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I like this salad because it has a nice presentation, it's easy to make and it's so delicious. I made it for a church potluck - but I'd totally make a smaller one plate version for myself on a daily basis - it's so yummy and a good way to eat tomatoes in the raw - which is something I don't normally do... so this one was a good way for me to eat my greens (reds in this case). Tomato Salad for 4: 4-6 ripe tomatoes in thin slices about 100 g black or green olives (pitted) 1/2 green bell pepper, sliced thin juice from 1/2 lemon 1 garlic clove, pressed 75 ml extra virgin olive oil, cold pressed Pinch ground cumin Salt and Pepper to taste 1 small red onion, thinly sliced in rings 2-3 stems parsley, finely chopped or 1 teaspoon dried parsley Preparation: Arrange the tomato slices in a circular pattern on the plate - two to three layers thick. Place the olives around the tomatoes one by one. Make a dressing from the lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, and sa...

Happy Pioneer Day! I should be preparing a special Pioneer Day feast... but we are eating something else tonight. Something that I have been reading about the Pioneers though is that they ate lots of fruits and vegetables and lived in harmony with the land. So you could say that the meal I am preparing for dinner tonight would be right up their alley. I'm making this meal from the Forks over Knives website . I will be making some changes to it though. I'm using spinach in place of collards and butternut squash in place of yams. If there had been any native African people crossing the plains with the pioneers - they would have loved it.  Seitan I read somewhere that seitan was popular among Mormons. I don't know how true that is because most Mormons that I know are particularly happy with eating lots and lots of meat and dairy. That's probably because a lot of Mormons are Americans and Americans eat the standard American diet.  Anyway, I wanted to know a litt...