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Cold Meals and Sides

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Orange and fennel salad with pistachios

Keynote:

Cut fennel, potato chips thin

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2 reg. oranges

2 blood oranges

1 Fennel bulb (maybe try vegetable peeler for fennel) (use fennel leaves for garnish topping)

Juice from 1 Lemon

1/4 cup finely chopped Italian parsley

1 Tsp Maple syrup

1 Tsp Olive oil

1 Shallot (finely sliced)

Chives (if wanted)

Pistachio nuts

Heavy pinch Kosher salt

Heavy pinch Black pepper

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For a decorative topping to soups or salads, use cheese shavings by using our vegetable peeler.

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Southwestern Salad w/ Chicken

 

You can also fry tofu in a spicy marinade

A great Dressing for this salad is here:  Dressings page.

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Ingredients:   10 items + chicken or tofu

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I bought 1 package of Wegmans "Cilantro Lime Marinated Chicken" Good for 2 servings

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  • 3/ 4 avocados (1 per serving)

  • Romaine lettuce  washed, and chopped <—— can I find already prepared?

  • 1/2 c black beans (rinse, clean and dry)

  • 1/2 cup Corn   (buy Wegmans Fire Roaster Corn, as it's already cooked)

  • 1/2 cup diced tomatoes  use regular tomatoes and cut up.

  • Thinly sliced, orange bell peppers.

  • 1/2 cup diced cucumber

  • 1/2 cup, diced red onion  (cut in slivers)

  • Heavy pinch of Mexican cheese 

  • One small bag, Tortilla chips 

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Wegmans sells fire roasted corn

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Joshua requested southwestern chicken salad for dinner 3/3/23
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Some of our favorite fillings for spring rolls:

Marinated fried tofu

Carrots

A leafy green 

Bean sprouts

Red and green pepper

Avocado

Cucumbers

Spring rolls

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Peanut sauce recipe

2 tablespoons low, sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons sesame seed oil
3 teaspoons sugar or honey
1 tablespoon. Sriracha sauce.
Three cloves crushed garlic
3 to 4 tablespoons of water
Mix then add
1/4 cup peanut butter
 

Mediterranean Salad

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  • For the dressing

  • 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • 1 lemon freshly squeezed juice

  • ¼ cup Balsamic vinegar

  • ¼ cup cider or white wine vinegar

  • 1 tsp dry Italian seasoning

  • ¾ cup first press extra virgin olive oil

  • Freshly ground pepper

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Make about 1/2 of this dressing as it was a lot

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  • For the Salad

  • 1 fresh mozzarella cheese ball

  • 12 Green olives

  • Assorted Tomatoes

  • 6 Artichoke hearts

  • 6 small Potatoes

  • 1 medium carrot grated

  • 2 cup spring mix

  • 2 cup fresh basil or spinach leaves

  • 1 package tofu (the way I make it in frying pan) OR use Chickpeas

  • NOTE: red onion would probably go well also if left in thin half circles

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Mediterranean Plater

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Naan-bread

mini stuffed grape leaves

lemon dill hummus

olives

artichoke hearts (16-B)

lupini beans (16-B)

cucumbers

cherry tomatoes

​One trimmed and sliced mango. But make sure it's ripe. Slightly soft with finger squeeze.

NOTE: Lou said don't buy the sun-dried tomatoes as she doesn't like them.

A nice cheese tray.

 

A nice easy cheese tray with deviled eggs a big hit for a small gathering. The deviled eggs were a big hit as well.

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Panera's Mediterranean salad
 

Lou loved this at Panera's and loved it when I made it at home.

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Also here is the youtube for the Lemon Tahini dressing which I had at home.

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So what I did was buy:  Spring mix salad, 1 cucumber, 1 container of lemon hummus, 1 small Greek yogurt, 1 small container on grape tomatoes, 1 container of olives, one bag of "Quinoa and brown rice" (wegmans 17B) and 1 small Feta cheese.

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Dressing wegmans organic Tahini 16 oz (3-B), 2 lemons (of juice), we have honey, salt, we had honey dijon mustered (16-B)

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Caribbean black bean with tropical salsa

Making this one for the first time May 25, 2022. Seems pretty straightforward. Cup of basmati rice, buy some green onions, tomato, mango and papaya, black bean, red pepper, orange juice and cilantro. She added some other spices to include cumin seeds. The YouTube clip linked is for six different m this black bean meal is the fifth one in the series. Serve with a wedge or two of lime for squeezing the juice on the rice.

The meal was okay what needs to happen is only make it during the summertime when the mangos, papaya and avocado are ripe and in season

​Also the dish needs extra spices to kick it up a notch. I think it was too bland but has great potential

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