle like pancakes. They are kind of delicate, so it’s best to make them somewhat small so they flip easily.
I made these for dinner and drizzled them with a ginger rhubarb sauce.
- 3 stalks rhubarb, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tsp freshly grated ginger
- 1 tsp cornstarch (optional)
Bring the rhubarb and water to a boil. Lower the heat to medium and let this simmer. After 10 minutes or so, add the maple syrup and ginger and let it keep cooking. Turn it down if it is boiling. When you are almost ready to serve, add a little cornstarch if you’d like to thicken it.
I bought some local beets, so I chopped the stems separately from the leaves. I sauteed the stems in a little white wine until they got soft. Then I added the leaves and let them wilt. Add a little sea salt and pepper, and all of this can be served together.
The Ginger Rhubarb Sauce pairs well with both the Green Onion Corn Cakes and the sauteed Beet Greens. Enjoy.
Spicy Lunch Smoothie
Here is another healthy lunch smoothie. Super healthy, and not so bad going down.
- 1 apple
- 2 carrots
- lettuce (large handful)
- 1 cup pineapple chunks (I used frozen)
- 1/3 red beet
- 1 green onion
- splash of Boulder Hot Sauce, Smokey Serrano flavor
- 2 cups water
Throw it all in the Vita-Mix and let it do its job.
Healthy Lunch Smoothie
- At March 26, 2010
- By megan
- In Apples, beets, carrot, ginger, healthy lunch smoothie, smoothie, snow peas, strawberries, vegan, Vita-Mix
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This might not sound good to you. I don’t know if it would have sounded good to me a few months ago… during the stage of my life before I had my Vita-Mix. Everything has changed now.
Why has everything changed? Because now I grind up a ton of veggies to drink for lunch. I had been living on peanut butter or almond butter sandwiches for lunch for almost the entire 5 years I’d been living in Colorado. This past January I spent my birthday money (plus some of my own) on a Vita-Mix, and it has changed my life. If you have one, you’ll likely understand. If you don’t, you might find me weird. Either way, here is one of my healthy lunch smoothies.
- 1 apple
- 2 kiwis
- 1/4 golden beet
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 handful parsley
- 2 carrots
- 3/4 cup snow peas
- 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
- ginger (as much fresh ginger as you like- I used 1 tsp)
- 1-2 cups water (add more if you like it thinner… or should I say, less thick)
I put it all in the Vita-Mix, turn it up to 10, then high, then it’s done. This makes enough for 2 people to have a ridiculously healthy lunch smoothie.
Sweet Potato Mid-Day Smoothie
- At January 25, 2010
- By megan
- In Apples, beets, ginger, healthy lunch smoothie, smoothie, sweet potato, Vita-Mix
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The Vita-Mix ideas just keep coming.
Ingredients:
- boiled yam without the skin
- 4 or 5 pieces of beets- red and golden
- a carrot
- a cup of red or black grapes
- 2 apples, cored
- 4 medjool dates, no pits
- a small piece of fresh ginger root, peeled
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup ice
Throw it all in the Vita-Mix, start on low, variable speed and turn it up to 10, then high, then done. Enjoy another healthy lunch smoothie, courtesy of my Vita-Mix.
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