Today’s school lunch was these cute little mini burgers, baked fries, and grapes. I had a FAIL when I tried to create something similar to the catered menu item, steak teriyaki. The rice was under done and the vegetables were overcooked. Ick. Luckily I have several packs of these burgers waiting in the freezer. I […]
Laksa was comfort food for Dizzle returning from travels. Chili and cornbread is today’s project, so I’m hoping to post both those recipes. I’ll probably do a couple cornbread waffles and do muffins with the remainder. We’ll also have a salad with greens from the garden including some spicy purple mustard greens. Rajma is new […]
It’s almost guaranteed that each week’s menu will include an Indian dish these days. It’s such a no-brainer because it’s always delicious and reasonably easy. Dali Ambat is another one of the Indian vegetarian recipes adapted from one of my all time favorite cookbooks, Vegetarian Indian Food. I like tinkering with recipes, but honestly if […]
Time to catch up on my waffle phase with a falafel waffle recipe…. What a mess of a photo! That means it’s good, right? I have a thing for falafel. I love the stuff. We rarely go out because we like our own food. When we do go out to lunch we often go to […]
Nothing really new this week. More tomatoes from the garden made it really easy to default to okra/tomatoes and pizza. We also had nice eggplant from the garden, so babaganoush came to mind. We’ve had lots of hummus lately, so toasted garbanzos was a nice departure. We had that with spinach bread sticks. Scored a […]
This was the first recipe I tried out of my new favorite cookbook. It’s really close to the original, but I’ve made some slight adjustments after making it a few times for convenience and taste preference. Love the creamy tangy flavor of this one! Print Indian Spiced Coconut Black Eyed Peas Author: Next Good Meal Serves: 4-6 […]
Bean burrito made with whole grain tortilla and pinto beans. (Pinto beans were soaked overnight and cooked until soft, then mashed. Salt, chili powder, a splash of lime juice.) This lunch cost us right around $1.20. I was surprised it was that much, relative to the other lunches this week. The tortilla and especially the […]
The pasta is a mix of whole grain rotini along with tri-colored fusili. One serving of that was cooked and drained. I threw a handful of broccoli florets into a pan and added the pasta with 1/2 cup cooked white beans (great northern). Turned the heat on high just to get it going. Splashed in […]
It was on my list to create a veg burger recipe that was nut-free. No problem. No brainer really…I simply omitted them. Genius. I did tinker with the rest of the recipe for yet another version. The school is serving turkey spinach burgers today, so that gave me the idea of adding spinach to our […]
Mujadara was part of school lunch yesterday. The little guy loves cinnamon, and he likes that daddy sometimes takes this dish on trips for airport food. It’s an easy recipe that can be adjusted with all different spices. I’ve also done a black bean version. Print Mujadara Recipe Author: Next Good Meal Serves: 4 Ingredients ½ […]