Now that summer is upon us and good fresh produce is available, feel free to post your healthy summer recipes here. All varieties are fair game ranging from bar-b-que to strict vegetarian. Go for it! Here is one for vegetable chowder.

Vegetable Chowder

• 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup cauliflower, chopped
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 cup fresh chopped broccoli
• 3 cups water
• 3 cubes chicken bouillon
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• 1 1/2 cups milk
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DIRECTIONS:
1. In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, saute the pepper and onions in butter or margarine until tender.
2. Add remaining vegetables, water, bouillon, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer covered for 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
3. Combine flour and milk until smooth; stir into pan. Bring soup to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Mix in the parsley. Just before serving, stir in the cheese until melted.

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waldorf salad!

is it proper that a liberal should eat and promote a dish so closely associated with the ultra rich republic elite?

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Beer

ok more specifically: Widmer Bros Hefeweizen

or Guiness or Guiness and cider

Since the variety of chili recipies is manifold, I don't have a recipie per se, but a healthier suggestion: I have found that vegeterian meat--soy crumbles, which is like ground beef--can be dynamite in a chili where one wants to go veggie but not lose substance or taste.

I find that if you freeze the soy crumbles (or tofu), crumble and then saute them, they acquire a more meatlike texture.

Now that cooler weather is about to descend upon us, does anybody have a favorite chili recipe that they would like to submit?