The fall has been a stressful time. Between the tension of the 2024 election season, plus the darkening days from daylight savings time…nobody could blame you for feeling depressed and stocking up on carb-heavy food, booze, or desserts. But as things wind down and the holidays approach, maybe you want to clean your system out a little bit. Try these vegetable entrees to cleanse your palate and your soul from the stress of the season.
Cleanse Your Soul with These Vegetable Entrées
Thai-Inspired Zucchini Noodles
These noodles with Pad Thai sauce are full of flavor and get their nutrients from zucchini, instead of ordinary noodles. A zucchini noodle recipe is a great way to still enjoy pasta without some of the carb-heaviness. Pasta in a cleanse? It’s possible.
Kale and Sweet Potato Soup with Pasta and Poached Eggs
Kale is one of those ingredients that many say they don’t like, but the reality is that they just haven’t had it cooked well. Meike Peters’s recipe from her cookbook Noon, which celebrates Midday Meals, lets kale take the center stage.
Easy Rainbow Pesto Veggie Flatbread Pizza
As winter creeps in and the trees lose their leaves, you might be looking for a little color. This flatbread covered in vibrant vegetables will spruce up your table spread. This recipe also makes a pizza into something you can have on your cleansing veggie menu—truly, have your pizza and eat it too!
Greek-Style Greens Galette
This galette uses the ingenuity of Mediterranean cooking, where savory elements blend with vegetables to create a delectable entrée. You can use Swiss chard, kale, spinach, dandelion greens, or a mixture of greens in this galette.
Pan-Roasted Carrots with Tahini Sauce
Carrots on their own can be a tad bland, but in this recipe, we added a yogurt tahini sauce to elevate these cold-weather vegetables from a side to a main. And all you need is a sheet pan!
Story by Emma Riva
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