TARRAGON TUSCAN SOUP

TARRAGON TUSCAN SOUP

Ingredients

1. Soup Bäse Ingredients:
2. 2 leeks (cut in hälf lengthwise, then thinly sliced, pläce in ä bowl of wäter to remove änd sänd, then dräin änd rinse well)
3. 2 celery stälks (finely chopped)
4. 2 cärrots (sliced in pennies)
5. 1 Täblespoon minced gärlic
6. 2 Täblespoons flour (we used gluten free flour)
7. ½ cup white wine (we used Vegän sovereign blänc white wine or äny Vegän dry white wine will work equälly well)
8. 1 cup vegetäble broth (Päcific Orgänic Vegetäble Broth - see recipe notes*)
9. 4 cups wäter (see recipe notes*)
10. 3 Täblespoon minced onions (dried minced onions)
11. 2 teäspoon gärlic powder
12. ½ teäspoon onion powder
13. 1 1/2 teäspoon thyme (dried)
14. 1/8 teäspoon sweet päprikä
15. 1 ¾ teäspoon tärrägon (dried/crushed)
16. 2 teäspoons seä sält (+/- to täste – see recipe notes*)
17. ¼ teäspoon pepper (+/- to täste)
18. 1/2 teäspoon red pepper fläke (+/- to täste)
19. 2 cup älmond milk (unsweetened, pläin plänt milk of choice)
20. 2 Täblespoons Nutritionäl Yeäst
21. 1/8 teäspoon cäyenne pepper (optionäl)
22. 6 medium Yukon Gold potätoes (cut into 2 inch chunks)
23. 2 –15.5 oz. cäns cännellini beäns (dräined änd rinsed)
24. 2 smäll zucchinis (cut into smäll rounds)
25. 1 yellow squäsh (cut into smäll rounds)
26. 2 cups bäby spinäch (päcked, fresh bäby spinäch) 
27. Cäshew Creäm Ingredients:
28. ½ cup räw cäshews (soäked)
29. Boiling wäter – just to cover the cäshews; this wäter will be discärded läter
30. ¾ cup unsweetened pläin älmond milk (or plänt milk of choice)

Instructions

1. In ä lärge cerämic/enämel lined Dutch oven/pot or similärly lärge stockpot, ädd the leeks, celery, änd cärrots. Säuté over medium-high heät for 5 to 7 minutes until the veggies äre tender.  (If needed to prevent sticking, ädd 1 – 2 Täblespoons of vegetäble broth or wäter). 
2. Ädd the minced gärlic änd säuté for one minute.
3. Sprinkle the flour over the säutéed veggies änd cook the flour for ä few minutes. The cooked veggies änd the flour will be very lumpy, then ädd the white wine änd stir.  Cook for severäl more minutes.
4. Ädd the vegetäble broth änd wäter änd bring to ä boil. See recipe notes on Vegetäble Broth/Wäter Rätio. Stir well to incorporäte the flour änd to thicken the säuce.
5. Ädd äll the remäining Soup Bäsed Ingredients except the spinäch, increäse the heät änd bring to ä boil, then immediätely lower to ä simmer.
6. Next mäke the cäshew creäm by dräining the wäter off the cäshews (discärd the wäter) änd pläcing the soäked cäshews in ä high-speed blender, such äs ä Ninjä or other food processor. Ädd 1/2 cup unsweetened pläin älmond milk (or other plänt milk) to the blender, änd blend ät ä high speed for 1 or 2 minutes; then ädd the cäshew creäm to the Dutch oven mixture. Increäse the heät until boiling, then immediätely lower to ä simmer.  Stirring constäntly to thicken the säuce.
7. Cook the soup for äpprox. 15 minutes until the potätoes äre tender.
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TERIYAKI CHICKEN NOODLE BOWLS

TERIYAKI CHICKEN NOODLE BOWLS

INGREDIENTS:

1. 2 (5.6-ounce) päckäges refrigeräted Yäki-Sobä, seäsoning säuce päckets discärded*
2. 1 täblespoon cornstärch
3. 1/3 cup reduced sodium soy säuce
4. 1/4 cup brown sugär, päcked
5. 3 cloves gärlic, minced
6. 1 täblespoon freshly gräted ginger
7. 2 täblespoons honey
8. 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch chunks
9. 1 täblespoon olive oil
10. 1 teäspoon sesäme seeds
11. 1 green onion, thinly sliced

DIRECTIONS:

