VEGETARIAN May 2012 Menu

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It’s almost summer! For those of you in the parts of the world with real seasons, Summer is drawing closer (I live in Atlanta, where we pretty much have Summer, and Slightly Cooler Summer). And I love to celebrate Summer with simple, yet delicious meals like homemade veggie burgers and fresh salads. And one of the excellent things about veggie burgers made at home is that you can add in just about any delicious, seasonal ingredient and make a delicious burger with the right combination. This month’s vegetarian fare includes two fancy, yet simple hand-crafted vegan burgers: Fajita Burgers, which highlight fresh bell peppers, cilantro and onion, and Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers, which features sweet potatoes, fresh corn and packs a protein punch with quinoa and black beans. Yum!

On lighter, fancy-free days, enjoy some of this month’s fresh salad selections, like Carrot Lentil Salad with those farm-fresh carrots; an easy breezy Summer Corn Salad made with some of that roadside sweet corn that seems to keep getting more delicious, and Chickpea Veggie Couscous with Toasted Cashews.

Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers

And don’t forget to treat yourself on Mother’s Day this year with breakfast in bed a la Carrot Cake Pancakes. If you have tiny kids, they won’t even need much of Dad’s help to create your delicious breakfast delivery. Just pop these frozen beauties in the microwave and you’ll have a kid-served meal that tastes delicious!

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

• Carrot Cake Pancakes
  

  Wild Mushroom Bread Pudding

• Zucchini Crescent Pie
• Baked Spinach Dip Mini Bread Bowls

Lunches

• Wild Mushroom Bread Pudding
• Fajita Burgers
• Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers
• Carrot Lentil Salad

Dinners

• Sweet Onion Casserole
• Sorrel Pesto**
• Curried Carrot Soup (swapping in vegetable broth)
• Zucchini Carrot Fritters**
• Baked Zucchini with Mozzarella**
• CrockPot Corn Risotto
• Summer Corn Salad**
• Chickpea Veggie Couscous with Toasted Cashews

**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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Pinterest:

Are you a person that likes to see the menus visually? Perhaps you should check out the May 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 – May 10th 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” Tab on the left side margin.
• 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:

• Cammie Kenne – I’m a mother of two rascals, 3 1/2 and 9 months, and have recently started to build my dream job in the culinary field as a personal chef.  I love cooking almost as much as I love my children and it brings me great joy to provide my family with healthy, nutritious homemade meals.  I share recipes, reviews and pictures at alivingcookbook.blogspot.com and on my Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Round-the-Table-Personal-Chef-Service/175355295848500. Once a month cooking allows me to treat myself like a client while being forced to try new recipes, new techniques and I get to see what the freezer really does to things.  IT IS AWESOME!  I can’t begin to tell you how many people I’ve told about what an amazing site this is.  In two months we have cut our grocery bill in half!  We are going out to eat less and now when we do it’s more just for fun (as much fun as you can have with two kids) rather than the “I haven’t started a single thing for dinner and now it’s 7 o clock” unpleasantness. Cammie also shares this tip:When dealing with really wet burgers (as in Sweet Potato Black Bean or the Vegan Chickpea ones from last month) it really helps to wet your hands and keep them wet when handling the mix ture.  It keeps it from sticking.  Just a little note that might help others.

Get Started

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