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Pasta Primavera Salad with Creamy Garlic-Basil Dressing

Salad:
  • 2 cups cold leftover cooked pasta
  • 1 zucchini, chopped into 1/4" pieces
  • Handful each frozen corn, and frozen petit peas (rinse in cold water to quick thaw and drain on paper towels)
  • 3 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 4 oz can chopped black olives, drained
  • handful cherry tomatoes
  • couple handfuls shredded mozzarella cheese

Toss all ingredients together in a salad bowl

Dressing:

  • 1 6 oz container plain yogurt
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped (minced)
  • 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • 4 fresh basil leaves, cut up (or 1 teaspoon dried basil.)
  • Pinch of dried oregano

Mix all ingredients together in a small jar or cup. When ready to eat, pour dressing over salad and toss to mix well.

Banana Bread

Ingredients:
  • 1 1/4 cups presifted flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 2 very ripe bananas
  • 2 whole eggs

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  2. In large mixing bowl, stir all ingredients in order given until well blended.
  3. Grease loaf pan.
  4. Pour batter into loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Recipe Submitted by: Melissa

Homemade Pancake Syrup

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 tsp maple flavoring extract

Directions:

  1. In a small saucepan, stir together sugar and water.
  2. On medium-high heat, bring mixture to boiling.
  3. Stir in maple flavoring and serve hot.

Makes 1 Cup

Source: The Starving Students Vegetarian Cookbook by Dede Hall

Pumpkin Pie

Curried Veggies with Rice

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup rice.
  • 2 medium potatoes, chopped.
  • 1 medium onion, chopped.
  • more chopped vegetables if desired such as carrots, peas or green beans.
  • 2 tbs oil
  • 1 tbs curry powder (1/2 tbs for a mild curry flavor).
  • 5 tbs milk or plain yogurt.
  • 2 tbs butter or margarine.
  • 1/2 tbs salt

Directions:

  1. Prepare rice.
  2. Stirfry vegetables on high heat in oil.
  3. When Potatoes are soft add curry powder, milk or yoghurt, butter or margarine and salt.
  4. Remove from heat and serve vegetable mixture over rice mixture.

Serves 2

Recipe and picture submitted by: Melissa Lee

Bulgogi