Not Your Average Tuna Melt
- At August 1, 2009
- By megan
- In Cheddar Cheese, Sandwich, tomatoes, Tuna
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Take a few extra minutes and make a great tuna melt, rather than some average quick fix that tuna melts tend to be.
Saute 1/2 yellow onion in 2 tablespoons olive oil until tender and starting to brown. Chop a tomato, and in a bowl, mix the tomato, onion, one can of drained tuna, a squeeze of dijon mustard, 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese, and some fresh ground pepper.
Slice some good, crusty, bakery-fresh bread. Broil the sliced bread for a couple minutes. Remove it from the oven, flip them over, and top with the tuna mixture. Broil 3-5 minutes or so until all of the cheese is melted. Enjoy.
Grilled Tempeh Burgers with Mushrooms and Swiss Cheese
- At July 30, 2009
- By megan
- In Burgers, Hazel Dell, Mushrooms, Swiss cheese, tempeh
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Follow my recipe for Grilled Tempeh Burgers. I also grilled some local carrots and green pepper, which I drizzled with olive oil, salt, and pepper before grilling.
The star of this dish is, as always, the Hazel Dell mushrooms. I bought 1/2 pound of baby shiitake and crimini mushrooms and sautéed them in a couple tablespoons of olive oil over medium high heat for 15 minutes. I added a couple minced cloves of garlic after 10 minutes, then a splash of white wine for moisture, a little salt, and pepper. They don’t need much since they are so amazingly fresh.
I topped my grilled tempeh burgers with the mushrooms and some grated Swiss cheese. Delicious.
Whiskey Sour
- At July 22, 2009
- By megan
- In Alcoholic Beverages, favorites, lemon, whiskey
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As I’ve said before, I refrain from using simple syrup. So, it will take and extra 2-3 minutes make this drink. I think it is well worth it.
In a glass, add 1-2 TB honey (depending on how sweet you like it) and the juice of 1/2 lemon. Mix well until it is evenly combined. Add 2-3 shots of whiskey (I usually use Maker’s Mark), and stir. Add ice and enjoy.
Deconstructed Rhubarb Ginger Pie
This was a lot of fun. I did not have the time to prepare a “real” pie crust, and since I would NEVER purchase a pre-made crust, I got creative. I made the dough for a whole wheat crust and baked it like cookies, which took no more than 10 minutes. I served the pie “deconstructed” so you could take as much crust and filling as you like.
Pie Crust:
- 1 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 5 TB walnut oil
- 2 TB maple syrup
- 2-3 TB cold water, depending on the texture of the dough
Mix the crust ingredients with your hands in a bowl. Gather it all together into a ball, wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate for a couple hours before serving. When you are ready to make dessert, break off small pieces and press them into disks with your hands. Bake them like cookies at 350 for 10 minutes or so.
Ginger Rhubarb “filling”
- 6-8 stalks rhubarb, rinsed and cut into small pieces
- 1 TB freshly grated ginger
- 2 TB maple syrup
- 1/2 cup water
Bring these ingredients to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, stirring every few minutes, until all of the rhubarb is a soupy consistency.
Serve with crust and ice cream and enjoy.
Spent Grain Tempeh Burgers
- At July 22, 2009
- By megan
- In BBQ Sauce, patties, Spent Grain, tempeh
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If you or a friend like to brew beer at home, here is one option for using some of those spent grains. These are very similar to my tempeh burgers, but have the added nutritional bonus of spent grains.
Ingredients:
- 1 red onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup spent grain
- 1 package tenpeh
- 2-3 TB Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup BBQ sauce
- 2 TB ketchup
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1TB Olive Oil
- fresh ground black pepper
- pinch of thyme
- 1/4-1/3 cup whole wheat flour
In a food processor, chop the onion, garlic, spent grain, and tempeh. If you have a smaller processor, divide this into a couple or a few smaller batches. Make sure the tempeh is ground really well. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and add the rest of the ingredients, one-by-one, mixing along the way. Add more flour if it doesn’t look like the patties will hold together.
Place on lightly oiled baking sheet and bake at 375 for 20 minutes or so. Flip after 10 minutes. They should be brown and hold together when done. Enjoy.
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