Category Archives: Vegetarian

Szechuan-Style Tofu with Peanuts

In my quest to try and reduce the amount of meat that we consume, I find myself cooking a lot of pasta. And then occasionally I’m reminded that tofu exists and can help reduce our pasta intake while still decreasing our meat intake. Wow, can I just say that the vegetarian options on my recipes [...]

Vegetarian Black Bean Chili with Orange and Cumin

I was incredibly impressed with the recipe. It was so flavorful and so hearty, a great vegetarian entree. It was also very inexpensive – especially because I used dried black beans. I soaked them overnight and then cooked them until they were tender and then used them in the recipe instead of using canned beans. [...]

Multigrain Penne with Hazelnut Pesto, Green Beans and Parmesan

This recipe honestly surprised me! I’ve tried similar recipes with parsley pesto and they always end up tasting too ‘green’ to me… Very hard to palate for an extended period of time. This recipe tasted fresh but didn’t have the grassy flavor I was expecting. I think the lemon zest gave it such a great [...]

Creamy Garlic and Sun Dried Tomato Hummus

I can’t believe I haven’t shared this recipe with y’all yet! I made it so frequently for about a year and then kinda forgot about it. Hummus is my go-to dip and I have modified and merged several recipes to create my favorite version. I used to bring in to work to share with my [...]

Pasta and Beans

I mentioned that last week was a week of vegetarianism for me in preparation for all of the beef that we would be receiving! So I queued up my grocery list with a couple of new vegetarian meals. I’d say both of these were moderately successful. My struggle is that after awhile, I get tired [...]

Eggplant Parmesan

This week, I am attempting a week of vegetarianism. Just a week. I may toss some fish in there, but who’s counting. . . I started on Sunday, although, come to think of it, we did have a couple of samples at HEB that were chicken. . . oh well. When I think vegetarian, eggplant [...]

Lemon Gnocchi with Spinach and Peas

So I was searching for a quick and easy pasta dish last week and stumbled on this delicious meal. It’s not exactly the most healthy meal, but I think you could probably make the sauce with some milk that has been reduced but it won’t have the same richness to it. The boxed unrefrigerated gnocchi [...]