Nutmeg Notebook

Category: Stove Top

  • Caribbean Rice

    Caribbean Rice

    The rice is a simple mixture of mango, cilantro, bell peppers, brown rice, lime juice and green onions. Serve it warm, room temperature or chilled. Feel free to sub pineapple for mango, use any colored pepper you have. Delicious served with Cuban Black Beans and Oven Baked Plantains with Coconut Dipping Sauce. Caribbean Rice 3…

  • Cuban Black Beans with Kale

    Cuban Black Beans with Kale

    Cuban Black Beans with Kale low sodium vegetable broth, a few Tbsp 1 large yellow onion, diced 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger (using a microplaner if you have one) 2 tsp chili powder 1 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp cinnamon 2 15 ounce cans black beans, undrained 4 cups…

  • Quinoa Bean Salad – It’s The Best!

    Quinoa Bean Salad – It’s The Best!

    This is the perfect recipe to take to your next pot luck or serve at a backyard BBQ! This salad is filled with so many wonderful flavors like grated carrots, walnuts, tomatoes, currants, red onion, red, green and yellow bell peppers, garlic, chili powder and a little low sodium soy sauce. Crunchy, slightly sweet, packed with protein,…

  • P.S. Chorizo Patties

    P.S. Chorizo Patties

    The recipe called for black quinoa which I didn’t have so I used Trader Joe’s Organic Tricolor Quinoa, subbed smoked paprika for regular and used Chile Ancho Powder instead of regular chili powder. Low and behold I didn’t have any fresh cilantro but the recipe only called for 1/4 cup so I didn’t think a…

  • Beet Lentil Brown Rice Burgers

    Beet Lentil Brown Rice Burgers

    This was hubby Tom’s burger on a sprouted Alvarado St Bakery bun. All of  our favorite burger toppings work with this one, lettuce, pickles, mustard, ketchup, onion and tomato. Holy yum! This is a winner. I found this amazing recipe over at Healthy Girl’s Kitchen. She wrote about how this is a copy cat attempt at a famous burger…

  • Chickpea Curry

    Chickpea Curry

    This Indian inspired dish isn’t too spicy – it’s just the right balance of spices. We served it over a hot baked sweet potato but it would be equally delicious over a bed of  your favorite grain like brown rice, quinoa or couscous. If you prefer to skip the extra carbs you could choose to…

  • Mexican Quinoa Brown Rice & Beans

    Mexican Quinoa Brown Rice & Beans

    As many of you know I do love Mexican food and it just happens to fit in quite well with my new food plan. Last night I needed something quick and easy to make for dinner – you know what it’s like when you first get home after a trip. You aren’t quite ready to…

  • Butternut Squash & Bean Chili

    Butternut Squash & Bean Chili

    We are at the tail end of the Winter Squash season but if you can find a butternut squash you need to make this soup. I was in Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods the other day and both still have butternut squash in stock. My daughter Katy made this recipe first and she said I needed…

  • Chili Burgers

    Chili Burgers

     These patties are dense and hold together perfectly. They reheat in the microwave so go ahead and make a full batch or a double batch on the weekend to enjoy all throughout the next week.  You can freeze them too. Top with my Easy Red Salsa, shredded lettuce and Donna’s Vegan Cheeze Sauce or serve…

  • Moroccan Chickpea Chili

    Moroccan Chickpea Chili

    This is more of a soup than a chili but whatever you choose to call it really doesn’t matter because what’s most important is that it tastes good! The fact that you get a large portion and it’s relatively low calorie but super filling is why I have made this twice in the past week.…