For the person who will be going to the cottage....
You can bring canned foods and make lots of soups and stews. If you
rely on the liquid in the cans, it will decrease your dependency on
water. Just make sure you have can and bottle openers!!!
Below are 3 recipes, the black bean soup was already posted to the list.
All are easy, tasty, and do not need lots of perishable ingredients.
Also, humus with canned garbanzo beans
Baba Ganoush is mostly roasted eggplant with lemon and spices
Baked potatoes with stuff in them might work.
Bring a jar of salsa, it might come in handy.
Jars of roasted peppers. You can puree the peppers for a sauce
or use them for appetizers, salads or sandwiches.
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 17:54:44 EDT
From: JBennicoff <JBennicoff@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: a tasty, quick, fatfree black bean soup
from Everyday Cooking with Dr. Dean Ornish.
Quick Black Bean Soup
Serves 4
1 cup diced onion
2-4 cloves garlic, minced
1-1/4 cups vegetable broth
two 15oz cans black beans
one can 15oz diced tomatoes
1 cup diced peeled russet potatoes, I like sweet potato
1 tsp dried thyme (lemon thyme is even tastier)
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon or to taste, Tabasco sauce
Combine onion, garlic, and 1/4 cup of the broth in a large
pot. Bring to a simmer and cook until the onions are
softened, about 5 minutes. Add the rest of the broth, black
beans with their juice, potatoes, tomatoes, thyme, and
cumin. Bring to a simmer, cover, and adjust heat to maintain
a simmer. Cook about 25 minutes until the potatoes are
tender. Thin soup if nescessary with a little more broth.
Taste and adjust seasoning. (You may wish to add some salt.)
Corn Lover's Vegetable Stew
from Everyday Cooking with Dr. Dean Ornish
Serves 4
2 1/2 c veg broth
1 onion
2 minced garlic cloves
4 c peeled butternut squash cut in 1-inch cubes
1 16 oz can diced peeled tomatoes
1 1/2 c corn kernels or a drained 15 1/4 oz can
1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 14 oz can golden or white hominy
1 red or green bell pepper, trimmed and cut in 1-inch squared
Use saucepan or stewpot that will hold at least 4
quarts. Saute onion and garlic in 1/2 cup of the broth until
onion softens, about 5 min.
Add everything EXCEPT the hominy and bell pepper. Stir. Bring
to a boil and cover. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook
10 minutes. Add hominy and bell pepper, cover and cook until
squash and bell pepper are tender but not mushy, about 10 min
Penne with Vodka sauce
Slightly modified from Patricia Wells' Cookbook "Tratoria"
About 5-7 servings
4 garlic cloves, minced (or pressed directly into pan)
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
salt to taste
1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes (I like Muir Glen crushed
tomatoes. Organic, slightly chunky and no seeds)
1 lb pasta (like penne or rigatoni)
2 Tbsp vodka (or use pepper vodka for more kick)
8 oz canned evaporated milk (NOT sweetened condensed)
You can find regular, lowfat or skim evap milk
1/4 cup flat leaf parsley chopped. This is an important ingredient
1. Start boiling water for pasta. Add a teaspoon of salt if you
want.
2. In big skillet (cooked pasta will be added at end), saute minced
garlic, red pepper, a little salt in liquid of your choic
e. Cook over low heat until things sizzle a little but don't let
garlic burn. Add tomatoes. Stir.
3. Start cooking pasta in boiling water.
4. Let sauce cook about 15 minutes or till thickens a little.
5. Drain pasta and add to sauce. Toss. Add vodka. Toss. Add milk
and reduce heat. Cover pot if you can and let cook a few minutes
to let sauce get absorbed. Add parsley. Toss. Serve.
About 6-8 servings.
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