Scratch-made vegetarian black bean burgers with the perfect burger texture + Meal Plan Monday #4. As I've said before, some of my favorite dishes have come into being out of necessity. Several years back, I was asked to cater a weekend dance event that was being held in honor of a friend's birthday. This was back before the uptake in dietary restrictions, and less than 30 minutes before ...
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Black Bean, Corn, and Avocado Salsa
Black beans, corn, and avocados come together in this quick, fresh, salsa. We threw a going away party for some dear friends a few weeks ago and needed a quick salsa for some chips to offset all the desserts. (They were "desserting" us, so we threw them a dessert party.) It just so happened that I had a few cans of corn, some fresh tomatoes from the garden, a can of black beans, and some ...
Tex-Mex Chicken Chili
This month is being called "Crocktober" in the food blog circles. It's a challenge to use your crock-pot to cook a meal every day. I jumped on the idea of this challenge because I love the idea of coming home to dinner being done. The recipe I want to share with you today was our Crocktober Day #3. Chicken Chili was born during my first year living in a college apartment. My two roommates ...