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Tatters:)An easy recipe for a mango tartine vegan sandwich provides the perfect open-faced bread base to highlight some amazing fruit.
The recipe combines sweet, tangy mango with the savory creaminess of tofu cream cheese for a flavor that really pops. To make the mango tartine, you slice 1 large, ripe mango into cubes, place in a bowl and add the juice of ½ lemon, 1 tsp olive oil, a pinch of sea salt and fresh black pepper and mix gently. Slice a fresh ciabatta roll and spread with 3 Tbsp tofu cream cheese on each side. The spoon the mango cubes on top of the cheese, and layer on thin slices of medium red onion and a few leaves of Boston, Butter or Romaine lettuce. You can serve open face, or closed and sliced.
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While looking at restaurant menus, I've often heard friends say, "I've eaten so much ____ [fill in the blank with a commonly eaten meat!], that I can hardly stand it any more"! The thing is, we don't necessarily have to go out to eat to add some variety to our diets. In fact, it's as easy as going online! Just as I've turned to the internet to help me broaden my understanding of nutrition and to help me add variety to our menus at home, I've also found that it's possible, for example, to buy pork online. When I got my husband involved in broadening the scope of our meals at home, he thought of venison. We were both wondering where to buy venison, when it occurred to me-again-to look no further than the internet, and sure enough! Now we keep a good stock of different meats in the freezer, so there's no problem about making it to the store, etc., when it comes to reaching for a good piece of meat around which to base a good, healthy meal at home. Cooking, even with meats that aren't the most common, just got easier!
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mdidThere are many cures for a St. Patrick's Day hangover. The Japanese swear that eating a pomegranate will do the trick, or you could try the old Tahoe cure of jumping into a cold lake. But finding a recipe or two for all that leftover corned beef and cabbage is another post-holiday headache that may be easier to cure. This is not like the leftover Thanksgiving dinner that you can just re-heat and enjoy.
The congealed corned beef and cabbage in your fridge loses its charms quickly. However, it can be utilized to make a classic Rueben sandwich, for which you need corned beef, Swiss cheese, sour kraut and Russian dressing on rye bread. The key is to keep it pure and simple, with no add-ons. Many people make the mistake of buying the wrong type of bread for Reubens. It has to be real, authentic rye bread. That means the first ingredient on the label should be rye flour followed by caraway seeds.