Recipes with a Purpose

These recipes have a three-part mission:

• These dishes aim to be so full of flavor that you won’t even notice they are jam-packed with nutritious benefits. If eating healthy seems like some dire sacrifice it won’t stick. Food has to stimulate your appetite, grab you with great smells, bold colors and comforting textures even when you feel totally meh. It has to knock your socks off. Am I right?
• Dishes feature fresh, seasonal produce, because you don’t have to do much to really fresh food to make it taste amazing. And when in season, when the produce is fresh picked locally, it’s at its most flavorful and cheapest.
• Recipes are easy to make. Whether the cook is a caregiver or the person resisting illness, nobody has enough time or energy to spend on a lot of foo-foo, fancy cooking. Also, only easy recipes with bold flavor will be able to compete with the packaged offerings that are out there purporting to be health food. These are worth the (light) effort…

With the exception of Lisa’s Taco Salad, contributed by Lisa Bonta, and the Braised Bok Choy and Mushrooms from my sister Kim, these are MY recipes that i have worked out, testing and adjusting and simplifying processes. Please use them for your own health and happiness, but please do not “borrow” or “share” them on other blogs or for profit.

To search this list, try “command” or right-click and F (a search feature should open for you on your browser’s window) or just browse the list:

A

Artichokes with Green Garlic Aioli Asian Pear and Cabbage Slaw Asparagus Black Bean Salad Asparagus Mousse Authentic Guacamole Avocado-Grapefruit Salad

B

Baked Apples Baked Veggie-Ziti Barely Baking Summer Berry Pie Berry Custard Black Bean Soup Black-eyed peas, Fresh Greens, and Pasta Blueberry Flaxseed Pancakes Braised Bok Choy and Mushrooms

C

Carrot and Sun-dried Tomato Bisque Carrot Cake (no sugar, no wheat) Cashew Milk Chilaquiles – Veggie Version Chilled Avocado-Cucumber Soup Christmas Punch – Mexican Style! Corn-Poblano Chowder Cranberry Walnut Cookies – no wheat flour, no sugar! Creamy Borscht Creamy Curried Pumpkin Soup

D

Dill Pickled Beans

E

Easy-bake Winter Squash Easy-peasy Fresh Bean Dip Eggplant with a Japanese Twist Everything Salad

F

Faux Pho Feel-good Felafal French-ish Onion Soup (Veg Version)

G

Gazpacho Green Salsa and Huevos Rancheros Greener than Green Goddess Dip/Dressing

H, I

Holiday Yams (Sweet Potatoes)

J, K

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L

Lemongrass Stuffed Mushrooms Lisa’s Taco Salad

M

Mushroom Wild Rice Stew

N

Nopal and Mole Stew

P, Q

Pan-browned Pumpkin Gnocchi Paprika Roasted Potatoes and Cauliflower Pasta Arrabiata Pasta e Lentichie Pasta Fazul Pasta Primavera Pizza Canoes Purple Sweet Potatoes Hawaiian Style

R

Raita / Tzatziki Cucumber Dip Red Curry with Summer Veggies Rich, dark truffles (no processed sugar, just dates) Risotto with Greens and Mushrooms Roasted Tomatoes Roasted Winter Squash Root Veggie Latkes

S

Sauteed Sweet Potato Greens Seasonal Fruit Crisp Smoothie with Hidden Greens Soba Salad Sopa de Ajo (Garlic soup) Spicy Pumpkin-Lemongrass Soup Spinach and Strawberry Salad with Tangy-Sweet Vinaigrette St. Paddy’s Colcannon in a Jacket Super Simple Spring Bean Spread Super Stuffed Pepper Sweet Potato – Spinach Frittata Sweet Potato Wedges

T

Tamales that Just Happen to be Healthy Tomato-Turmeric Soup Tuscan Bean and Greens Soup

U, V, W

Vegetable Paella Vegetable Wellington Veggie Vichysoisse Walnut Meringues Windfall Cherry-plum Jam

X,Y,Z

Xamfaina with Pa amb Tomaquet