5-ingredient or less recipes can be a game changer in the kitchen, especially when life gets busy. Eggs are wonderful as a fast weeknight dinner or weekend brunch and a frittata couldn’t be easier. Here we are combining eggs with chickpeas, fresh rosemary and parmesan cheese. Don’t be fooled. This small list of ingredients packs…
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Tuscan Shrimp and Beans
Cook’s Illustrated featured this recipe back in March/April 2017. Whenever I see “Tuscan” in the title of a recipe, I’m sold. You will find a bounty of beans in many Tuscan-based dishes (which is why I like them) and adding shrimp to the beans seemed like a winning combination. This deeply flavored dish is a…
White Beans with Sage and Fennel
When using fewer ingredients in a recipe, you want to make the most of each ingredient, layering flavors whenever possible. Here, we are using sage in three different ways. Chopped and cooked with the beans, “fried” in oil for a crunchy garnish and the sage infused oil for a flavorful drizzle just before serving. This…
The Basics of Cooking Beans
I’m pushing beans again because I’m trying really hard to get you to eat them several times a week. Although I’m not denying that canned beans are fast, easy, and nutrient-dense, cooking dried beans is definitely worth the little bit of extra effort. The texture and flavor are so different from canned beans, plus you…
A 3 Minute Salad from the Salad Bar in the Fridge
It’s a busy morning and I’m rushing to get to work. With salad bar ingredients already prepped in the refrigerator, it took me 3 minutes to assemble a salad (I timed myself). I added chopped kale mix, garbanzo beans, beets, cucumbers, yellow peppers, hard-boiled egg, a rectangle of baked tofu, a small handful of chopped…
Meatless Monday with Gnocchi, Swiss Chard and White Beans
Here’s a delicious, nutrient-packed recipe from Eating Well Magazine that can fit into even the busiest of schedules.The protein comes from the beans which work well with the gnocchi and Swiss chard. For extra flavor, I added some jarred pesto from Costco because it’s always in my fridge. I used frozen gnocchi instead of fresh so…