It’s finally zucchini season! Zucchini is one of my favorite summertime produce items. They grow plentifully in my garden, so I have to come up with new and exciting ways to use them, like this tex mex black bean zucchini skillet.
This skillet meal is fast and simple, made with ingredients that I always have stocked in my pantry like frozen corn, salsa, and black beans. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Quick and Easy, Southwestern, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Beans, Cheese, Quick and Easy, Sour Cream, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Vegetarian, Zucchini
I love all things spicy. However, balance is also an important component to a great meal. This chili glazed tofu with pineapple salsa and coconut rice has got it all! Spicy tofu, cooling coconut and bright, fresh pineapple!
Coconut rice is a favorite side dish of mine because it pairs well with many things. It’s also really easy to make, and is made from pantry staples like brown rice and coconut milk. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Grains, Vegan, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Cilantro, Coconut Milk, Garlic, Pineapple, Rice, Tomatoes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole grain
Mexican food is my aboslute favortie cuisine, so I figured, why not have it for breakfast? This veggie breakfast quesadilla is loaded with scrambled eggs, diced veggies, and cheddar cheese!
Honestly, this recipe is so simple and quick, you could make it for a speedy weeknight dinner, or easy on-the-go lunch as well. It doesn’t even really have the “breakfast for dinner” vibe like when you have pancakes for dinner. Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Mexican, Quick and Easy, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Cheese, Eggs, Peppers, Quick and Easy, Tomatoes
Gnocchi are soft, fluffy, little pillows of Italian pasta that are surprisingly easy to make. They come in multiple varieties, including potato gnocchi and ricotta gnocchi. Ricotta gnocchi come together much faster than their potato counterpart. This whole wheat ricotta gnocchi with rustic tomato sauce is so easy that anyone can do it!
I try to eat whole foods whenever possilbe. I wanted to have light and pillowy gnocchi, so I tried whole wheat pastry flour and it was a huge success. You would never notice that these were whole wheat. Continue reading
Posted in Pasta, Quick and Easy, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Cheese, Garlic, Quick and Easy, Tomatoes, Vegetarian, Whole grain
This year I tried growing sweet potatoes in the garden for the first time. It was a success! Now I have a bowl full of sweet potatoes waiting for creative uses, like this sweet potato black bean chipotle chili!
I seriously loved this chili! The sweetness of the potatoes, and the smokey chipotle really play well with each other. It is different than most chili recipes, which I love because it’s always good to switch things up. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Beans, Chipotle, Peppers, Sweet Potato, Tomatoes, Vegan
Friends, it has finally gotten cold here. Like frost on your windsheld cold. I pulled all my green tomatoes out of the garden last weekend, and made this delicous fresh green tomato salsa verde!
I had 8 lbs of green tomaotes, so there was plenty to make this green tomato mince pie as well as many batches of salsa. Keep reading below to hear about some of the variations I tried. Continue reading
Posted in Component Cooking, Condiments and Spreads, Mexican, Quick and Easy, Snacks
October is finally here, and the garden is starting to wind down. It’s that time of year when I have more cherry tomatoes than I know what to do with! This year I experimented with this cherry tomato pasta puttanesca.
Puttanesca is known as the poor man meal in early Italy. It has simple ingredients that bring in big flavors. Canned tomatoes are more traditional, but I gave this simple Italian dish a fresh spin by using garden fresh cherry tomatoes. Continue reading
Posted in Fish and Seafood, Pasta, Quick and Easy
Tagged capers, Garlic, Noodles, Olives, Quick and Easy, Tomatoes
Etoufee is one of my favorite comfort food dishes. It occurred to me not long ago, that the only ingredient keeping my favorite etouffee from being vegan was the seafood. Therefore, I decided to try vegan okra etouffee as a plant based version!
I chose to use okra to replace the seafood because it is traditional in Cajun cuisine. I have seen variations that use chickpeas, but they don’t match the flavor and texture of the original dish, in my opinion. Continue reading
Posted in Cajun, Vegan, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Celery, Okra, Peppers, Rice, Tomatoes, Vegan, Vegetarian
This one skillet meal screams summer with all its fresh ingredients! My favorite part of this mediterranean chickpea zucchini skillet? The wine sauce! It ties the whole dish together.
Ok, so no duh, I love the wine sauce. I do love wine. It’a also an important component because it keeps the skillet moist. Mine completely absorbed (so it wasn’t very saucy) but the flavor it added was SO good! Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Quick and Easy, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Chickpeas, Feta, Olives, Quick and Easy, Tomatoes, Vegetarian, Wine, Zucchini
A few months ago, I developed an easy homemade mole sauce recipe. Most of the time I think of meat based dishes when I think of mole sauce. Therefore, I have been playing with the sauce finding good vegetarian uses, like these mole black bean tostadas with slaw!
If you missed it, the first mole sauce recipe I posted was the mole jackfruit street tacos. This recipe is moist and delicious, but I thought it was lacking protein. Therefore, I started working with mole and black beans. Continue reading
Posted in Gluten Free Dishes, Mexican, Vegetarian Main Dish
Tagged Cabbage, Cheese, Cilantro, Garlic, Quick and Easy, Tomatoes, Tortillas, Vegetarian
