PASTA BEAN SOUP

PASTA BEAN SOUP

1/4-cup olive oil

1-cup chopped onion

1-cup chopped celery

1 grated carrot

2 bay leaves

2 sprigs rosemary

2-cups chopped fresh or canned chopped tomatoes

7-cups water

3-unsalted vegan bullion cubes

2-cups cooked or canned beans (cannellini, chick pea, navy)

1-cup pasta (your choice)

salt and pepper to taste

Heat oil in the bottom of a pressure cooker.  Sauté onion, celery, carrot, and add bay and rosemary. 

Add tomatoes, water, and bullion cubes. 

Bring up to pressure for 3 minutes.  Remove from heat and run water over lid for early release. 

Put pot back on the heat and bring up to boil.  Add beans, pasta, and simmer for twenty minuets.  Remove bay leaf and rosemary sprig, and add salt and pepper before serving. 

Serve some and freeze some to pull out for a fast one bowl meal. 

SALSA SAVING TIP

SALSA TIP

Save money by buying the large jar of salsa on sale.  Fill small containers, slip the containers into a freezer bag, and freeze. 

You no longer have to worry about salsa going to waste.  When you need some salsa, pull out a container and zap in the microwave. 

Let it cool or serve it warm like one of my favorite Mexican restaurants in LA.  

PEACH CRISP

PEACH CRISP

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Yield: 8 servings

Peach skins can be rubbed off by blanching 3 minutes in boiling water and then 3 minutes in ice water.

Filling

4-cups fruit fresh or frozen (Peach skins can be rubbed off by blanching 3 minutes in boiling water and then 3 minutes in ice water.)

1½-tablespoons arrowroot powder

¼-cup agave nectar-optional if the fruit is not sweet enough

Topping

½-cup whole-wheat flour

1½-cups oatmeal

¼-cup canola oil or coconut oil

¼-cup agave nectar

1-teaspoon vanilla

In a glass bowl stir together the fruit, agave, and arrowroot powder.

In the microwave zap the fruit for 3 minutes, stir, and repeat until softer but firm.

Pour into a pie pan.

Whisk together the flour and oatmeal in another bowl.  Stir in the oil until the oats are coated and then stir in the agave and vanilla extract. 

Spread on top of the fruit.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until topping is golden. 

What's a PLU number?

What's a PLU number?

PLU stands for price-look-up codes.  Organic numbers begin with 9.  GMO or genetically modified numbers begin with 8.