The Hearty Vegetable

Vegetarian Home Cooking with Viv Chappell

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Dinner for the cast and crew of tonight's shoot: Build your own burrito bar, with a "smothered burrito" option. Not pictured: Carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for dessert. . Nate said, "piano face," and this is what happened. . #catering #vegetarian #food #thelastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxi_ufqHfmK/?igshid=1djocts15cl3q

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Dinner for the cast and crew: Egg, kale, scallion and sharp cheddar scramble. Is that sour cream for the berries, the spicy roasted sweet potatoes, or both? At this table, you decide! #catering #vegetarian #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWkDK5nvcc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5vp3c73bfalm

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Appetizer for the cast and crew of tonight's shoot: Breakfast nachos. Which is a made up thing and just means there are scrambled eggs on top of these nachos. 🤷‍♀️Baby gets what baby wants! #catering #vegetarian #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqynQI6nKN9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2ulk06aoap4q

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Dinner for the cast and crew of tonight's shoot: Penne pasta loaded with veggies, and cheesy, roasted cauliflower on the side. #catering #vegetarian #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp8gBSSnSuo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sslgtcu9zlrl

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Dinner for the cast and crew of tonight's shoot: The last burst of summery produce--homemade basil pesto on 50/50 linguine/zucchini noodles w/ mushrooms and tomatoes. Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and tea for dessert. Thanks to guest star @dakotapruemer for skorping in! Your dinner's in the mail. #catering #vegetarian #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYaPi6nokp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zf241afdul22

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The metamorphosis of tonight's dessert for the cast and crew. Chocolate pie with a chocolate chip cookie crust. #catering #vegetarian #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo0WHuEH4v1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uu6l1pcmu9nh

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Snack, dinner and dessert for the cast and crew of tonight's shoot: Honey crisp apples with peanut butter, cashews and chocolate. Beer-cheese-cauliflower soup with homemade bread from friends of the show--Pan de Yuca by @estebanbang and multi-grain rolls by Mom (thanks guys!). Cookie bar sundaes for dessert. #catering #vegetarian #vegan #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoiYQVunnE5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q9jm8ajqnmh4

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When you arrive on set to this sight, you know it's gonna be a good show. . . . Dinner for the cast and crew after the shoot: My twist on Tom Kha, Thai coconut soup. It's savory, tangy, and packed full of aromatics like ginger, garlic, citrus, and lots of fresh herbs. . . . #catering #vegetarian #vegan #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnsONEsHeDM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17an2eqmgagty

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Dinner for the cast and crew of tonight's shoot: Summer Picnic. Orzo pasta salad with feta and summery veg, egg salad sandwiches, kale salad with apples and walnuts, corn on the cob, tater chips, blueberry-cherry crisp a la mode. #catering #vegetarian #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnIPVj-HZyp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=oayf6x8njxdf

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Dessert for the cast and crew of tonight's shoot: Tropical popsicles...tropsicles! Made with pineapple, banana, strawberry, lime, cashew milk. #catering #vegetarian #vegan #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin)

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Dinner for the cast and crew of tonight's shoot: A Celebration of Summer Veg. Smashed yellow fingerling potatoes, zucchini ribbons, tomato and lentil salad. Chocolate chip zucchini bread with chocolate and malted milk ice creams for dessert. #catering #vegetarian #vegan #food #summer #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin)

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Dessert after tonight's shoot: cherry sundaes. 🍒 #catering #vegetarian #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin)

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Dinner for the cast and crew of tonight's shoot: "Sweet 'n savory brunch." 🍳 Eggs over easy, toast, fruit salad, green salad, polenta with red pepper sauce, tomato and garlic. Homemade waffles for dessert. 🍓 #catering #vegetarian #food #lastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin)

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Do you recognize these heavenly pillows of potato and cheese? They're perogies, Polish dumplings! Dinner for the crew after tonight's shoot. Big thanks to @lservais for sharing your Grandma's delightful recipe. #lastshowonearth #vegetarian #food #catering (at Madison, Wisconsin)

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Pasta with Mushrooms and Roasted Cauliflower

Click here for a printable version of the recipe.

Serves 3-4

A short, stubby pasta shape, like cavatappi or rigatoni, works well for this recipe.

Ingredients:

-1 head cauliflower

-3 large cloves garlic, sliced

-8 oz. white mushrooms, brushed clean, stems removed and sliced

-14.5 oz. can of fire roasted, diced tomatoes

-¼ tsp. dried basil

-¼ tsp. dried oregano

-¼ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

-2 oz. Parmesan cheese plus more for serving, finely shredded

-Small bunch chives, finely sliced

-½ lb. dry pasta

-Salt and pepper

-Extra virgin olive oil

Method:

-Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

-Remove the leaves and core from the cauliflower, and chop into florets.

-Put cauliflower onto a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with about 1 Tbs. olive oil, a pinch of salt, and toss to coat. Turn cauliflower so the cut sides are down, and roast for about 20 minutes. Remove from oven, scrape, turn and push cauliflower together. Roast in oven until lightly browned and fork tender, about 5-10 minutes more.

-Boil pasta in salted water.

-Meanwhile, heat 1 tsp. olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

-Add garlic, mushrooms and a pinch of salt to the skillet and stir. Add tomatoes and stir. Add dried basil, dried oregano, and crushed red pepper flakes, and cook, stirring occasionally.

-When pasta is almost al dente, reserve 1-cup pasta cooking water and drain pasta.

-Stir pasta into the tomato mixture. Add some of the pasta cooking water and continue to cook over medium-low heat until sauce is thickened and pasta is al dente.

-Stir roasted cauliflower into the pasta and add salt and pepper to taste.

-Remove from heat and stir in the Parmesan cheese.

-Serve topped with more Parmesan cheese and a generous sprinkle of chives.

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Dinner for the cast and crew after tonight's shoot for episode "Pizza." . Sometimes the dinner theme just comes to me. . #catering #vegetarian #food #thelastshowonearth (at Madison, Wisconsin)

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Dessert for cast and crew of tonight's shoot: Lemon macaron by @megbess! 👍🍋