Black Bean and Corn Salsa

You can call this a salsa and eat it on chips, or call it a salad and eat it with a fork. 🙂 I made a rather large batch; feel free to scale it down. Ingredients 3 cans black beans, or about 5 cups cooked black beans 2 cups frozen corn, thawed 1 1/2 c. […]

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Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Sauce/Spread

This recipe is flexible, simple, vegan, and gluten-free! Ingredients 4-16 cups vegetables, a combination of any of the following: carrots summer squash winter squash sweet peppers eggplant onions garlic olive oil and balsamic vinegar (1 T. of each for every 4 cups of veggies) sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste fresh herbs of […]

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Roasted Tomato Salsa

Ingredients A few large tomatoes, or several small tomatoes, cut into wedges or chunks one small onion, quartered olive oil sea salt and freshly ground pepper 7 cloves garlic, peeled 2 small or 1 large sweet pepper 1 hot pepper, seeded a handful cilantro, chopped lemon or lime juice, to taste Directions Preheat oven to […]

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Summer Garden Ratatouille

2 onions (chopped) 4 cloves garlic (minced) 1 bay leaf SautĂ© in 3 Tbsp olive oil about 5 minutes. 1 medium eggplant (chopped) 1 1/2 Tbsp fresh basil (chopped, or 2 tsp dried) 1 Tbsp fresh rosemary (chopped, or 1 tsp dried) 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp fresh marjoram (chopped, or 1/2 tsp dried) […]

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Chicken Taco Salad

Ingredients 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil or canola oil 4 cups chopped cooked chicken 1 onion, finely chopped 1 fresh green chili, seeded & finely chopped 4 tsp chili powder 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1 cup unseasoned tomato sauce salt & pepper to taste 10 cups chopped or torn lettuce 1-2 avocados, peeled & […]

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Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients 8 quarts tomatoes 2 Tbsp dried basil 2 Tbsp dried parsley 4 Tbsp dried oregano 1 Tbsp paprika 1 Tbsp sugar 3 medium onions 1 head of garlic, minced 2 medium bell peppers 2 Tbsp olive oil Directions Peel tomatoes & chop, put in large pan. Add spices & sugar then bring to a […]

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Southwestern Corn Chowder

1/2 cup chopped sweet onion SautĂ© in 1 Tbsp olive oil in a soup pot until soft. 2 1/2 cups corn 3 cups chicken or vegetable broth Add and cook 10 minutes. Remove 1 cup of solids with about 1/3 cup broth and place in blender or food processor; blend until smooth. Return this puree […]

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Autumn Vegetable Soup

1/2 cup chopped onion 2 cloves minced garlic In soup pot, saute onion in 1 Tbsp olive oil over med. until soft. Add garlic & saute 1 minute. 1/2 cup each kale, carrots, red or green bell pepper (chopped) 1/2 tsp each salt, dried basil, dried oregano 1/8 tsp pepper Add and saute a little, […]

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Stromboli

1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed (or homemade pizza dough) 2 eggs, separated 2 Tbsp canola oil 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp dried parsley 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp pepper 8oz pkg mozzarella cheese 1 Tbsp parmesan cheese any toppings you desire (peppers, spinach, tomatoes, onions….) Roll out bread dough into a 12×15 […]

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Taco Salad

Ingredients 1 pound ground beef Onion Ketchup 1/2 pkg taco seasoning Romaine Lettuce (any lettuce or mix of greens works) Cheese Tomato Bell Peppers Garden of Eatin’ Blue Chips Kidney beans Salsa Directions Brown ground beef with onion. Add ketchup to desired consistency (meaning, I’ve never measured how much I put in, just enough to […]

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