Posted in appetizers, beans, dips, healthy, vegetarian on Jun 6th, 2008
Oh my gosh, this was such a great meal. I had something similar at a restaurant a while ago when Dave and I stopped for lunch in Syracuse’s university area. I got the vegetarian combination plate, which included hummus, falafel, baba ganoush, pita, and I think tabbouleh. I was trying to recreate that fantastic meal [...]
Posted in beans, gluten free, pork on May 25th, 2008
I can’t remember how I got it in my head to make franks and beans. I thought I had mentioned it in a blog post, but I can’t find it. Was it a comment on someone else’s blog? I thought I just idly mentioned it somewhere, and then I started thinking “yum…pork and beans…” (Ah, [...]
Posted in beans, healthy, salad, vegetables, vegetarian, weeknight meal on May 15th, 2008
The combination of my upcoming beach trip and Tuesdays With Dorie has prompted a series of main dish salads for dinner. I’m surprising myself by how much I’m enjoying it. I was especially surprised by this salad, which I expected to be edible but not special. I’m so glad I chose the recipe even though [...]
Posted in beans, favorites, gluten free, one pot meal, pork, rice, weeknight meal on May 1st, 2008
I love beans. This is a recent revelation, as the only beans I remember eating as a kid were refried or mixed with hot dogs. (And just like that, pork and beans has been added to my “To Cook” list.) I’m not sure if it’s the beans that are so good, or the type of [...]
Posted in beans, healthy, one pot meal, pasta, vegetarian, weeknight meal, whole grains on Mar 24th, 2008
Dave recently told me that he’d prefer to eat less meat. Because I do all of the meal planning and cooking, we generally have an understanding that I get control over what we eat. On the other hand, Dave is so open-minded about what we eat that it’s fair for him to offer up some [...]
Posted in appetizers, asian, beans, chicken, healthy, pork, soup, tofu, vegetarian on Feb 5th, 2008
I have backlog of soups to be blogged, so I’m going to throw them all into one soupfest entry. First up is lentil soup, which I was excited about because I found the fancy French lentils, but it seems like I’m cursed to never quite have all the right ingredients for this soup. The first [...]
Posted in beans, favorites, healthy, one pot meal, vegetarian, weeknight meal on Dec 14th, 2007
You know those days after you’ve eaten nothing but crap when you just feel heavy and unpleasant? Usually they happen after a vacation or maybe just a particularly decadent weekend. This is my go-to meal for those days. My parents recently visited, and it was four days of mostly eating out. Waffles for breakfast, pizza [...]
Posted in beans, chicken, crockpot, favorites, good as leftovers, healthy, rice, weeknight meal on Nov 29th, 2007
Well, we can’t eat sandwiches every night! We also had rice two nights in a row. Not a great week for variety. I realized recently that I only have one crockpot meal that I make regularly. That needs to change! My sister is a crockpot fiend, so I need to ask her for some good [...]
