Fiesta Black Beans

October 25, 2019 Leave a comment

Fiesta Black Beans – Black Beans Recipe | Healthy Eats by Jennie

Food prepping on Sundays can be a lifesaver for me to keep us eating healthy for the week! I received a lot of poblano peppers and limes for Misfits Market, so I wanted to use them within a food prep session. I put together this Black Beans Recipe and was able to use them within a variety of ways during the week. They are very delicious and made for a tasty and healthy week of meals! Hope you enjoy these as much as we did and that you try them yourself for a food prep session! read more

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Salad with Carrot Orange Ginger Miso Dressing

November 1, 2018 Leave a comment
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Salad with Carrot Orange Ginger Miso Dressing

I LOVE getting the house salads as sushi / Japanese restaurants since the Orange Ginger Dressing is so tasty! There are several ways I have been making this Orange Ginger Dressing, and here is one of my versions that includes Miso Paste. Orange Ginger Dressing is oil free and extremely healthy. I hope you enjoy this version of Orange Ginger Dressing as much as I do!

Course Salad
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword vegetarian
Servings 2 large salads

Ingredients

Dressing Ingredients:

  • 10 baby carrots
  • 1 T freshly grated ginger
  • 1 small yellow or white onion about size of a ½ cup quartered
  • Juice of an orange 3 T
  • 3 T white miso paste
  • 1 T reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 2 T rice vinegar

Salad Ingredients:

  • 3-4 cups of Chopped Spinach
  • 1 green bell pepper chopped
  • 1 cucumber diced
  • 1 to mato diced
  • 2-3 T scallions green onions chopped

Instructions

  1. Make the dressing by placing all ingredients in a food processor and process for a few minutes until well blended.
  2. Assemble the salad by placing spinach at the bottom of individual salad bowls, and then top with the remaining salad ingredients.
  3. Then top the salads off with a few Table spoons of the dressing (you can also serve some of the dressing on the side).

Recipe Notes

Dressing can be made ahead (on a food prep Sunday) to save time to have a quick meal on a busy week night; this will keep well for a few days in the refrigerator.

The above salad ingredients can make about 2 large salads or 4 small salads.

You will likely have extra dressing to make more salads.

For dinner one night, try pairing this salad with one of my miso soup recipes: Miso Veggie Noodle Soup or Miso Soup with Veggies and Quinoa.

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Kale and Quinoa Salad with Spicy Thai Peanut Dressing

October 18, 2018 Leave a comment
Kale and Quinoa Salad with Spicy Thai Peanut Dressing
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Kale and Quinoa Salad with Spicy Thai Peanut Dressing

I wanted to get into making more salads with Oil Free Salad Dressing.  In thinking of other dressings and dips that are oil free that I have made before, the delicious and flavorful dipping sauce I used in my Roasted Broccoli with Spicy Thai Peanut Dipping Sauce recipe came to mind. I transformed the dipping sauce in that recipe to a bold and flavorful Oil Free Salad Dressing. This salad is awesome with this spicy and tasty Oil Free Salad Dressing!
Course Salad
Cuisine thai
Keyword vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Instructions

Salad Directions:

  1. Begin by cooking your quinoa (according to package directions).
  2. Then start making your dressing (See below for Dressing Directions).
  3. Once quinoa is done, divide quinoa into 2 salad bowls.
  4. Then top each with all remaining salad ingredients.
  5. Drizzle each salad bowl with 1 T of the dressing (or more to taste, you can also serve some dressing on the side). Each individual can then add more dressing as needed, and mix ingredients together within their own bowl.

Dressing Directions:

  1. Place all dressing ingredients in a medium-sized mixing bowl and whisk together until well blended.

Recipe Notes

Dressing can be made ahead (on a food prep Sunday) to save time to have a quick meal on a busy week night; this will keep well for a few days in the refrigerator. This dressing can be spicy to some who do not like spicy; you can always reduce the amount of sriracha or omit depending on your spice tolerance (or of course add more if you like spicy). The above salad makes 2 servings, but the dressing makes more, so you could use the dressing on another day for more of this salad or some other salad variation.

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Roasted Sweet Potato, Red Pepper, Kale Bowls with Tahini Sauce

October 3, 2018 1 Comment
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Roasted Sweet Potato, Red Pepper, Kale Bowls with Tahini Sauce

This Veggie Bowl Recipe is super delicious! I have made this Tahini Sauce with an earlier recipe that I posted - Broccoli Tahini. I was eager to make this sauce again, so I thought it would be tasty to pair it with this Veggie Bowl Recipe. I was right – this Tahini Sauce is amazing with it! The Tahini Sauce really compliments the roasted Sweet Potatoes – I think they were meant to be together! I will absolutely make this Veggie Bowl Recipe a lot more in the future!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword vegetarian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

Roasting Pan Ingredients:

  • 2 small sweet potatoes cut in ½ inch cubes
  • 1 small red onion cut into thick strips
  • 1 red bell pepper cut into thick strips and halved
  • ½ teas salt
  • ½ teas pepper
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 2 cups of Kale
  • Olive oil cooking spray
  • ½ cup quinoa cooked

Tahini Ingredients:

  • 2 cloves garlic
  • Handful of cilantro leaves
  • 1/3 cup tahini sesame paste
  • ½ cup water
  • Juice of 2 lemons
  • ¾ teas cumin
  • ½ teas salt

