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Website: http://www.vermont-cookie.blogspot.com

Location: Westford, VT

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Favorite foods: Would be quicker to list what I don't like.

Last bite on earth: Chocolate

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Help me with my weekday dinners

This time of year, it's homemade soups and freshly baked bread at my house.

jdimeglio at 12:32PM on 03/31/08

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Help me with my weekday dinners

check out www.eveningedge.com. good recipes!

weisslikesrice at 1:48PM on 04/01/08

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Help me with my weekday dinners

Try some non-meat based meals once in a while to add variety to your week-day meal rotation. Here are some ideas...

">Spinach Strawberry Salad
Cheesy Rice Burritos w/ Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
Stuffed Bell Peppers
White Lasagna with Spinach and Almonds
Eggplant Parmesan
Toston Sandwich - which has no bread at all
Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich
Green Banana Mash
Stewed Potatoes over Brown Rice

Hope you like them...

Madelyn
KarmaFreeCooking

MadelynRodriguez at 6:21PM on 03/31/08

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Help me with my weekday dinners

We get a CSA basket, with a variety of fresh, local fruits and veggies that keep me inspired. I usually wait until after we get our basket, and then plan meals around the veggies we have on hand. I like to use the fresh stuff with legumes (lentils are my favorite thing lately,) risotto, grains, rices, and pastas. Add a fresh salad and usually lean pork, fish, or eggs and dinner is done. We also grow a ton of herbs in our garden for added flavor. We can adapt most meals for whatever we're craving; be it Asian, Mexican, Italian, etc.

sarahlynn at 4:16PM on 03/31/08

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Help me with my weekday dinners

Staples for me include quinoa with some sort of beans and greens mixture - very versatile if you vary the beans and greens. You can add salsa and cheddar to make it mexican, tahini and lemon for a more middle eastern taste, olives, feta, olives and olive oil for a greek take, etc. Soup is also big, as is stir fries with lots of veggies and tempeh. Get a good cookbook (I recommend Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything Vegetarian or any of his other cookbooks) and start cooking. Or scour food blogs for recipes. There are a ton of easy options out there.

rockchick at 2:30PM on 03/31/08