Thursday, February 2, 2012

Roasted Cauliflower poppers

This recipe was so yummy!! It totally satisfies my need for fries or something fried. I have never thought of roasting cauliflower, but it is just too simple and delicious, even Brent liked it!! And he hates cauliflower! I got the recipe here. Hope you enjoy as much as we did!!
Jenna

Roasted Cauliflower Poppers

What you will need:

* 2 heads of cauliflower
* 1/4 cup of olive oil
* 1 1/2 teaspoon of salt
* 1 teaspoon of pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Wash and clean the cauliflower. Cut off and discard the stem. Cut the cauliflower up into small pieces.
3. In a large bowl, combine the olive oil, salt and pepper. Add the cauliflower pieces and thoroughly coat each piece.
4. Place cauliflower pieces onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for one hour and turn 3 times during cooking until each piece has a nice brown coloring. The browner they are the better.
5. Remove from oven and enjoy!

Fabio Viviani's Italian Wedding Soup

Try This Fabulous Soup

Servings:6-8

Difficulty:Easy

Cook Time:30-60 min

Ground beef, panko bread crumbs, and eggs make for delicious meatballs in this warm soup.

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef (80/20)

2 ea. eggs

1/3 cup panko bread crumbs

3 Tbsp. parmesan cheese, grated

3 quarts chicken broth

3 cups fresh baby spinach

1 cup carrots, diced

1 cup yellow onion, diced

1 cup celery, diced

2 cups orzo pasta

½ cup (to taste) extra virgin olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

Saute carrots, onion and celery in oil until soft and starting to brown.

Add Chicken stock. Let the mixture reduce on high heat.

While boiling, mix beef, eggs, breadcrumbs and parmesan in a separate bowl to make meatballs. Form into ½ inch balls, and set on a baking sheet.

Cook meatballs on the baking sheet in 375F degree oven for 12-15 minutes.

Add pasta to soup to cook.

When meatballs are cooked, add them to the soup.

Stir in the spinach to the soup.

Boil 5 minutes and season with salt and pepper.

MANGIA!

I got this recipe off yahoo a few days ago it just looked so good, and tried it last night--everyone loved it! Even the kids. It was something a little different than the regular soup, and warmed us up. For all the vegetarians out there, you will have to figure out what to substitute the meatballs for? I used turkey meat, instead of hamburger, and it was very tasty.

Becky

Welsome to our virtual table!!

I know what you are thinking...it's about time!! Kay and I corresponded about making a vegetarian cook book, but I think I like this even better because we can have more contributors. I named the site after one of mom's yummy dishes, potatoes Alice ( I thought it was fitting, hee hee)! The only rule to this is that we want mostly "meatless" and mostly nutritious recipes to be submitted, that includes: main dishes, side dishes, desserts, etc. Pictures would also be great, but are not necessary. This is going to be so fun if we can all participate!! It will be so helpful to those of us that have made the change, and the numbers are growing in our families! Let's dedicate this blog to a new year of good health and good food!