Meatless Monday: Butternut Squash Pizza

Happy Monday all!

Let’s talk about butternut squash. This squash is stuffed full of vitamin A and B complex. Vitamin A is an immunity booster and great for your vision, and vitamin B complex can lower stress, anxiety and depression! Put down that meat lover’s pizza; it’s time for some butternut squash topped pizza pies!

Recipe and photo posted by Real Simple.

Butternut Squash Pizza

Ingredients: 

1  butternut squash (about 2 pounds), peeled

1  small yellow onion, sliced into 1/4-inch-thick rings

3  tablespoons olive oil

1 1/2  teaspoons kosher salt

1/4  teaspoon  black pepper

1  1-pound package refrigerated pizza dough

1  tablespoon cornmeal

1  tablespoon fresh thyme leaves

1/2  cup fresh ricotta

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 400° F

2. Cut the squash into 1/2-inch-thick slices, then cut each slice into 1-inch chunks.

3. Place the squash and onion on a baking sheet. Drizzle with the oil, season with the salt and pepper, and toss.

4. Roast until tender, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a plate.

5. Increase oven temperature to 450° F.

6. Roll the dough out 1/4 inch thick. Clean the baking sheet and sprinkle it with the cornmeal. Place the dough on top.

7. Scatter the squash and onion mixture over the dough, sprinkle with the thyme, and add dollops of the ricotta.

8. Bake until golden, about 25 minutes. Slice into wedges.

This recipe serves 6!

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Meatless Monday: Sweet Potato Burritos

Happy Monday! As always, we bring you a tasty meatless recipe for your enjoyment. Eating even one meatless meal per week can help reduce your environmental footprint, and is healthy, too!

Sweet Potato Burritos

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 6 cups canned kidney beans, drained
• 2 cups water
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 4 teaspoons prepared mustard
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 4 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
• 12 (10 inch) flour tortillas, warmed
• 8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Heat oil in a medium skillet, and saute onion and garlic until soft. Stir in beans, and mash. Gradually stir in water, and heat until warm. Remove from heat, and stir in the chili powder, cumin, mustard, cayenne pepper and soy sauce.
3. Divide bean mixture and mashed sweet potatoes evenly between the warm flour tortillas. Top with cheese. Fold up tortillas burrito style, and place on a baking sheet.
4. Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, and serve.

Recipe and picture originally posted on All Recipes.

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Meatless Monday: Spiced Vegan Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

The meat industry uses an immense amount of water to raise cows, pigs and chickens for our consumption. It takes 441 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of beef, while only 14 gallons are used for 1 pound of wheat.

When you take a look at how much water is used every day just for a little bit of beef, it’s no surprise that millions of wells are going dry around the world.

According to Ed Ayres of the the World Watch Institute, “India, China, North Africa, and the U.S. are all running freshwater deficits, pumping more from their aquifers than rain can replenish.”

To learn more about how reducing meat can improve our water supply, take a look here.

This week’s recipe is the perfect example of how to be meatless, healthy and good to the environment. Here is a tasty, guilt-free dessert that will make your Meatless Monday a little brighter!

Spiced Vegan Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp ginger powder
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 3 cups quick cooking or rolled oatmeal
• 1 cup dried cranberries

Preparation:

1. Cream together the margarine and sugars until smooth. Add vanilla and soy milk and mix well.
2. Add flour, baking soda and spices until well mixed, then stir in oats and cranberries.
3. Spoon 1 1/2 inch balls onto an un-greased cooking sheet and bake 10-15 minutes at 350 degrees, or until done.

Recipe originally posted on About.com.

 

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