Monday, March 28, 2011

Veggies for My Omnivore

Living with my husband and brother I've had to work on compromise when it comes to cooking: they love meat and I love veggies. Not that any of us refuses the other but over the last year and a half I've been working on getting them to eat more veggies and finding meals that keep all of us happy.
Yesterday and today I made two delicious vegetarian meals which satisfied everyone.

This pasta primavera was delicious served with rosemary bread fresh out of the oven. The bread recipe makes 4 small loaves (more like large rolls). Stephen came home just as I was taking the first batch out of the oven; he was greeted with an amazing smell and me gobbling half a loaf at the stove! The leftover rolls are going to make great sandwiches, or maybe bread bowls for later in the week. Oh yeah, and I didn't have any plain rosemary on hand so I used some rosemary garlic. I'm a huge garlic fan, maybe this way was even better than the original? Haven't tried it the "right" way yet so I don't know.
Tonight we had black bean soup with johnnycakes from Cooking with Mickey... The guys loved it. It was pretty similar to vegetarian chillies I've made in the past which always go over well, they're very hearty so no one misses the meat. I've never had johnnycakes before but they were pretty much pancakes made with cornmeal so it was kind of a fast version of cornbread.
No pictures, everything was so good we ate it all before I could think about a camera! Next time I make these I'll try to remember to take pictures and add them in.

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