Slow Cooker Enchiladas

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This is quite a versatile recipe; you can make it in a slow cooker, or bake it, or microwave it if you really want to. It’s a great way to sneak in more vegetables.

Creamy Avocado & White Bean Wrap

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I love it when a recipe tastes so good you can’t believe it’s healthy!

Slow-Cooker Black Bean Chili

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My friends at Collective Bias issued another challenge: make something in a slow cooker, using Frank’s Red Hot sauce. I decided to combine it with my Dark Days Challenge and created the following recipe, which turned out great if I do say so myself.

Refried Black Beans and Rice

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When suppertime came around, I was not too hungry but wanted a little something; so I looked through my cookbooks to find something quick, easy, and which would work well for lunch tomorrow. As soon as I saw this recipe in The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living I knew it fit the bill.

Winter Minestrone with Turnips, Potatoes, and Kale

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This recipe is adapted from The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution. As much as I don’t want it to be winter yet, I was able to use mostly produce from last week’s CSA pickup.

Heirloom Beans with Leeks

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I was lucky to get some Jacob’s Cattle Beans for free from Marx Foods. I knew they’d be perfect for this recipe from Simply in Season.

Black Bean Dip

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Despite what the photo above may lead you to believe, this black bean dip is super yummy. It’s just kind of hard to photograph some things, ya know? I tried taking a picture of it in a tortilla, as that’s how I ate it for lunch, but that pic didn’t turn out much better:

Dilly Bean Potato Soup

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Before I started this challenge of cooking through Simply in Season, I hardly ever made soup. But over the last several months I’ve discovered that it’s one of my favorite things to make. It’s very forgiving – no tricky timings, the quantities of ingredients don’t have to be exact, and it reheats well for lunches [...]

Pantry Essentials: All About Beans

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Beans. The magical fruit. Full of protein, cheap. Chances are, you have a few bags of dried beans in your pantry that you haven’t done anything with. Yet. I mentioned to my co-worker this afternoon that I really hope my beans didn’t escape from the crock pot. She looked at me funny. That’s when I [...]

Black Bean and Rice Skillet

Because the Winter section of Simply in Season has a scant 9 main dish recipes, I decided it’s time to break into the All Seasons section. What a delight! There are so many gems that feature beans and other pantry staples; it reminds me of the recipes from More with Less. The first one that [...]