Minestrone Soup

1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced onion
2 cloves garlic
1 1/2 qts. water
1 to 2 tbs. flakey nutritional yeast (optional)
1 cup diced tomatoes
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 tsp. Spike
1/2 tbs. Gayelord's vegetable broth powder
1 cup diced carrots
1 cup diced potatoes
1/2 cup diced green beans
1/2 tsp. basil
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 cup whole wheat noodles, broken up
1 cup cooked pink beans

Saute first 4 ingredients together. Put the the rest of the ingredients, except the beans, in a pot and add the onion mixture. Blend the beans to a puree. Add the beans to the pot. Bring to a boil, then turn heat down and simmer for 20 minutes.

Nutty Lentil Loaf

1 onion chopped fine
1 tbs. olive oil
2 cups cooked, drained lentils
1/4 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 tsp. sage
2 tbs. whole wheat flour
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup vegetable broth
2 tsp. vinegar
2 tsp. soy sauce
1 tbs. sesame seeds
1 tsp. Spike

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Saute onion in oil until slightly brown and translucent. Mix ingredients, except sesame seeds, and place in greased loaf pan. Sprinkle top with the seeds. Bake for 30 minutes covered, then for 10 minutes uncovered.

Pineapple Rice

To the Miso rice recipe, add 1 cup small diced pineapple, 1/2 cup raisins, 1/2 cup walnuts, 1 tsp. grated fresh ginger and 1 tsp. honey.

Molasses Ginger Cookies

1 egg
1/3 to 1/2 cup molasses (to taste)
1 cup brown sugar
2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oats
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder (alum-free)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
dash ground allspice

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix molasses, shortening and brown sugar. Mix in remaining ingredients. Drop cookie dough by the teaspoon on a cookie sheet, preferably on pastry paper. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until light brown.

Sucanat Variation:

Instead of 1/2 cup molasses, use 1/4 cup molasses.
Instead of 1 cup brown sugar, use 1 cup sucanat.

Other Variations:

add chopped nuts
add raisins or other dried fruit diced fine.

2 tsp. oil
1 onion diced
2 cloves minced garlic
1 tbs. minced ginger
3 cups tomatoes
2 cups vegetable stock
1 tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. Spike
1 tbs. whole wheat flour
pepper to taste

Saute onions and garlic in oil. Add the flour and toast it (don't burn) to remove the paste-like flavor. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer until tomatoes are cooked. Makes about 5 cups.

Sesame Spread

3/4 cup sesame seeds
1 tbs. honey
1/4 cup apple juice
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. vanilla or maple flavoring
1/2 tsp. molasses (optional)