Apple Pie Quinoa Porridge Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: A simple version of a classic comfort food! And a great way to use up leftover grains! Ingredients 2 cups prepared quinoa, leftover or cooled completely 1 apple, cored then diced, small 1 teaspoon coconut oil 1 cup vanilla almond milk (more if you…
No-Noodle Lasagna
No-Noodle Lasagna Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: A great way to use up those giant zucchini that were hiding in the garden, or simply put a different spin on a comfort-food favorite! Ingredients 1 giant (2-3 regular) zucchini, mandolin sliced into thin rounds 4-5 cups red lentil marinara sauce (or 1 ½-2 jars…
Not-cho Cheeze
Not-cho Cheeze Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: While this is slightly more work than opening a jar or driving to a fast food taco chain, it’s still pretty simple. This recipe also makes it SUPER easy to rationalize having nachos any time of day. Add some black beans and salsa, cilantro and tomatoes,…
Simple Stuffed Peppers
Simple Stuffed Peppers Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: A faster, easier way to have the fun and presentation of a stuffed pepper, with few enough steps to make it a solid weeknight choice! Ingredients 4 poblano peppers 1 sweet potato 2 cans black beans ½ cup frozen corn ¼ cup nutritional yeast ¼…
Roasted Sweet Potato Rito Bowls
Roasted Sweet Potato Rito Bowls Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: This particular conjuration is a great way to spice up an otherwise incredibly boring day. It feels like it has a lot of moving parts, but most of them are low-involvement. Start the rice, set the veggies to roast, make the beans, then…
Deconstructed Lasagna
Deconstructed Lasagna Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: The flavors and leftover potential of the real thing, but half as much effort and none of the layering of noodles… Ingredients 2 jars tomato-based pasta sauce- any brand or flavor (not all of the second jar will be used) 1 16 oz box of rotini…
Lasagna Soup
Lasagna Soup Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: A natural progression of red lentil and veg marinara sauce, this soup is thick and hearty and has all the best tastes of lasagna! Ingredients One batch of red lentil marinara sauce 6 cups broth (or water and better than bouillon broth mix) ¾ package of…
Super Sauce Bowl
Super Sauce Bowl Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: 2 A perfect meal-bowl combo with a sauce that makes it easy to adventure into unknown grain and veggie territory! Great for using up leftovers, or fridge cleanup days! If you’re reheating cooked grain, this can come together in 15 minutes or less! Ingredients 1…
Peanut Butter Fried Rice
Peanut Butter Fried Rice Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: 2 This recipe uses both of the greatest secret ingredients EVER (toasted sesame oil and powdered peanut butter) for a spell that is practically weaponized deliciousness, and makes a dinner that comes together in 20 minutes out of leftover rice and relatively fridge-stable kale!…
Green Potion
Green Potion Prep time: Cook time: Total time: 10 minutes Serves: From this base recipe, you can add all sorts of fruits and even other greens or veggies! If berries or melon are on sale, they make great additions (and freeze well!). Peeled oranges, cored apples, chunks of pineapple or mango all add great flavor…
Red Lentil & Veg Marinara
Red Lentil & Veg Marinara Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: A fun way to upgrade your average pasta sauce, while still keeping it simple! The addition of lentils and veggies really pumps it up! It’s all the familiarity of a dinnertime classic, but charged with lightning! For extra obfuscation, you could always take…
Un-Chiladas
Un-Chiladas Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: This dish has all the flavors you’ve come to associate with enchiladas without most of the labor. Using one large roasting pan instead of individual shells means it’s easy to add whatever veggies you’ve got around without changing cook times considerably! Ingredients 1 box (or 12 oz)…