Sauteed Mushrooms and Zucchini on Pumpernickel |
ingredients
Vine tomatoes - 1 per person - cut in half inch slices*
Mushrooms - 3 or 4 or a portabello mushroom (the large ones) for each person - half inch slicesCourgettes - 4 or 5 slices per person - half inch slices
Olive oil - 1 teaspoon per person
Shoyu (natural soya sauce) - 2 teaspoons per person
- 1. Wash and slice vegetables
- 2. Mix the soya sauce and oil together whisking a fork
- 3. Toss the vegetables in half of the shoyu/oil mixture and place them on the wire rack of a large grill pan.
- 4. At the side of the veggies, put one slice of pumpernickel per person.
- 5. Grill for about 5 mins (should be gently sizzling)
- 6. Turn over the veg slices and bread and grill for another 5 mins.
- 7. Layer the veg on the pumpernickel first the tomatoes then the mushroom slices, then the courgettes. Pour over these the other half of the shoyu/oil mix and grill all for a further 2 or 3 mins or until sizzling and starting to brown slightly. *Alternatively you can half the tomatoes, and serve them grilled on the side.
Serve garnished with chopped chives or finely sliced spring onions, followed by ginger lemon tea for a quick macrobiotic* cooked breakfast.
This is a quick meal made substantial by using pumpernickel bread, it makes a great breakfast if you feel extra hungry, also can be eaten for lunch or supper. Organic sliced wholemeal bread can be substituted for a lighter meal.
You can buy great organic pumpernickel at most supermarkets. The one I got from Morrisons only cost about a £1.09 - it contains 8 slices and keeps for weeks till opened. It is made with whole rye flour and cooked whole oats and barley, it has no wheat content at all.
Twinings do a lemon and ginger tea, which I noticed at both Morrisons and the Co-op.
*strictly speaking, tomatoes are avoided when aiming for macrobiotic ideal balance, as they are extremely yin. Personally I tend to be pretty tolerant in regards to nightshade vegetables (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines . . etc), on an occasional basis.