Gayle's weekly menu

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WHITE BEAN AND ALMOND GAZPACHO SMALL___ LARGE___

A perfect soup for long hot summer days (even end of the summer hot

days), and one that can be served hot, or more traditionally

gazpacho like, cool. White beans are cooked with kombu sea

vegetable, then pureed with calcium rich blanched almonds, sweet

yellow onions, crisp green celery, gentle yet mineral rich wakame

sea vegetable, powerfully healthy shiitake mushrooms, live enzyme

rich yellow miso, and fine dices of carrot, cucumber, zucchini,and

parsley, to create a perfect blend of summer abundance in an healthy

miso soup.

BROWN RICE AND WHOLE RYE PILAF SMALL___ LARGE___

The all important brown rice, medium grain used here to promote

strength and vitality without creating too much body heat, cooked

with kombu sea vegetables to further enhance the minerals within,

then combined with whole grain rye, vitamin E and mineral rich

toasty and flavorful sunflower seeds, and an abundance of red blood

cell building fresh green parsley, to form a simple and healthy

whole grain pilaf.

WHOLLY MACRO'S FAMOUS BARBECUED " HOME MADE " SEITAN SMALL___ LARGE___

Anyone who has ever made or tasted seitan made from scratch will

appreciate how special this dish is. Seitan is basically pure

protein, with lots of naturally occurring minerals, and virtually no

fat. It has a wonderful chewy texture to it, and is very versatile.

In this dish it is braised in a yellow onion, almond butter,

mustard, brown rice syrup, shoyu, and barley malt " barbecue " sauce,

then garnished with fresh chives. Very unique and delicious.

COUSCOUS TABOULI SMALL___ LARGE___

Whole wheat couscous makes a perfect grain base for this salad like

tabouli that is accompanied by finely diced enzyme rich and

digestion supportive pickled cucumbers, red radish, iron rich

parsley, strengthening and vitalizing roasted pine nuts, naturally

fermented black olives, a splash of omega three fatty acid rich

extra virgin olive oil, alkalizing umeboshi plum, and lots of liver

cleansing fresh lemon.

SESAME SNAP PEA KINPIRA SMALL___ LARGE___

A spin on the classic kinpira, light and fresh brilliant green snap

pea pods, are ever so slightly blanched, then tossed with blood

cleansing and strengthening fresh burdock root, and beta carotene

rich carrot juliennes flavored with toasted sesame oil and morsels

of fresh ginger, creating a feast of visual and healing energy.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE SMALL___ LARGE___

The most delicious and understated dessert, a delicate and light

cake made of whole wheat pastry flour, brown rice syrup whole grain

sweetener, and natural corn oil, is filled with fresh, juicy, and

succulently sweet strawberries layered between rich dollops of

healthy, low fat, tofu " whip crème " , topped with another layer of

cake, and garnished with rice syrup glazed crunchy and calcium rich

sliced almonds.