Category: Gluten Free

Thai Chickpea Stew Over Brown Rice (Vegan)

Posted on by Lisa P

One night I was making Dirty Rice and was suddenly inspired to make it into a complete meatless meal by adding chickpeas.  I also changed the cooking method and added a packet of thai curry paste.  Oh wow thank you to the divine being that inspired me because this was the best meal I’ve manifested in a while.

It’s wonderful as a main course for a vegan diet.  If you’re not vegan I recommend sprinkling with some crumbled feta cheese (see condiments). If you like meat you can add a cup or so of cubed chicken with the garlic in step 4 and saute for 2 minutes instead of 30 seconds.

Ingredients

1 Tbsp coconut oil
1 large carrot
1 medium yellow onion
1 stalk celery (optional)
3/4 C chopped red cabbage
1-14 oz can chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans), drained
2 C fresh broccoli Continue reading “Thai Chickpea Stew Over Brown Rice (Vegan)” →

Mexican Baked Tilapia

Mexican Baked Tilapia

Posted on by Lisa P

I have some great modifications I’d like to make to this mexican baked tilapia dish, however it’s pretty healthy by itself, even without my simple adjustments (which mostly have to do with reducing effort and fitting into our meal plan model).  The most important thing is to get 2 pounds of tilapia instead of 1.5.  You don’t really need to increase the rest of the ingredients (but you can if you want).  You will need a slightly bigger baking dish to fit the additional fish. The reason for the larger quantity is so you can use the leftover cooked fish in another meal later in the week.

Here are some simple changes you can make to reduce the time required to make this dish. Continue reading “Mexican Baked Tilapia” →

Dirty Quinoa

Posted on by Lisa P

Serves: 3-4 people
Hands-on time: 15-20 min
Total time: 30 min

This recipe for “dirty” quinoa is adapted from the dirty rice I used to make all the time when I was single and cooking was a low priority.  I also used to chop up hotdogs and throw them in to make a meal, but um I don’t do that anymore. Now it’s just clean, whole, unprocessed food for me.  I sure wish they made a natural hotdog flavor I could add to a dish to get my hotdog fix.  Anyway, enough about hot dogs, let’s make some dirty quinoa!

Ingredients

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Fresh Pears With Cinnamon

Fresh Pears With Cinnamon

Posted on by Lisa P

Dessert! Who doesn’t crave something sweet after a meal? If you said “me” you’re lying (or deluded). Even if you truly don’t crave sweets, you’re missing out on one of the best things life has to offer.

The best, healthiest dessert is a simple pile of whole fruit, whatever’s in season.  In the middle of the winter, pears are perfect because they are still widely available and didn’t have to fly from Peru to North America (very bad for the environment).

  1. Cut a ripe pear into eight wedges
  2. Cut out the seeds and stem.
  3. Sprinkle with cinnamon, then sprinkle with some more cinnamon.
  4. Eat.

The. Best. Ever.

Photo of pear with cinnamon

Classic Rice and Beans

Posted on by Lisa P

Use the beans recipe here, but make the below adjustments.

http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/classic-black-beans-and-rice-46221

Adjustments:

  1. Don’t use sazon, it has MSG in it, just add some adobo seasoning instead, or a mix of garlic powder, paprika and salt.
  2. Double the recipe
  3. This will taste way better if you use beans you’ve cooked from dried and stored in your freezer using this recipe.  Home cooked beans are always better than canned.
  4. Serve over long grain brown rice, not white rice.

Super Easy Baked Chicken Breasts

Posted on by Lisa P

Serves: 4-8 people
Hands-on time: 5 min
Total time: 30 min

This recipe for baked chicken breasts is truly super easy.  Baked (or roasted) chicken breasts can easily dry out and taste tough, but this recipe gives consistently moist, delicious results.

Ingredients

2 to 2-1/2 lbs chicken breasts (chicken thighs work well too but have a different nutritional profile)
1 Tbsp Olive oil
1-1/2 Tbsp Adobo or other seasoning blend Continue reading “Super Easy Baked Chicken Breasts” →