Real food for real people
This white beans with mushrooms and spinach kind-of stew is hearty and satisfying, ideal for a cold weeknight dinner. Packed with nutrients, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free. I prepared it from scratch with dried white beans, which is great because I used the cooking water…
I have to say that I’m not a big fan of veggie burgers, but I appreciate them now and then. I’ve tried a few recipes and so far, this is my favorite. Because we don’t eat veggie burgers that often, when we do, I usually…
This multicolor white bean salad used to go in my kid’s lunch box almost every week. Now that we’ve been two weeks at home already, and it looks like we’ll be here for quite some time, I started to feel nostalgic about the lunch boxes……
A creamy white bean soup very simple and easy to prepare yet still very delicious and satisfying. If you like white beans this will be a keeper!! I realized that so far, all the soups I have posted are creams… Don’t know why but I…
This chickpea rotini pasta with a creamy mushroom sauce was my first experiment with chickpea pasta. And it did not totally disappoint… I like to try these pastas made from different grains and legumes, especially because they are nutritionally richer than regular wheat pasta. Last…
I got these lentil meatballs from Feasting at Home for my plant-based experiment week. My husband and I both loved them, my son said they were ok, my daughter did not even try them and the baby seemed to enjoy them as he ate a…
Lentils, they are sooo good! This recipe is the simplified version of the classic Spanish lentils with chorizo. I say simplified because many recipes also have potato, carrots and even some meat like pork or beef. But I find this recipe to be perfectly tasty…
Well, we’re finally back home. After an amazing time away we’re back to the routine! Yippieee!!!! Kids in school, adults back to work, lunch boxes, meal planning (I’m working on it and I hope to publish the first post soon). This chickpea salad is a…