Vegetarian April 2012 Menu
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We’re reveling in those beautiful green Spring vegetables in our CSA box, so this month’s recipes celebrate broccoli, cabbage and kale: Broccoli Apple Soup, Chickpea (and Broccoli) Brown Rice Burger, Beef Broccoli Pizzadillas, Stuffed Cabbage Casserole and Quinoa and Kale Mini Crustless Quiches. Quinoa also plays a central role as a complete protein star as the Vegetarian menu continues its theme of being easy to mentally digest for meat-eaters through Lent. The quinoa-tastic meals include Chocolate Chip Quinoa Muffins and those Quinoa and Kale Mini Crustless Quiches. Don’t forget to savor that fresh roadside or farmer’s market sweet corn by partaking in Thai Coconut Corn Soup.
For a detailed explanation of what is involved in creating the vegetarian menu we have a post explaining it all. If you are new and not sure how to get started we have a wonderful series starting with 5 easy steps to get you on your way to once a month cooking. Good luck!
Breakfasts
- Chocolate Chip Quinoa Muffins
Chocolate Chip Quinoa Muffins
- Orange Creamsicle Scones
- Breakfast Polenta Cakes
Lunches
- Broccoli Apple Soup
- Chickpea of the Sea Sandwich
- Thai Coconut Corn Soup
- Quinoa and Kale Mini Crustless Quiches
Dinners
- Stuffed Cabbage Casserole
- Mushroom Casserole
- Chickpea-Carrot Pizza Crust
- Carrot Mac and Cheese Bake
- Thai Chickpea Pasta
- Chickpea Brown Rice Burger
- Beef Broccoli Pizzadillas
- Roasted Tomato and Farro Salad
**Indicates meals that require NO COOKING on your OAMC BIG DAY aka “throw and go” meals, perfect for the family who needs to adjust to just do the quick meals!
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Grocery List
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Pinterest:
Are you a person that likes to see the menus visually? Perhaps you should check out the April 2012 Vegetarian Menu via Pinterest to see the yummy goodness you will be cooking up on this menu. Not sure what Pinterest is all about, check out what Once A Month Mom has to say about it.
Facebook Fan Party:
OAMM Facebook Fan Page Party – April 12 2012, 9:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST – We will be able to chat via video AND messaging during the event through FACEBOOK! How cool is that? We will be talking about the current month’s menus, answer your burning questions about freezer cooking and have fun getting to know one another. You can also see other past recordings from that tab as well. This is a great way to meet fellow Once A Month Mom’s or get your questions answered as you get started.
Instructions for viewing live-stream:
- Go to the Once A Month Mom Facebook Fan Page.
- Click on the “FB Fan Night” Button.
- Hit “view live recording” – If I am live streaming it will show you what is happening in progress. If I am not live streaming at the time, you will have the option to click through other videos that I have recorded in the past.
- Enjoy!
Test Cooks
Each month we have some wonderful volunteers who “test” out the menu prior to publication. They do an amazing job of helping to eliminate confusion and mistakes. They may not catch everything but they sure do catch A LOT! If you are interested in test cook, feel free to volunteer. Here is a little bit about this month’s test cooks:
- Michaela Moore - My name is Michaela. I am mother of two, grandmother of three. I love to cook. My oldest granddaughter got me onto vegetarian cooking. Good food is always better when shared.
Get Started
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Thanks for featuring one of my recipes, but the Deconstructed Stuffed Cabbage Casserole is not vegetarian; it has ground beef.
:) Yes, we know that – the recipe got adapted a bit in the recipe cards to make it vegetarian though – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AszNFNl3qFn2dEh4bDdYb3NBVklJMzZCRkRHaEw1N0E#gid=34
KEWL
Thank you so much for this! I have been wanting to get into freezer cooking, but most of what I have seen so far has involved large amounts of meat. These recipes look delicious, and I am super excited to give this a try. Thank you for putting this together!
I’m trying to change to number on the printable recipe cards and its not changing. I can’t figure it out. Am i daft?
Trixie, check out this post first http://onceamonthmom.com/all-menus-saving-printing-google-document-grocery-lists-recipe-cards-instructions/ and if you’re still having trouble let me know.
Just found your website and love it. I was wondering if you ever do vegan meals? It wouldn’t need to be an entire menu, but maybe a search option to pick out the vegan options? Thanks!
Casey, that is an interesting suggestion (the searchable vegan) that we hadn’t considered. I will look into the possibility. We are going to do a Mini Menu for Vegans but it will be mid-Summer before we will have it ready. Stay tuned.
Thank you so much!!!
Hello, I’m trying to print the labels but keep getting taken to google.com. Is there another way I can try? Thanks, Lee Ann
Never mind, I found them under ‘resources’. Thanks!
This may be a silly question, but for the stuffed cabbage casserole where it says 2 C brown rice, cooked, is that 2 C of dry brown rice cooked into however many cups it ends up being, or 2 C of rice measured after it’s been cooked?
And while I’m here . . . I tried the creamy artichoke lasagna and it was SO GOOD! I’m curious about a couple of the amounts though. I put in 4 for the # of people and it says 6 dried lasagna noodles, which didn’t really make sense to me. Also, is there somewhere that tells how much .17 cups all-purpose flour is. That is an unusual amount. (I sort of guessed . . .)
Thanks. Having fun trying new recipes!
That rice is about 1 cup, then you cook it and it turns into 2 cups of rice (measured after).
Awesome about the lasagna! I’ll check into that noodle number, but I think that’s right because it’s split into 2 small pans.
And .17 cups flour is about 3 tablespoons. We have a little measurements conversions chart at the bottom of each recipe post now, but that one’s basically between 1/8 cup and 1/4 cup, so it’s not specifically listed there.
Ok. Thanks for the info! :)
I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to put all this together for others to use. It’s so complete and helping stay sane. :)
Thank you so much!!!