I am trying some new meal ideas this week. We have been trying to eat mostly vegetarian and to be honest, I've been pretty uninspired. We've had some good meals but it's hard to decide what to make that feels like a full meal. I got a new cookbook at the library. It's a vegetarian cookbook and all the recipes are 5 ingredients or less. I have chosen some recipes to try this week and I plan to blog about them all--aren't you excited?? So, tonight we are having Cabbage and white beans (thank you to AnnMarie for this meal idea) and Barley and Corn Salad (from the cookbook).
Here are the recipes--
Cabbage and white beans--
Melt a few tablespoons of butter or heat a few tablespoons of olive oil. Slice up a head of cabbage into thin slices and add to the pan. Let that saute for a little while until the cabbage is pretty soft. Add some salt to taste and 2 tsp. apple cider vinegar. Then when the cabbage is fairly soft, add 2 cans of drained, white beans. Let it all simmer together until it's hot.
Barley and Corn Salad
1 cup pearl barley
10 oz. pkg. frozen corn or 2 cups fresh corn kernels, cooked
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 c. fresh parsley or 1/4 c. fresh dill (I don't have either but plan on using dried dill)
1/2 - 2/3 cup of vinaigrette
Cook the barley and let it cool to room temp. Add the rest of the ingredients and serve.
I'll report back on how the fam likes it. It won't be anybody's favorite but hopefully it will pass.
Above is last night's dinner. The Barley and Corn salad was okay--Ollie loved it but I wasn't super impressed. I'll probably make it again since it was fresh and healthy though. I didn't get a picture of tonight's dinner before it was half eaten--sorry. We had pasta with asparagus. It was super simple--pasta and asparagus that has been sauteed with garlic in olive oil. Toss it all together and then top with cheese--we had three choices--feta, gorgonzola, and goat cheese. It was simple and good and everyone liked it. 