Instructions

Veggie Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, mix together sweet potatoes, red onions, pepper, salt, black pepper and olive oil.
  3. Spread out contents of mixing bowl onto a baking sheet and roast for 15 minutes.
  4. You can start to cook your quinoa at this time if you haven’t yet made it.
  5. Remove from oven and flip / toss around and check if sweet potatoes are mostly cooked through with a fork (if fork can go into sweet potatoes easy) (if not roast for 5 roast for 5 minutes).
  6. When sweet potatoes are mostly cooked (fork goes into easy), then add kale to baking sheet and roast for 5 more minutes (until kale is slightly crispy – keep monitoring the kale if you cook for longer – you don’t want to burn the kale).
  7. When your vegetables are roasting, you can make your Tahini Sauce (see Tahini Sauce Directions below).
  8. When your veggies are done, assemble your bowls (this makes 2) by placing quinoa on the bottom, then top with veggies, and drizzle tahini sauce on top. You can also serve the tahini sauce on the side and you can dip / drizzle as you eat.

Tahini Sauce Directions:

  1. In a food processor, chop garlic and cilantro.
  2. Then add all remaining ingredients until well combined.

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Thai Red Curry Coconut Veggie Noodle Soup

September 10, 2018 1 Comment
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Thai Red Curry Coconut Veggie Noodle Soup

I love Thai food! I have been craving some tasty Thai Veggie Noodles. There was a great Thai restaurant that was close to my work, but it moved to a location that is too far to travel to during the work day. I also need to find one that is close to home. So, I decided to make some of my own version of Thai Veggie Noodles to take care of this craving (while also keeping it healthy of course)! Thai Veggie Noodles are very delicious and taste great as leftovers as well.
Course Soup
Cuisine thai
Keyword vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 T olive oil
  • 1 red bell pepper chopped
  • 1 red onion chopped
  • ½ cup chopped carrots
  • 2 celery stalks chopped
  • 4 cloves of garlic chopped
  • 1 T freshly grated ginger
  • 2 ½ T Thai red curry paste
  • 2 T lemongrass paste
  • 4 cups of vegetable or chicken broth
  • 1 13.5 oz. can of unsweetened light coconut milk
  • 2 T Thai sweet chili sauce
  • 7.7 oz. package of brown rice noodles cooked to package directions
  • ½ teas salt
  • 1 teas chili powder
  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro chopped
  • ¼ cup of basil chopped
  • Juice of a small lime

Instructions

  1. in a Dutch oven with olive oil, over medium heat, sauté peppers, carrots, celery and onions for 5 minutes.
  2. Add garlic and ginger and sauté for 2 more minutes.
  3. Add Thai red curry paste and stir for about a minute until melted.
  4. Add lemongrass paste and stir for about a minute until melted.
  5. Add broth and coconut milk, chili powder, and salt.
  6. Turn heat up to medium high and cook for 15 minutes.
  7. Reduce heat to medium low, and add noodles, cilantro and basil and cook for 2-3 minutes.
  8. Add juice of lime and serve.

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Broccoli Pepper Bowls with Spicy Korean Gochujang Sauce

September 6, 2018 Leave a comment
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Broccoli Pepper Bowls with Spicy Korean Gochujang Sauce

Broccoli bowls make for healthy and fun meals! My Broccoli Pepper Bowls with Siracha Teriyaki are always a big hit! There is this Japanese / Korean restaurant (Osaka) close by my work, and they make these rice bowls with this amazing spicy sauce. I thought it would be delicious to try making a sauce like this with a healthy broccoli bowl. The great thing about broccoli bowls is that you can prepare all the ingredients while your rice is cooking. Within a half hour, you have a bowl of spicy deliciousness (and healthiness)! What really makes this meal is the sauce! But watch out – this sauce is spicy!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Korean
Keyword vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

Bowl Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of brown rice uncooked
  • 3 cups broccoli florets
  • 1 red pepper cut in medium-sized strips
  • 1 Vidalia onion or yellow onion cut in medium-sized strips
  • Olive oil
  • 3 green onions chopped

Gochujang Sauce Ingredients:

  • 4 T Gochujang paste
  • 1 T reduced sodium soy sauce
  • ½ cup rice wine vinegar
  • 1 T honey
  • 2 T chopped green onions
  • 1 clove garlic chopped

Instructions

Begin with rice:

  1. Cook brown rice according to package directions (the brand I used took ½ hour).

Prepare Gochujang Sauce:

  1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together paste, soy sauce, vinegar, and honey.
  2. Then add garlic and green onions.
  3. Prepare peppers and onions:
  4. With about 1 T olive oil, in sauté pan over medium high heat, sauté peppers and onions for 5 minutes, then reduce to low to keep warm until ready to use

Prepare broccoli:

  1. In a medium sauce pan/pot – fill up to an inch of water and bring to boil.
  2. Place broccoli in a steamer basket and place on top of the pan and cover, steam for 7 minutes. Note – steamer basket should be above the water, not submerged in water.

Assemble / Serve:

  1. When everything finishes – assemble / portion into bowls, placing rice on the bottom, and broccoli and pepper/onion mix on top.
  2. Drizzle sauce over top and / or serve sauce on the side.

Recipe Notes

This makes 2 big servings or 4 mid-sized servings. A little of the sauce goes a long way, so you will have extra sauce; you can save it for the weekend for a marinade or use it as a dip for dumplings or other veggies (or meat). The sauce is very spicy, but tasty!

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