Martha goes meatless: Beet salad, asparagus pizza, more

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   >>> this morning on martha on "today," we're talking about meatless meals. if you think that a more vegetable based diet is boring and blah, martha stewart says you should think again, out with a brand new cookbook called meatless. martha, good morning. great to see you.

   >> if the dogs ate the vegetarian meals, they would be better behaved.

   >> i need a drink. i may drink this olive oil .

   >> healthy.

   >> this is a healthier version of mac n cheese . are my kids going to like it?

   >> they'll love it. kids love broccoli.

   >> yeah.

   >> do your kids love broccoli?

   >> they do. they really do.

   >> combination of skim milk, little bit of ground mustard for zing, little bit of flour and raw onion.

   >> easy to make?

   >> yeah. to that you add parmesan cheese , low-fat or skim ricotta.

   >> cuts down a little more on the calories.

   >> it does. some salt and pepper . not too much. read the paper today, too much salt, you know. we have to cut back on salt.

   >> everything in moderation.

   >> and eight ounces of fusilli.

   >> whole wheat fusilli?

   >> yes. steamed or blanched broccoli. chop up the stems nice and thin so they're nice and tender.

   >> you're not bashful with the broccoli? you put a lot of it in?

   >> tons. look. it's more broccoli actually than pasta.

   >> great.

   >> once that's done you can put a little bit of that in a dish and top it with bread crumbs.

   >> because kids like textures.

   >> they do.

   >> just a taste. i wish my daughter, romy, were here to taste this. she's the expert.

   >> crunchy, healthy, delicious. what do you think?

   >> good. really good.

   >> this book is great. what it does is focus all of us on eating less meat. if you eat less meat you're probably going to prevent -- or help prevent cancer, heart disease , obesity, nervousness. all kinds of things.

   >> let's move on here.

   >> this is just a great, linguini with toasted -- this is cooked. toasted almonds. almonds are very good for you, very high source of protein. lemon zest . lots of parsley. this is a modified kind of pesto.

   >> it sounds like pesto.

   >> but you're not grinding it up with a whole lot of olive oil . lemon juice . pasta water just for moisture.

   >> i'm going to sample this one, too.

   >> little bit of almond oil . taste that one, too. what do you think?

   >> this is a little harder to eat, but --

   >> i love -- don't get it on your beautiful tie.

   >> i like it because you have a lot of lemon flavor in there. very light.

   >> crunchy tasty.

   >> after you.

   >> this is fun, a stove top pizza. you can make pizza on the grill. we started out years ago. but you can also make it on the stove top grill.

   >> it comes out really great and quick, too.

   >> yep. we have a piece of yeast dough, pizza dough, which you can buy or home make.

   >> okay.

   >> brush that with a little bit of olive oil , top it with ricotta cheese .

   >> is it a main course or appetizer?

   >> you can eat a whole one, like a main course , with a salad. it's good. you can grill them and don't forget the branlanching part. i like to blanch them first. top with the grilled asparagus. kids can make their own.

   >> you don't flip that over now.

   >> no, no, don't flip it over. and now this is an avocado beat and orange salad.

   >> why do you like this baby spinach?

   >> i love spinach. i love it. i grow a lot of spinach in my greenhouse all winter long and i love avocado.

   >> they're in the stores now. oh, gosh. i just got back from florida. there are so many avocados.

   >> talk to me about the dressing room.

   >> olive oil , two tablespoons of orange juice .

   >> that's it?

   >> yep. beats that have been roasted, peeled and cut up. and add those right at the end.

   >> here is the part of the --

   >> i love this. you know how to get the oranges out of the salad?

   >> this almost feels like a spring salad yet it's perfect for this time of year.

   >> no, no, it's winter. oranges and beats are wintry. toss that up. i can use this whole bowl. i don't know about you.

   >> sunflower seeds?

   >> as many as you like. little bit of fresh ground pepper , salt.

   >> in moderation.

   >> and croutons.

   >> if you want, you can add some croutons.

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