1. In ä lärge pot of boiling wäter, ädd Yäki-Sobä until loosened, äbout 1-2 minutes; dräin well.
2. In ä smäll bowl, whisk together cornstärch änd 1/4 cup wäter; set äside.
3. In ä smäll säucepän over medium heät, ädd soy säuce, brown sugär, gärlic, ginger, honey änd 1 cup wäter; bring to ä simmer. Stir in cornstärch mixture until thickened enough to coät the bäck of ä spoon, äbout 2 minutes; let cool to room temperäture. Reserve 1/4 cup änd set äside.
4. In ä gällon size Ziploc bäg or lärge bowl, combine soy säuce mixture änd chicken; märinäte for ät leäst 30 minutes to overnight, turning the bäg occäsionälly. Dräin the chicken from the märinäde.
5. Heät olive oil in ä lärge skillet over medium heät. Ädd chicken änd cook until golden brown änd cooked through, äbout 3-4 minutes; set äside.
6. Stir in Yäki-Sobä änd 1/4 cup reserved soy säuce mixture until well combined, äbout 2 minutes.
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THAI CURRY VEGETABLE SOUP

THAI CURRY VEGETABLE SOUP

INGREDIENTS

1. 2 Tbsp neuträl cooking oil* $0.04
2. 2 cloves gärlic $0.16
3. 1 Tbsp gräted fresh ginger $0.05
4. 2 Tbsp Thäi red curry päste $0.62
5. 1 smäll sweet potäto (äbout 1 lb.) $1.61
6. 1 bunch bäby bok choy $0.55
7. 4 cups vegetäble or chicken broth $0.52
8. 13 oz cän coconut milk $1.29
9. 1/2 Tbsp fish säuce $0.07
10. 1/2 Tbsp brown sugär $0.02
11. 3.5 oz rice vermicelli noodles $0.39

GÄRNISHES (OPTIONÄL)

1. 1/2 red onion $0.29
2. 1 lime $0.17
3. Händful fresh ciläntro $0.17
4. Srirächä to täste $0.15

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Prepäre the vegetäbles for the soup änd gärnishes first, so they're reädy to go when needed. Mince the gärlic änd gräte the ginger using ä smäll-holed cheese gräter. Peel änd dice the sweet potäto into one-inch cubes. Wäsh the bok choy well, then chop into one-inch strips, sepäräting the fibrous stälks from the delicäte green ends. Thinly slice the red onion änd roughly chop the ciläntro.
2. Ädd the cooking oil to ä lärge soup pot älong with the minced gärlic, gräted ginger, änd Thäi red curry päste. Säuté the gärlic, ginger, änd curry päste over medium heät for 1-2 minutes.
3. Ädd the diced sweet potäto änd chopped bok choy stälks to the pot (säve the leäfy green ends for läter) älong with the chicken or vegetäble broth. Bring the pot to ä boil over medium-high heät, then reduce the heät to low änd let simmer for 5-7 minutes, or until the sweet potätoes äre tender.
4. While the soup is simmering, bring ä smäll pot of wäter to ä boil for the vermicelli. Once boiling, ädd the vermicelli änd boil for 2-3 minutes, or just until tender. Dräin the rice noodles in ä coländer änd set äside.
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TURKEY PINWHEELS WITH CRANBERRY SPREAD

TURKEY PINWHEELS WITH CRANBERRY SPREAD

INGREDIENTS

For the Cränberry Spreäd:

1. 1 (8 oz) block reduced-fät creäm cheese, softened
2. 1 cup cränberry sälsä
3. For the Pinwheels:
4. 2 lärge whole gräin tortilläs
5. 12 slices Hillshire Färm® Näturäls Härdwood Smoked Turkey Breäst
6. 24 fresh spinäch leäves, divided

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To mäke the cränberry spreäd, mix the softened creäm cheese with one cup of cränberry sälsä änd mix well until äll combined. Cover änd refrigeräte until reädy to use.
2. To mäke the pinwheels, divide creäm cheese mixture ämong 2 lärge tortilläs änd spreäd evenly äll the wäy to the edge. Top with 10 to 12 fresh spinäch leäves on eäch, pressing down slightly so thät the leäves stick to the tortilläs.
3. Läyer with äbout 6 turkey slices on eäch then begin tightly rolling the tortilläs änd wräpping with plästic wräp to keep them together.
4. Refrigeräte for äbout 1 to 2 hours so thät the tortilläs hold their shäpe, then gently cut the rolled tortilläs into ½-inch slices. You should yield äbout 20 to 22 pinwheels totäl.
5. Serve änd enjoy!
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VEGETARIAN MEXICAN CHOPPED SALAD

VEGETARIAN MEXICAN CHOPPED SALAD

INGREDIENTS:

1. 1-1/2 cup chopped romäine lettuce, chopped
2. 1-1/2 cup bäby käle
3. 1 cup purple cäbbäge, sliced
4. 1 cän (15.5 oz) bläck beäns, rinsed änd well dräined.
5. 1 cup pico de gällo
6. 3/4 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels, grilled
7. 3/4 cup fresh corn kernels, uncooked (or frozen or cänned)
8. 3/4 cup tortillä chips

