main dishes
Tri-Tip Skillet Dish
Following my skillet dish formula, here’s a recent meal we gobbled up. I started with a partially thawed grass-fed beef tri-tip. I know I may mortally offend those who would never do this to their tri-tip. I am sorry.
I cut the tri-tip up into bite-size slices and sauteed them with strips of onions, [...]
12-Bean Soup Mix, and 12-Bean Soup Recipe, and 12-Bean Soup Mix for Gifts
About 4 years ago, I bought 3 to 5 pounds each of about 12 different organic beans and barley, and mixed up my own bean soup mix. We ended up with tons of it – 65 pounds in fact! I still have about 5 cups left of the mix in my kitchen. I gave lots of bean soup mixes for Christmas that year and they were well received.
Simple Beef and Quinoa Skillet Dinner
Based on my healthy skillet dishes, here’s a main dish we really enjoyed last week. Both satisfying and easy, I know most people would love it.
2 pounds grass-fed ground beef
1 medium onion or 2 small onions, diced
4 cups cooked and cooled quinoa*
2 to 3 teaspoons sea salt, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, or to [...]
Mulukhiyyah (Arabic Comfrey and Lamb Stew over Rice)
recipe from “Sahtein: Middle East Cookbook”
4 cups of dried mulukhiyyah (comfrey)
2 pounds lamb meat (boneless preferred)
6 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup pine nuts
6 cups water or lamb broth
salt and lemon juice to taste
1 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons of butter
prepared, cooked brown rice
Brown the garlic with pine nuts in the butter. Add the meat; brown [...]
My Style of Flexible Meal Planning
There are times when I plan out my menu a week at a time. That is usually when we have company coming or a very busy week ahead.
For regular life, I plan out the main meal components just for a few days. Notice I said “main meal components” not “menu”. This is because what works [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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
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 [...]
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