Category Archives: Macrobiotic

Simple Miso Soup

I felt the first signs of a cold coming on during my commute home this evening,  so while sitting on the subway, I thought about cooking this healthy, healing miso soup.   Miso paste is a great ingredient to keep in the fridge, it keeps for months.  It is made by fermenting soybeans with salt and [...]
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Sunday Night Dinner pays Monday Lunch Dividends

Tonight’s dinner was a delicious macrobiotic plate of millet, roast squash, steamed collard greens and tofu. We made double the amount so that we would have enough for a lunch portion for tomorrow. You’ll notice this is a consistent trend here at SustainablePantry.com. This is a very easy and effective way to save money, time, [...]
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Roast Winter Squash

One of the items in this week’s Urban Organic box was a buttercup squash. I had never had a buttercup squash before, but it looked very similar to an acorn and kabocha squash, so I treated it the same way.  We were planning a simple macrobiotic dinner (steamed collard greens, millet, roast squash and tofu), [...]
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Clean Cooking: Steamed Veggies, Whole Grains & Tofu

Tonight was clean cooking night at our house. There’s really nothing like some simply steamed vegetables with a whole grain to make you feel great from the inside out. It couldn’t be easier to make–even if you have no/few fresh veggies on hand. Our fridge is under-stocked right now and I would usually use some [...]
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Clean food night

We try to eat macro once a week…Tonight was it… Quinoa, roast beets and steamed broccoli, carrots, red onion and tofu. The sauce was also really simple…Black bean paste, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil.
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