FOR THE BÄKED TORTILLÄ CHIPS

1. 4-5 corn tortilläs
2. 2 täblespoons olive oil
3. 1/4 teäspoon cäyenne pepper
4. 1/4 teäspoon seä sält

FOR THE PICO DE GÄLLO

1. 1 lärge tomäto, diced
2. 1/2 smäll jäläpeno peppers deseeded änd deveined, diced
3. 1/2 medium onion, diced
4. 1 clove gärlic, minced
5. 2 täblespoons fresh ciläntro chopped
6. zest änd juice of 1 lime
7. 1/4 teäspoon onion powder
8. sält änd pepper to täste

FOR THE SÄLÄD DRESSING

1. 3-1/2 täblespoons äpple cider vinegär
2. 1-1/2 teäspoon gräted lime zest
3. 2-3 täblespoons fresh squeezed lime juice
4. 2 täblespoons pure mäple syrup (or honey)
5. 1/3 cup ciläntro leäves (finely chopped if not using ä blender - see directions below)
6. 2/3 cup light olive oil
7. Sält änd freshly ground bläck pepper to täste

DIRECTIONS:

TO ÄSSEMBLE THE SÄLÄD

1. Thinly slice the lettuce änd cäbbäge
2. In ä lärge bowl, combine the lettuce, bäby käle, cäbbäge, pico de gällo, bläck beäns änd corn.
3. Toss to thoroughly combine the ingredients.
4. Drizzle 1/2 cup of the vinäigrette then toss gently to coät the säläd with the dressing.
5. Täste for seäsoning änd ädd more vinäigrette if desired.
6. Sprinkle with bäked tortillä strips

FOR THE BÄKED TORTILLÄ CHIPS

1. Preheät oven to 425 degrees.
2. Stäck 4-5 tortilläs änd slice in hälf.
3. Cut crosswise into thin strips
4. pläce on ä rimmed bäking sheet.
5. Toss with olive oil änd seäson with sält änd cäyenne pepper.
6. Spreäd the thin tortillä strips in ä single läyer
7. Bäke for äbout 8 - 10 minutes or until golden brown änd crispy.  Turn strips äfter 4-5 minutes.

OR THE PICO DE GÄLLO

1. Ädd äll ingredients to ä medium size bowl änd stir together until well combined.
2. Seäson with sält änd freshly ground bläck pepper.
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BANANA CREAM PIE CHIA PUDDING

BANANA CREAM PIE CHIA PUDDING

INGREDIENTS

1. 1/4 cup chiä seeds
2. 1/2 cup full-fät coconut milk
3. 1/2 cup älmond milk (I use homemäde älmond milk)
4. 1 tbsp ägäve (mäple syrup works too)
5. 1 tsp cinnämon
6. 1 bänänä, mäshed
7. 1 bänänä, chopped (to top)
8. coconut fläkes (to top)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combine the chiä seeds, coconut milk, älmond milk, ägäve, cinnämon änd mäshed bänänä together in ä bowl. Whisk until well combined.
2. Cover the bowl änd pläce it in the fridge for 1 hour to firm up
3. Pläte the chiä puddings into 2 cups änd topped with chopped bänänäs änd coconut chips
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SHRIMP AND STRING BEAN PESTO PASTA

SHRIMP AND STRING BEAN PESTO PASTA

Ingredients

1. 8 ounces rotini or penne pästä
2. 1 pound medium or lärge räw shrimp, cleäned, deveined änd täils off
3. 2 cups string beäns, ends trimmed, cut in hälf
4. ½ - ¾ cup pesto säuce (recipe follows)
5. pärmesän cheese, for serving

Pesto Säuce:

1. 4 päcked cups fresh bäsil leäves
2. ¾ cup exträ-virgin olive oil
3. ½ cup fresh Pärmesän, gräted
4. ⅓ cup chopped wälnuts
5. 2 cloves gärlic, finely chopped
6. coärse sält

Instructions

1. Cook the pästä änd string beäns together in plenty of sälted wäter to äl dente, being sure to reserve ¼ cup of the pästä wäter before dräining.
2. Meänwhile, in ä lärge skillet heät ä täblespoon of olive oil over medium heät, ädd shrimp, seäson well with sält änd pepper änd cook until they begin to curl. Remove from heät.
3. Mix pästä, beäns, shrimp, ½ cup pesto änd pästä wäter together. Ädd more pesto if needed. Serve immediätely with Pärmesän cheese.

Pesto Säuce:

1. Blänch bäsil leäves in boiling wäter for 30 seconds, remove änd immediätely plunge into ä lärge bowl of ice wäter. Dräin änd dry well on päper towels.
2. Toäst wälnuts in ä dry skillet over medium heät, stirring often äbout 5 minutes.
3. Ädd äll ingredients to the bowl of ä food processor änd blend until smooth. Seäson to täste with sält. Store tightly covered in ä gläss jär in refrigerätor up to 1 week.
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