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Chili to Warm Up

November 8, 2010

It has been a cold, damp, windy day in Massachusetts today.  As there was no grocery store trip this week (except Matt went today to pick up some bananas), I scoured the freezer yesterday to find something for dinner tonight.  Turns out chili was a perfect meal for the evening. There was a container of [...]

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Creepy Chickpeas

October 31, 2010

Ok my chickpeas weren’t creepy but it is Halloween! The Wholly Guacamole Fairy sent me a huge package filled with delicious treats… I love Wholly Guacamole because their ingredients on everything (minus the Queso) are decent: Salsa: I incorporated some of my new goodies into dinner tonight – Mama Pea’s Chickpea Tacos – my favorite [...]

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Chickpea Creation

April 21, 2010

I was going to blog about my breakfast this morning but realized I had something I’ve had a lot in the past few weeks – a Chocolate Carnation Instant Breakfast-Soynut Butter Smoothie.  But instead I thought I would tell you about my new-favorite-sandwich that I made for dinner last night… Guacamole-Chickpea Wrap Here is the [...]

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We Will Try Again!

January 27, 2010

Tonight’s dinner menu included a recipe from my new cookbook How To Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman.  Simple Bean Burgers sounded, well, simple, interesting and quick to make – even on a weeknight. I followed the recipe exactly minus the 1 tablespoon of chili powder – instead I used a combination of garlic powder, [...]

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Build a Better Burger…Build a Bulgur Burger

December 10, 2009

Wrapping up Clean out the Freezer to Make Room for Xmas Cookies 2009 week (for some reason I did not plan a meal for tomorrow), I found some hamburger meat from when we went to Tendercrop Farm this summer.  Sadly, there wasn’t a lot, so I cooked up some bulgur and added it to the [...]

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Bulging Burritos!

October 12, 2009

This afternoon, I loaded up my slow cooker with dinner tonight (remember Simple Changes September – I am trying to use the slow cooker once/week).  I followed a recipe from Cooking Light’s Slow Cooker Cookbook to create Barley, Black Bean and Corn Burritos.  I used low-sodium veggie broth instead of chicken to make this dish [...]

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Burrito Bowl!

September 15, 2009

After some more couch time (and the Oprah interview with Whitney Houston), I decided that perhaps some food would give me more energy.  Looking at the fridge, I decided on a Wrap-less Mexican Brown Rice burrito! In a bowl went: Mexican Brown Rice Black beans shredded cheddar cheese cherry tomatoes Wholly Guacamole As dippers, some [...]

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