Veggies & Wine

posted by Deb on Jan 9

This recipe is modified from the 1,000 Vegan Recipes cookbook. I doubled the amount of potatoes because the ratio of potatoes to oil was not good — way too oily. We had this for our main dish with a huge salad. This is definitely more of a nice light summer recipe vs the middle of winter dinner. I gave it an A- … my husband gave it a B- (he liked the taste but wasn’t convinced it was very healthy). Forgot to take a picture yet again. I probably won’t be making this one again until the summer … but it is very good!

French Style Potato Salad

Serves: 6-8 for a main dish – more as a side dish

Prep time: 15 mins; Cook time: 30 mins; Ready in 2 hours

Ingredients

• 3 lbs potatoes, scrubbed & unpeeled
• 2 tbsp minced parsley
• 1 tbsp chives, minced
• 1 red onion, diced
• pinch of tarragon
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 tbsp white wine
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 1/8 tsp sugar

Directions

1. In a large pot boil the potatoes until tender but still firm, about 30 minutes
2. Transfer to a large bowl and add the parsley, chives, onion and tarragon. Set aside
3. In a small bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar. Pour the dressing onto the potato mixture and toss.
4. Chill 1-2 hours before serving

posted by Deb on Dec 22

My husband isn’t a huge fan of sweet potatoes and even he loved these sweet potato fries. This isn’t a McDougall recipe due to the added olive oil. Next time I make these I will try it with less olive oil and update. These are a very healthy & low fat side dish that is super tasty and easy to make.

Prep time: 20 mins; Cook time: 30 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4 medium sweet potatoes, sliced into fries*
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp onion powder

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450
2. * Slice the sweet potatoes into french fry strips. Sweet potatoes are a bit difficult to cut so I microwaved them for 1 minute to soften them up a bit.
3. Put sliced sweet potatoes in a ziploc bag
4. In a bowl mix the olive oil, cumin, chili powder and onion powder.
5. Pour the spice mixture into the ziploc bag and toss those babies. Let sit for about 15-20 minutes.
6. Spread evenly on a baking sheet
7. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, turning once after 15 minutes

Nutritional Info: Calories: 162, Fat 7g, Carbs: 24g, Fiber: 3.8, Protein 2.3

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