Recipe for Fettuccine with Swiss Chard and Mushrooms

I'm late joining the "Meatless Monday" party.  We eat non-meat meals but not as often as I'd like, so I decided to make Mondays the day to spur me on to find and cook some good recipes on a regular basis.

Recipe for Mediterranean Crunch Salad

Here’s a healthy and hearty salad that serves a crowd.  It is modified slightly from a Whole Foods recipe.  I used chard instead of kale and made a basil-feta dressing instead of just dressing it with red wine vinegar.  It definitely needs the dressing for my tastes.  This keeps well for several days in the fridge.

Recipe for NCLS Beef and Veggie Slow Cooker Stew

Last week, the SF Giants were contending for the National League Championship Series title.  They won!  And on to the World Series they went...long time coming.   I put this pot of healthy and delicious beef and veggie stew on in the morning and took it over to our friends house that evening where we all cheered on the Giants.  Was it our cheering?  The stew?  Not sure, but they did win, so I'm honoring that in the title for this easy crock pot recipe.

Asian Chard Salad with Mushrooms and Bell Pepper

How many of you are lucky enough to have a wonderful farmer’s market nearby? Or access to locally grown produce? After moving here to Maui from the SF Bay Area, one of the first things I had to adjust to was that a lot of the locally grown stuff, the good stuff, went to the Resorts/Restaurants on the island. I was spoiled in NoCal, good produce was everywhere, at every store, and on every corner it seemed.

There are farmer’s markets here to get great stuff if you can get up and out of the house early in the mornings. I am up early; getting out of the house early, not so much. Fortunately, a wonderfully smart businesswoman here started a business of providing home delivery of locally grown produce, as well as local artisan products (jam, bread…) and local fish.  Every Wednesday I get my “goodie box” delivered right to the front door. Her name is Roxanne Tiffin and you can read more about her company, Kula Fields.