How To Prepare
SALAD: Steam green beans in a steamer for 5 to 8 minutes. Cook potatoes in boiling water until tender. Cool green beans and potatoes and place in a bowl.
When cooled, add bell pepper and onion to the cooled green beans and potatoes.
DRESSING: As green beans and potatoes are cooling, prepare the dressing by mixing together garlic, dill, vinegar, olive oil, mustard, and black pepper. Top salad with dressing.
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Green Bean Potato Salad
How To Prepare
1. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add celery, onion, garlic, oregano, and pepper; cook 5 minutes.
2. Add the water, broth, and lentils. Simmer, partially covered, 15 minutes.
3. With a hand blender or potato masher, puree soup until semi-smooth and thick.
4. Drizzle with lemon juice.
Serve with protein of your choice for a complete meal
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Greek Lentil Soup
How To Prepare
1. Warm oil in a pot over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until softened, 6 to 8 minutes. Add garlic and curry powder and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Raise heat to medium-high, add zucchini, pour in broth. Cover and bring to a simmer. Remove cover, reduce heat to medium to maintain a simmer and cook until zucchini is very tender, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let soup cool slightly.
2. Working in batches, puree soup in a blender until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.
3. Just before serving, season with pepper. Ladle into chilled bowls, garnish with cilantro and serve.
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Curried Zucchini Soup
How To Prepare
1. Poke a few holes in the bag of Brussels sprouts and steam in microwave for about 2-2½ minutes, until soft. To cook on cooktop: Add Brussels sprouts to a pot and add a little water. Cover pot and steam until soft, about 5 minutes. Drain and cut each in half.
2. Coat a large nonstick pan with olive oil cooking spray. Heat olive oil in pan. Add Brussels sprouts and garlic. Season with a little pepper and a dash of cayenne, if desired. Saute over medium-high heat. Continue to stir often. Use a spatula to turn over several times. Add balsamic vinegar and continue to cook until blackened.
Makes 4 serving (each serving about ¾ cup)
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Balsamic Brussels Sprouts
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Preheat broiler.
Combine 1 teaspoon cumin and 1/2 teaspoon red pepper; sprinkle evenly over steak. Place steak on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray; broil 10 minutes or until desired degree of doneness, turning once. Cut steak diagonally across grain into thin slices.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and jalapeño to pan; cook 1 minute. Add remaining 1/4 teaspoon cumin, and tomatoes to pan; cook 3 minutes or until tomatoes begin to soften. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro. Serve tomato topping with steak.
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Broiled Flank Steak with Warm Tomato Topping
How To Prepare
1.
Heat a large pot of water to boiling. Add broccoli to water and cook 3 minutes. Scoop broccoli from water and transfer to a 12-inch skillet, along with oil.
2.
Return water to boiling and cook pasta as package directs. Drain and transfer to a serving bowl. Toss with 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice and the garlic powder. Keep warm.
3.
Meanwhile, heat broccoli and oil over medium-high heat until sizzling. Add garlic and shrimp. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until shrimp is cooked. Add remaining 2 tablespoons lemon juice and pepper. Stir in seasoned potato flour and serve over pasta.
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Broccoli-Shrimp Scampi
How To Prepare
Place potatoes in a saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until tender; drain. Cool.
Combine parsley and the next 6 ingredients (through black pepper) in a large bowl, stirring well. Add potatoes, bell pepper, okra, shallots, beef, and squash; toss well to coat. Cover and chill 1 hour.
Prepare grill.
Thread vegetables and beef alternately onto each of 8 (10-inch) skewers. Place kebabs on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 10 minutes or until desired degree of doneness, turning occasionally.
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Beef, Okra, and Potato Kebabs
How To Prepare
Directions
Cook the rice according to the package directions.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat. Season the steak with ¼ teaspoon pepper.
Cook the steak, turning often, until cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
Wipe out the skillet. Add the bok choy and ¼ cup water and simmer, covered, until tender, 2 to 3 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a bowl, mix the marinade, vinegar, ginger, and Splenda. Add to the bok choy in the skillet and bring to a boil.
Add the steak and any accumulated juices and cook, tossing, until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve over the rice.
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Beef Bok Choy
How To Prepare
MARINADE: In a jar, combine garlic, black pepper, parsley, and olive oil. Shake well to mix.
VEGETABLE SALAD: In a large bowl place zucchini, mushrooms, bell pepper, eggplant, par-boiled potatoes, and onion. Add marinade and toss to coat.
Preheat a barbecue and spray with a little oil. Add Chicken Breast with BBQ marinade and cook until fully cooked. Drain vegetables from marinade. Add to hot barbecue. Sauté until tender.
Place on a large serving platter. Drizzle with marinade, lemon juice and lemon zest. Serve immediately.
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BBQ Chicken and Vegetable Salad
How To Preparec
Combine marinade ingredients. Mix well. Pour over chicken and allow to stand for 1 hour.
Leaving the skin on, cut potatoes into 3/4-inch cubes. Microwave in water for 5 minutes (or cook in water for 10 minutes), and thread onto skewers.
Cook the potato skewers on the barbecue for 10 minutes, basting occasionally with the chicken marinade. Place the chicken breasts on the barbecue and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, basting frequently.
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Barbecue Chicken Breasts with Potato Kebobs
