From the category archives:

Lunch

Delicious Salad for Lunch

by Penny May 21, 2010

I took today off work, well my ”real” job, to play catch up at home and work on some of our website projects. One of the nice things about being at home is that I can stop and make lunch. At the office, I usually pack a leftover or salad and eat at my desk [...]

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Spicy Black Bean Soup

by Greg May 16, 2010

As I am sure you have found by now I don’t just like to throw up some of my favorite recipes I also like to explain a bit more about the food or spices used in each meal. I have found myself looking more and more at black beans over the more traditional (at least [...]

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Chorizo, Butter Beans and Spinach Salad

by Penny May 9, 2010

First, and most importantly – HAPPY MOTHER”S DAY!!
My Mom is in Texas – far from where I live – so I can only talk to her on the phone today. I am going to Texas in July and cannot wait to see my entire family. So Happy Mothers Day to my Mom, my Grandmother, my [...]

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Brazilian Stew

by Greg May 7, 2010

I didn’t start out looking to make Brazilian Stew when I went searching for a dinner idea but since I had just been writing the copy block for our website on the recently sourced dried South American Aji Amarillo chile (or as it is also called in its dried state – Cusqueno) I was in [...]

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Moroccan Tilapia

by Penny May 6, 2010

Tilapia and catfish are two of the most consumed types of fish in the US over the last 10 years. This is mainly due to their excellent, non-fishy taste, that they are very reasonably priced and best of all they are high in protein and low in fat. Add in the heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids [...]

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Sweet Potato and Black Bean Enchiladas

by Penny May 4, 2010

I feel a bit like I have fallen off the blogging grid lately. Life has been very busy and the weather has been so beautiful, it is more difficult to spend time indoors on the computer. We are also shifting the focus of the blog posts to be informational with more features on healthy eating, [...]

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Hummus Pita for Lunch

by Penny April 23, 2010

Absolutely one of my favorite lunch meals is homemade hummus on a pita. It is just so much better than store bought. I buy the roasted red peppers in a jar and add them at the end of the blending so they retain some texture. No need for salt, there are many different spices and [...]

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Portabella Burger and Veggie Corn Bites

by Penny April 18, 2010

Now that I am starting to feel better – much better actually – I can eat again. Not that I couldn”t eat when I was sick, just that because I was so miserable, nothing tasted good. Sorta takes the fun out of eating.�
For lunch, I had a Gardenburger® Portabella burger with Dijon [...]

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New Mexico Crock Pot Chicken

by Penny April 12, 2010

Well now that we are on our second 100 posts we are continuing to look for inspiration where we can. I was reading a post about this the other day from one of my favorite bloggers – Tasha from The Clean Eating Mama and she was talking about using a block of Tempeh.
So I decided [...]

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Moroccan Chicken

by Greg April 10, 2010

Like many great cuisines the Moroccan cuisine has been heavily influenced by people from outside its traditional borders. These dishes are a mix of Mediterranean, Arab and Berber cultures. Probably the most famous Moroccan dish is couscous and many believe that this dish originated from Berber people (also referred to by many as the Libyans).
Moroccan [...]