This is a rare recipe– quick, vegan, gluten free*, low calorie, budget friendly, made from mostly pantry staples and very importantly, it is delicious! Tweaked from a recipe found on the Ambitious Kitchen website, it offers protein in the form of chickpeas and peanut butter plus lots of gingery, garlicky Kung Pao flavor. Serve it over rice, quinoa or pasta. Make extra to reheat for a tasty lunch! Read More
Sweet potato cakes
Sweet potatoes are tasty, inexpensive and chock full of vitamins A, C, B2, B6 and an army of other dietary friends. But they can be a bit, well, sweet, and bland, and when made into fries or chips, they are downright soggy. Here is a simple recipe which avoids all of those pitfalls. Read More
Cute little quinoa patties!
So quinoa is now so widely available it has been spotted at Costco. What can we do with it, beyond plunking a mound of it next to our grilled chicken breast? Here is one recipe almost as miraculous as the grain itself. Tasty, low fat, plus child and adult approved, it can be made ahead, freezes like a charm, and is remarkably versatile: