It is time for another cookbook giveaway! This week I am giving away a free copy of Almost Meatless by Joy Manning and Tara Mataraza Desmond. The premise of this book fits perfectly with this week’s real food mini-pled
ge where we are focusing on eating locally raised meat and eating less of it. The authors have the right idea when it comes to reducing (but not giving up) meat, which will have a positive impact on both our health and the environment. With close to 70 recipes, each dish features meat such as chicken, turkey, pork, or lamb as an enhancement rather than the centerpiece of the meal.
Cookbook Giveaway
Title: Almost Meatless
Retail: Available for $15.30 on Amazon
Summary: A collaboration between Manning, a former vegan, and Desmond, an unabashed meat lover, the aim is to help Americans, who they believe eat far more meat than is healthy or good for agricultural sustainability, compose meals that are both tasty and filling without having a slab of meat as the overbearing star ingredient. Instead, meat appears in smaller quantities supplemented by layers of flavor in the form of additional savory ingredients that should keep people who usually expect lots of meat from noticing the difference.
Recipe Sampling:
- Chicken: Chicken and Curried Cauliflower Salad Sandwiches, Thai Coconut Curry Soup, Chicken and Biscuit Pot Pie
- Turkey: African Peanut Stew, Turkey and Pinto Bean Cornbread Pie
- Seafood: Corn and Cod Cakes, Roasted Salmon Citrus Salad
- Pork: Potato Corn Chowder, Pork Pot Stickers, Red Beans and Rice
- Beef: Beefed-Up Bean Chili, Spinach and Chickpea Pouches, Chimichurri Fajitas
- Lamb: Shepherd’s Pie, Almond Gnocchi with Lamb Ragu
- Eggs: Grits Roulade, Pizza Strata
How to Enter
If you would like to enter the contest please read and follow these rules…
- The contest is open to those with a U.S. shipping address only.
- To enter the contest leave a comment below sharing your most favorite “almost meatless” dish that you make at home.
- Only one entry is allowed per person UNLESS you “follow” 100 Days of Real Food on Twitter. If you are a Twitter follower (or become one) you are allowed two entries!
- The contest will end at midnight EST on Sunday, April 3.
- The winner will be selected at random and announced on Twitter and Facebook (as well as emailed directly so make sure your address is entered correctly in your comment below!). The winner will have 3 days to respond before they are disqualified, and a new winner is chosen.
Please note: Your email address will not be shared or used for any other purpose.
Good Luck!
I make Grilled cheese with tomato and top it with a few slices of turkey bacon.
I am eating vegan right now, but I really liked your jambalaya recipe you have posted here. Actually have some sausage in my fridge to make it some time soon!
My fav is veggie pizza with a whole wheat crust, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and red peppers. Yum!!
My favorite almost meatless meal that we make is tomato eggplant italian sausage risotto- just a bit of meat but great meatless as well. If the butcher has italian sausage I think we’ll make it tonight!
I follow Mark Bittman’s cookbook FOOD MATTERS and often use bacon to make a meatless dish seem more substantial. Favorite version is in a potato soup. Just a touch of bacon goes a long way.
My favorite “almost meatless” dish is chili. I usually put 1/2 lb. of ground turkey in it but have it overflowing with vegetables such as peppers, onions, garlic, and mushrooms.
I also follow you on twitter!! (@TableofPromise)
I love to make casseroles with brown rice and cheesy bechamel and lots of veggies. That’s a good way to stretch 6-8 ounces of leftover meat!
Veggie brown rice stir fry with leftover roasted chicken. A little goes a long way and is a special treat
I make tomato, basil pasta with bits of pulled grilled chicken.
We have beem eating vegan most of the past year and have enjoyed your emphasis on REAL FOOD. My college age son
prefers meat when he is home – so we are adding more of that to the diet once again. I make a pasta fagioli soup that has
just 1/2 lb. of hamburger which we all like.
I’d love one of these new cookbooks!
Chicken and Biscuit Pot Pie! Yummy!!
My favorite is potato soup with a little bacon mixed in. Yum!
I make a lot of pasta dishes with veggies and throw in a little meat.
My current favorite “almost meatless” dish is unstuffed peppers- rice, tomato sauce, minimal sausage, carrots, peppers, all baked together in a dish. Mmm!
Pesto chicken pizza. Whole wheat crust, pesto, tomatoes, banana peppers, mushrooms(if I have them), 1/2 of a cooked chicken breast, & a couple handfulls of motzarella cheese. Feeds my family of 4 & the kids luuuuuv it!!
I make a delicious and nutritious southwest quinoa salad with shredded chicken, black beans, peppers, avocado, corn, red onion, cilantro and lime, YUM!
I love to make vegetable soup with fresh vegetables from my garden.
I get fresh seafood from the gentleman at Atherton Market, it’s always excellent. Last Sat made a pan-fried Cobia with a reduction sauce using butter, port wine and fresh rosemary. On the side was a rotelli pasta with a little basil, marjoram and red pepper flakes and Kale Chips made with Tuscan kale that I also got from the Atherton Market on South Blvd. It all only took about 30 min and was super delicious!
One of family’s almost meatless meal is chili. We use a lean meat and fill it up with veggies and beans. The chili is so versatile that we can make one pot at the beginning of the week and have a completely different meal each day such as chili pie, chili and corn bread, and shepherd’s pie.
Eggplant medallions- fresh from the backyard garden
I love to throw some leftover chicken into fried rice.
Baked beans with apples and bacon!
Taco salad! Delicious!
My new favorite “almost meatless” recipe is Asian Chicken Salad. We take coleslaw mix and add any raw veggies on hand, peppers, carrots, broccoli and mix some red wine vinegar, sugar and oil as the sauce. We add a can of chunk chicken breast (or shrimp) and toss all together. We’ve added almonds and crunchy chow mein noodles, as well. We serve rice on the side. I could eat this every night!
Chili with lots of mushrooms, peppers, roasted corn, a few black beans, and a minimal amount of ground beef or turkey!