I found a recipe for vegetarian enchiladas on another food blog that I read regularly: Iowa Girl Eats (http://iowagirleats.com/2010/03/04/the-elusive-winter-iowan-emerges-recipe/). I adapted the recipe a bit and made these: Serves 4 (2 enchiladas per person) Ingredients 1 TB of extra virgin olive oil 1/2 small yellow onion, diced 2 sprinkles of [...]
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If you are trying to incorporate more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains into your diet and you love Chinese-inspired food, this is the recipe for you! I give you: Sweet and Sour Veggies with Brown RiceThis recipe, which serves 4-6 people, requires just a few, inexpensive ingredients:Ingredients4 servings of cooked whole brown riceEVOO cooking spray1 red [...]
I don't know about you, but I crave pasta...a lot! When I make it at home I try to keep it as healthy as possible by choosing a 100% whole wheat pasta. Whole wheat pasta tastes just as good (if not better) than white pasta and is much healthier! Tonight for dinner, however, I decided [...]
Sweet potatoes and pizza are two of my favorite foods...so what better way to cook than to combine the two?? This may sound like an odd combination, but it was a new dinner idea that I thoroughly enjoyed. I decided to make an individual sized pizza to see how I [...]
It is not that often that I really crave meat. But every once in a while there is a food item that contains meat that just sounds SO good. Case and point: sloppy joes. Obviously I cannot eat "real" sloppy joes as they contain meat. However, after some searching and browsing through recipes, I found a solution: [...]
Last night I created a recipe for vegetarian cavatelli using inspiration from a cavatelli recipe in a Hy-Vee Seasons magazine. I changed up the recipe in order to make a meat-free, healthier version. I have found that it is quite easy to take an ordinarily meat-focused recipe and adapt it to make it vegetarian friendly. Vegetarian [...]
I promised that I would post the recipe for the dinner that I made last night...and here it is! This is a super easy Mexican casserole that can be prepped for and cooked all within 45 minutes. This recipe was adapted from a recipe at Vegan Awakening's blog (http://veganawakening.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/enchilada-rice-casserole/). To create this meal you will need: [...]
Lately I have had a serious craving for pizza. However, I was also craving something healthy and not drenched in grease (not to say that I don't indulge in this from time to time!). I decided to create my own pizza using just a few ingredients. This was seriously such an easy and delicious dinner [...]
