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Broccoli Kale Pesto

Ingredients:

Serves 6
1 crown of broccoli cut into small to medium sized florets
1 cup of basil leaves de-stemmed and torn
1 cup kale leaves torn and de-stemmed
½ cup olive oil
¼ cup pine nuts toasted
1 cup parmesan grated fine (omit for a vegan version)
salt/pepper
red chili flakes
1 lemon zested and juiced
1lb curly pasta
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Best Ever Vegetable Stock

Ingredients:

olive oil
one onion chopped
half a head of garlic skin on and sliced in half across
three celery stalks halved
three carrots quartered lengthwise
one stalk of fennel its handy (fronds reserved)
one leek sliced in half lengthwise and half again
a small sweet potato quartered that in it adds creaminess and structure. but it’s not mandatory.
one bay leaf
bundle of herbs (use whatever you have) parsley, thyme. mine usually end up looking like a sage stick. I wrap it with butcher twine
twenty peppercorns give or take
one Tbsp apple cider vinegar
salt
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Summer Basil Pesto Pasta

Ingredients:

2 large handfuls of basil leaves (about 2 cups loosely packed)
1/2 cup of pine nuts (toasted)
3/4 cup parmesan (grated)
1/2 cup good olive oil plus  more for storing
3 garlic cloves
salt
optional: 1/4 tsp lemon zest, a pinch of red chili flakes
optional mix-in: 1lb of Italian sausage sauteed in 1 T butter and 1/4 cup white wine
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ottolenghi spinach chickpeas and honeyed sweet potatoes

ottolenghi spinach chickpeas and honeyed sweet potatoes

Ingredients:

1 cup dried chickpeas (or sub 1 can drained and rinsed chickpeas)
1 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp oilive oil
1 onion finely chopped
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp tomato paste
14 oz canned tomatoes chopped
1 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
3 cups spinach
2/3 cup cilantro leaves
salt and pepper

sweet potatoes
1 lb sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1 inch thick slices
3 cups water
3 1/2 tbsp butter
4 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp salt

yogurt sauce
1 1/2 up greek yogurt
1 clove garlic crushed
grated zest and juice of one lemon
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp dried mint
salt and pepper
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Almond Soba Noodle Stir Fry

Almond Soba Noodle Stir Fry

Ingredients:

serves 4
4 garlic gloves minced
1/2 tsp crushed red chili flakes (or add those later if you think it will be too spicy for the little ones or sissies that don’t like spicy food)
3 tbsp almond butter
2 tbsp water
3 tbsp rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
dash of sesame oil

8 oz buckwheat soba noodles
2 tbsp coconut oil
10  oz package of extra firm tofu, drained and patted dry then
2 red, orange, or yellow bell peppers seeds removed and cut into thin strips (I think they taste better than the green ones)
2 zucchini cut into match sticks or 2 bunches of brocolini (trimmed and then sliced in half lengthwise and then potentially in half again lengthwise)
2 handfuls of baby bok choy or pok choi
1 cup snow peas halved with a diagonal edge (optional)
black sesame or toasted slivered almonds to garnish
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