I shared some of my favorite breakfast and lunch recipes here and here, but today I am talking about whats for dinner! Here are some favorites of mine, some are more summery and some are more for the fall/winter…so still suitable for May in Minnesota. Ugh.
These are MY FAVORITE thing to have in the summer. I serve them exactly as pictured, with quinoa salad on the side. My quinoa salad is literally just cooked quinoa, black beans, red onion, and jarred salsa all mixed together. Such a yummy and healthy meal.
I remember the first time I had sweet potato peanut soup, it was from the deli at a local co-op I visit sometimes for lunch. It was truly a life-changing experience for me, I had never tasted such flavors and I knew immediately that I would forever be trying to recreate it. I made at least 3 big batches of this last fall. I had a soup exchange party with my friends and this is what I made. I followed the recipe for the most part, but I used vegetable stock instead of chicken stock, and I pureed it after adding the beans to make it smoother. This is definitely favorite soup of mine, which says a lot because I am obsessed with soup.
I love this meal, there is something so comforting about warm polenta on a cold day. I don't like the tubes of prepared polenta, so I cook my own and serve the veggies on top of it. I also leave out the eggplant as its one of the only foods I don't like. I've made this with a can of diced tomatoes instead of the fresh ones and it still turned out well. Talk about a cheap meal!
I couldn't get away with all vegetarian recipes because Mark would go crazy after awhile. However, we haven't had meat for dinner for at least 4 nights now and he hasn't complained. That's neither here nor there though, because these sloppy joes are great! I love sloppy joes and have been known to regularly use good ole manwich with ground turkey, but this is a special twist on your typical sloppy joe. I love that its a crock pot recipe too because these are really easy to serve to a crowd. I made these when Mark had a few of his friends staying with us on a weekend and they all went back for extra helpings!
I came across this recipe when I was trying to figure out how to use up some ingredients I had on hand. I love that its made up of a lot of stuff that I usually have already, and everything else is easy to find. I'm not a big meat eater, but I can usually find it in me to eat ham, I love the saltiness. This makes a big batch and the leftovers get better as the flavors blend together even more.
I hope you guys try some of these, let me know if you do! I can stand by all of them!
I could eat avocado all day every day!! And that Sweet Potato Peanut soup sounds absolutely AMAZING!
ReplyDelete