Recipe: Nutrient-full Simple Dishes: Menu 3

Cindy Wu
Apr 01, 1999

Breakfast: orange banana smoothie
fresh cherry tomatoes
whole wheat bread
Lunch: grape fruit juice
sweet potato salad
corn bread
Dinner: tofu miso soup
stir-fried spinach
cold buckwheat noodles

Orange Banana Smoothie

2 cups orange juice
1 large banana

Blend orange juice and banana in a blender. Makes four 3/4 cup servings.

Sweet Potato Salad

1 cup cooked and diced sweet potato
3/4 cup diced apple
1/4 cup raisins
2 tblsp Mayo

Mix all ingredients. Makes four 1/2 cup servings.

Tofu Miso Soup

4 tblsp miso paste
3 cups water
1 cup diced tofu
1/4 cup scallion bits

Dissolve miso in water. Bring to soup to boil, add tofu, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Turn off heat, add scallions and serve.

Stir-fried Spinach

4 cups fresh spinach leaves, packed
2 gloves of garlic
1 tblsp of cooking oil

Heat oil, brown garlic. Add spinach, cook till withered and serve.

Cold Buckwheat Noodles

4 oz dry buckwheat noodle
2 tblsp of vinegar
1/2 tblsp of sugar

Cook noodle. Rinse with cold water and drain. Mix with vinegar and sugar. Makes two cups of cold noodles.