Tomato, Basil, and Mozzerella Bruschetta w/Balsamic Vinegar

Sounds fancy doesn't it? Well it's not. The most inept cook could make this and it's delicious. I snagged the recipe from the Galaxy Nutritional Foods website.

I made this and found no changes I wanted to make, so I'm just going to give you their recipe.

Ingredients: serves 2.

6 slices whole wheat or whole grain french bread

2 tomatoes diced

1/4 cups loosely packed fresh basil leaves chopped

2 ounces of the mozzerella cheese of your choice

1 t. minced garlic

1 t. olive oil

2 T. balsamic vinegar

kosher salt and black pepper as needed

In a toaster oven or using your broiler, toast the slices of bread. Flip and toast the other side till browned evenly, set aside.

mix all other ingredients except for the cheese and let sit for 5-10 minutes to allow the flavors to "marry". Just before serving spoon tomatoe mixture on slices of bread and top with mozzerella, shredded or cubed. Slide back under the broiler just until cheese melts. *note, do not go off and leave these unattended. It only takes a couple of minutes. I like a little grated parmesan on top.

This simple dish is great with any green salad or some fancy olives. Or both!

Dinner in a minute.

Jim's Naanich

Next up we have a quick and easy sandwich recipe from Jim. He adapted this recipe from a vegetarian sandwich found in the book "By Any Greens Necessary". He sent the recipe from the book also; I'll post that later. I am posting this one first because it seems easier to make, and more likely that folks would have most -if not all- of the ingredients on hand.

Here goes:

You will need:
1/2 piece of naan bread
Avacado (as much as you like - mash it up, or slice it)
Roma tomato - again, as much as you like
Kale - a few small pieces
Bragg's amino acids (tastes like soy sauce)
Bragg's nutritional yeast
Cucumbers and garlic - optional
Tempeh (called for in the original recipe from "By Any Greens Necessary". Optional)

I cut a piece of naan bread in half. Then cut one half into quarters. Then warm the naan bread. I get the Indian naan bread from Sprouts. Spread avacado on the naan quarters. Add thin slices of roma tomato. Add small pieces of kale. A few sprinkles of Bragg's amino acids and Bragg's nutritional yeast. I found both of these at the vitamin shoppe. The naan bread warmed up with avacado is sooo good. Sometimes I add thin sliced cucumbers and finely chopped garlic. You could add thin slices of basically anything you like. I'm thinking about adding thin sliced or shaved carrots on a future naanich. I am definitely going to be adding the tempeh since I love bacon but am trying to cut way down on animal fat replacing them with raw vegetable fats. I saw some tempeh in the refrigerated section at Sprouts today.
I love this naanich as a snack or a quick lunch since it goes together quickly, is yummy and nutritious.