Main Dishes


Flatbread Melts

Flatbread Melts

Pinto Bean Melt

Wild Salmon Melt
gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free (uses goat cheese)

Four Grain Flatbreads
chicken, chicken salad, wild salmon salad or pinto bean spread
Shredded Goat Cheese

Under the broiler of the oven or in a counter-top toaster oven, toast both sides of the flatbreads. Spread with desired topping(s) and then top with shredded goat cheese. Put back under the broiler until cheese is melted and [...]

Seasoned Shredded Chicken for Rice Bowls

Seasoned Shredded Chicken for Rice Bowls

Seasoned Chicken for Rice Bowls

1 free-range, organic chicken
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon cumin
1/2 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1 cup water

Cook the chicken overnight in the crockpot.

Allow the chicken to cool enough to for handling; remove the meat from the bones. Put the meat back into the (washed) crockpot. Reserve bones for making stock later or discard. Add remaining ingredients. Chop with [...]

Seasoned Black Beans for Rice Bowls

Seasoned Black Beans for Rice Bowls

A great way to make a double batch of this is to cook 5 cups of dry black beans in the crockpot overnight. Use a 4- to 5-quart crockpot. In the morning, you’ll have 15 cups of cooked black beans, which will make the following recipe twice. Use half the beans for the first batch [...]

Yummy Chicken Salad

Yummy Chicken Salad

With the weather warming up, we sure feel like having lighter, cooler foods. This is a deliciously simple chicken salad. We like to eat it with Quinoa Dinner Cakes. Yesterday when we were out clearing brush and cleaning up our property, I brought out a bowl of this chicken salad and a bunch of the [...]

Chicken Chili

Chicken Chili

Chicken Chili

1 onion, diced
2 to 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
meat from 1/2 to 1 whole cooked chicken
8 cups cooked beans (such as pinto or kidney, or both)
1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes
1 6-ounce can tomato paste
4 cups water
2 tablespoons cumin
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon oregano
pinch of cayenne pepper, or as much as desired
2 teaspoons sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

optional:

1 can light coconut milk, unsweetened
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
sliced olives

Saute the onions in olive [...]

Fasooli (White Beans and Rice)

Fasooli (White Beans and Rice)

This is one of my favorite growing up dishes. The flavor is excellent; it is warming and filling. I still don’t think I make it as well as my Mom does, but I try! The photo above is of the Great Northern beans I quick-soaked this morning (see How to Cook Dry Beans). The [...]

Easy Lentil & Brown Rice Lunch (or Dinner)

This is the standby lunch I serve for my kiddoes and me when we have no leftovers in the fridge. It is tasty, satisfying, heathy and filling. Actually, it is surprisingly good, if you consider the reputation that lentils and brown rice have as typical and bland health food fare! When prepared as simply and [...]

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