Posts tagged with ‘beans’

BBQ season is coming up, and even though I love grilling every type of meat on my Weber, we have a lot of vegetarian friends, so BBQ season also means it’s time to get creative with our veggie burger options. We could easily purchase one of the many pre-made options. However with a large food processor, you can make the filling for any veggie burger patty in no time. My classic formula is to combine some beans, a starch, some onions or garlic, and some spices and pulse away until you get a dense enough mixture to form into patties.

This butternut squash, chickpea, and kale curry combination is not likely to be found on the menu of any restaurant. Butternut squash, chickpeas, and kale are not exactly traditional Thai ingredients, but that’s one of the most amazing things about a curry. You can honestly throw any random group of ingredients into a pot, and just let the curry sauce [...]

Week 1 of January’s Super-Food Challenge* with the beautiful Francheska of Hey Fran Hey features the sweet potato. Don’t let its sweet-like-candy taste fool you. This root vegetable is power-packed, filled with fiber, beta-carotene, and a whole host of vitamins. We love baking it, roasting it, making it into fries, and using it as a meat substitute in tacos. Sweet [...]

While most folks spend their summer months daydreaming about vacation and the beach, I spend mine daydreaming about this: Biting into the perfect peach, juices oozing down my chin Picking the perfect tomato that needs little more than a dash of salt and a splash of balsamic Tossing olive oil on stale bread and giving it new life Luckily, since [...]

Part of our “3 Ingredients / 3 Ways” Series, featuring: BLACK BEANS + CORN + FARRO Can you smell the taste of summer yet? I sure can. Every year the heat of summer ushers in a season of cookouts, picnics, and way too many (but yet not enough) ice cream trips. As the season arrives, I am always looking for [...]

Part of our “3 Ingredients / 3 Ways” Series, featuring: BLACK BEANS + CORN + FARRO I am a carnivore, and I love a juicy, meaty burger, but I get just as excited to sink my teeth into its vegetarian cousin. They’re related but definitely exhibit very different characteristics. You can’t really expect a vegetarian burger to taste like the classic [...]