Asian Quinoa Salad
This can be served as a light dinner, lunch as is, or a side dish or salad to accompany a meat main dish. It is vegan as is, packs protein…
Mexican Quinoa with Black Beans and Corn
I have been making a lot of quinoa dishes lately. They serve as easy, healthy, summer meals that don’t involve heating up an oven. This dish is vegan as is,…
Chicken Gyros
These are fairly quick, nutritious and are delicious! To make these #dinnerdoneby9am I marinate the chicken in the morning, chop the toppings, make the tzatziki and refrigerate everything. Then I…
Jerk Chicken with Jamaican Red Beans and Rice
This dish was inspired by this recipe at Iowa Girl Eats and modified with a few changes to suit our taste. This is Jeremy’s favorite dinner. It’s definitely a good…
Picadillo
Picadillo is a traditional Spanish, Cuban or Puerto Rican dish that is served either with tortillas, rice or plantains. It can also be wrapped inside of pastry dough to make…
Chana Masala
My book club read A Homemade Life and I was charged with making the Chana Masala as our main dish for discussion night. I started with the A Homemade Life…
Red Beans and Rice
This is one of the quintessential New Orleans dishes, right up there along with gumbo and jambalaya. You can leave out the meat entirely to make this vegetarian, but I…
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos
I always double this recipe if serving more than me and Jeremy, but we like leftovers around here. I serve them with the goat cheese, cilantro, radishes, assorted hot sauce (I…
