Day 98 Salad with Nutritional Yeast Vinaigrette

Salad with Nutritional Yeast Vinaigrette

This high protein dressing can go with a dinner salad or over regular mixed salad greens.

Dressing
1/3 Cup Nutritional Yeast
1/4 Cup Hazelnut Oil
1/4 Cup Champagne Vinegar
2 Garlic Cloves, chopped
1 Teaspoon Honey Mustard
Salt and Pepper to taste

1. Place all ingredients in a medium bowl.  Mix with an electric mixed for 1 minute.  Pour over salad.

Salad

Mixed Salad Greens
Pinto Beans
Carrot, grated or shaved
Dried Blueberries
Pepitas
Pecans, chopped
Olive, sliced

Layer on a plate and pour oil over.

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Day 3 Haricot Verts

Haricot Vets with Mustard Vinaigrette

4 ounces rustic whole wheat bread, cut into 1/2 cubes
1 1/2 pounds haricort verts
2 minced shallots
1 Tablespoon whole grain mustard
1 Tablespoon Red Wine
1/4 extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/4 cup fresh dill
1/4 teaspoon salt

Always use Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) for the best flavor

1. Preheat oven to 350.  Arrange bread cubes in a single layer on a baking sheet and toast till golden brown.

2. Haricot verts are smaller than regular green beans and the ends do not need to be cut off.   In a large pot of salted water, cook beans until tender crisp. Drain, return to pot.

3.  In a medium skillet, mix together shallot, mustard and wine.  Whisk in oil in a slow steady stream.  Heat mixture, whisking till hot.

4. Toss beans with vinaigrette, croutons and dill. Season with salt.

Goes well with Leek Risotto.

Adapted from Martha Stewart

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Garlic Vinaigrette

With a fresh batch of groceries in the house, serious cooking will happen this week. Breakfast however, was pretty basic.  I added a chopped apple to Maple Pecan Cereal with rice milk.

Lunch was a Pasta Salad.  I used leftover pasta that I had frozen.  I added toasted pine nuts, yellow and red bell pepper, basil, nutritional yeast and the Garlic Vinaigrette.

Pasta Salad

For dinner I roasted potatoes, carrots and celery. I topped it with mock chorizo and some ranch dressing.

toasted pine nuts

The ranch dressing was made with tofu sour cream, vegan mayonnaise, garlic, onion and garlic powder, and black pepper.

Ranch Dressing