I have been enjoying making a full fresh meal for lunch and kind of winging it with the rest of the poeple in the house  with leftovers for dinnr. does anybody else do this? Sometimes not haveing the pressure of cooking a whole meal from scratch you can focus on making new thing. My brother made dinner yesterday using leftover lunch and adding to it these amaizing little Pinto Bean Balls with marinara sauce!  

For Lunch

Brown Rice

(watch and learn how to make Brown Rice here)

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Pan fried Tempeh

(watch and learn how to make Tempeh here)

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top with Coleslaw made of

 Cabbage, Apple, Parsley, Carrot and Salt, Olive oil, and Lemon

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Sautéed Broccoli and Radishes 

some leftover blanched Carrots

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Sweet Potato Fries

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For Dinner

Leftover Rice and Veggies from Lunch

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Added some arugula and a fresh Vegenase, Mustard dressing to the salad. 

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Pinto Bean Balls with Marinara Sauce

 For Lunch

Soft cooked Polenta

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Nishime Squash,Daikon and Sweet Yam

(watch and learn how to make 

Nishime here)

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Carrots and Tops

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Leftover Blanched Collard and Carrots

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Garlic Fried Beans

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For Dinner

Barley

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Baked Sweet Yam

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Sautéed Kale with crumbled Tofu

(watch and learn how to make Tofu here)

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Vegetable broth, 

with Brown Rice Pasta, Squash, Carrots, Cabbage,Daikon,Shoyu,Salt,Vinegar 

 Here I am in Asheville visiting family and quiteing down my life. And cooking! During the course of caring for my father I lost all my inspiration to cook. there was no time or energy to do much of it anyway. my family and friends were a big help. It took a long while to have real interest for it again. 

and to be real, when that goes eating good food gets harder as well. when all the emotion are in the air. seems way easier to just eat junk food and nothing else. Is like the junk feeds the dramatic side to the feelings...I don't know.

Anyway. I am trying to start my life up again. and this blog is apart of that! 

It is so wonderful and inspiring to connect with like minded people about delicous food!

so thank you all.

For Dinner

Millet with sweet Corn, Cabbage, and Onions

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Pinto Beans Fried with Garlic

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Arugula Salad, with Tomato, Olives, Parsley, Avocado, and Croutons 

with a Olive Oil, Salt, Vinigar dressing 

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Miso Soup with Radish, Daikon, Bok-Choy, Broccoli, Chickpea Miso, and Wakame, 

This last couple of years some of the people in Ionia have been trying their hand at growing beans and corn in our green houses. and this winter we finely got to try some of the beans and corn we grew!! 

For Lunch 

Brown Rice with Whole Wheat 

garnished with Scallions

(watch and learn how to make Brown Rice here)

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Gomashio 

(Watch and learn how to make Gomshio here)

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Saukraut 

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Nature with Squash, Onions, Carrots, and Collards 

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Miso Soup

(Watch and learn how to make Miso Soup here)

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Homemade Corn Tortillas 

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Home Grown Black Eyed Peas and Black Beans

slowing cook all day with Onions and Garlic

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Cucumber Red Onions Salsa with Carrots and Parsley and Lemon

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Cabbage Coleslaw 

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Baked Sweet Potatoes 

For Lunch

Brown Rice

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Sauteed Hijiki with Tahini

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Baked Carrots with Onion Garlic Sauce

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Blanched Cabbage and Collard Greens

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Turnip Dill Pickles

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Miso with Wild Nettles

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For Dinner

Bean Burritos with Green Salsa

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Raw Salad with Cucumbers

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Nituke Vegetables

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For Dessert

Watermelon Kanten with Pecans

Most people think of parsley as not really a vegetable and more like a garnish... I am here to tell you I love sauteed Parsley, boiled Parsley, Parsley is delicious!!

and spending the day outside just made me crave vegetables all day

For Breakfast/Brunch 

Toast

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Leftover Fried Beans

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Steamed Vegetables Bok-choy, Broccoli, Daikon,

with

Tahini Dressing

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Lunch

Quinoa Pasta fried with Parsley and Tofu

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Salad with Annies Goddess Dressing

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For Dinner we went out and had

Spring Rolls

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and I had

Fried Veggies with Rice and Sweet potato Noodles 

  

 Just a quick post. it is monday! so today we are starting up the "10 day Detox diet" out of "Mayumi's Kitchen"!

but yesterday we had 

For Lunch

Left over rice turned into a Rice salad!

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Adzuki bean Soup

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Blanched kale

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For Dinner

Pasta with Tomato Sauce 

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Deep Fried bean Nuggets