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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.
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if the dogs ate the vegetarian meals, they would be better behaved.
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i need a drink. i may drink this
olive oil
.
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healthy.
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this is a healthier version of
mac n cheese
. are my kids going to like it?
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they'll love it. kids love broccoli.
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yeah.
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do your kids love broccoli?
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they do. they really do.
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combination of skim milk,
little
bit of ground mustard for zing,
little
bit of flour and raw onion.
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easy to make?
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yeah. to that you add
parmesan cheese
, low-fat or skim ricotta.
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cuts down a
little
more on the calories.
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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.
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everything in moderation.
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and eight ounces of fusilli.
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whole wheat fusilli?
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yes. steamed or blanched broccoli. chop up the stems nice and thin so they're nice and tender.
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you're not bashful with the broccoli? you put a lot of it in?
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tons. look. it's more broccoli actually than pasta.
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great.
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once that's done you can put a
little
bit of that in a dish and top it with bread crumbs.
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because kids like textures.
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they do.
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just a taste. i wish my daughter, romy, were here to taste this. she's the expert.
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crunchy, healthy, delicious. what do you think?
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good. really good.
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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.
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let's move on here.
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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.
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it sounds like pesto.
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but you're not grinding it up with a whole lot of
olive oil
.
lemon juice
. pasta water just for moisture.
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i'm going to sample this one, too.
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little
bit of
almond oil
. taste that one, too. what do you think?
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this is a
little
harder to eat, but --
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i love -- don't get it on your beautiful tie.
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i like it because you have a lot of lemon flavor in there. very light.
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crunchy tasty.
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after you.
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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.
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it comes out really great and quick, too.
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yep. we have a piece of yeast dough, pizza dough, which you can buy or home make.
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okay.
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brush that with a
little
bit of
olive oil
, top it with
ricotta cheese
.
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is it a
main course
or appetizer?
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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.
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you don't flip that over now.
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no, no, don't flip it over. and now this is an avocado beat and orange salad.
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why do you like this baby spinach?
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i love spinach. i love it. i grow a lot of spinach in my greenhouse all winter long and i love avocado.
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they're in the stores now. oh, gosh. i just got back from florida. there are so many avocados.
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talk to me about the dressing room.
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olive oil
, two tablespoons of
orange juice
.
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that's it?
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yep. beats that have been roasted, peeled and cut up. and add those right at the end.
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here is the part of the --
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i love this. you know how to get the oranges out of the salad?
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this almost feels like a spring salad yet it's perfect for this time of year.
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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.
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sunflower seeds?
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as many as you like.
little
bit of fresh
ground pepper
, salt.
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in moderation.
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and croutons.
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if you want, you can add some croutons.
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