Tag Archives: main dish

Black Bean Veggie Burgers

Black Bean Veggie Burgers

I don’t how it’s possible, but I have two friends in my life who just don’t like red meat. It doesn’t sound appetizing to them. And they even know the difference between crappy, processed, chemical-filled, cancer-causing CAFO beef and healthy, happy, CLA-filled, cancer-fighting grass-fed beef. [...]

Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sage & Browned Butter

Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Sage & Browned Butter

When I first laid eyes on this recipe over at Little Bit Crunchy, Little Bit Rock & Roll, I bookmarked it right away. I was practically drooling on my keyboard at that point. Once I started meal planning, I actually planned to make this dish [...]

Stuffed Eggplant with Quinoa & Burdock

Stuffed Eggplant with Quinoa & Burdock

This recipe is the fruit of my second week of successful meal planning. I love trying new recipes! In this particular case, I found a yummy looking recipe online and modified it to fit the ingredients I like or had on hand. But then there [...]

Beef & Broccoli Curry

Beef & Broccoli Curry

Curry powder is one of my most favorite smells in all the world. It’s right up there with honeysuckle and freshly baked bread. I add obscene amounts of curry powder to my curries. And every time I open the bottle I shove it right under [...]

Orange Fennel Quinoa Salad

Orange Fennel Quinoa Salad

I love love love quinoa. A gluten-free seed (not grain like most people think) that offers up hefty doses of manganese, magnesium, and protein. What’s not to love? It’s honestly not too tasty when eaten on its own, but throw in some veggies, fruits, nuts, [...]

Easy Roasted Veggie Frittata

Easy Roasted Veggie Frittata

It’s true, I miss my kitchen. I miss muffins. I miss baking in general. As much as I do love every minute of our experiences while traveling (well, almost every minute–camping in the freezing cold rain and wind of Wellington didn’t exactly make my top [...]

Garden Egg Salad

Garden Egg Salad

Raise your hand if you’ve ever opened the fridge about lunchtime and just stared. And stared . . . And stared . . . At nothing really. You’re hoping something really yummy will magically appear. Something deliciously healthy with enough protein to get you through [...]

Salmon Salad & Sweet Potato Fries

Salmon Salad and Sweet Potato Fries

When I worked at my old job I had a super flexible schedule. I could work from home quite often and didn’t usually have to work nights or weekends. But every couple of months my turn in the rotation would come around to work a [...]

Whole Chicken in the Crock Pot

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It has been ridiculously snowy this winter in the South. Case in point: I’m sitting at the table right now looking out the window at 3-4 inches of snow on the ground. For the THIRD time this winter. Please note that a good snow like [...]

Chicken & Rice Crockpot Stew

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I could tell you some great story about a family recipe that’s been handed down for generations. Or that this is the final perfection of a recipe I’ve been tweaking for months. But actually, this is the result of dumping some random ingredients from my [...]

Dinner on an Empty Fridge

Dinner on an Empty Fridge

We’ve been on a tighter budget these days since we are (drum roll please….) saving up to spend a year traveling New Zealand! (You can follow our journey on our travel blog: There & Back Again) At any rate, I had yet to get to [...]