December 14, 2011- Brown Rice and Beans with Cheese

Brown Rice and Beans with Cheese

This is one of our favorite meals to make in the crock pot. It is really simple and doesn't require a lot of ingredients. It is brown rice, black beans, celery, cream of celery, vegetable stock, salt and pepper, and onion. You brown the onion and celery and add in the rice and salt and pepper and transfer everything to the crock pot. We typically only cook it for the directions for High so it doesn't burn. It says High for 4 hours, we found that about 3 and a half hours works best. We squeeze some it lime on top and top it with some cheddar cheese and also eat it with some flax seed tortilla chips. It is really a yummy and hearty meal.

December 12, 2011- Cream of Zucchini Soup

Cream of Zucchini Soup

This is our first time trying this soup today. Nick made it so it was extra special :) We were inspired to try this soup because we had some cream of zucchini soup with kale at Fresh Choice. This soup is a little different because it has rice in it. It is a rice and onion soup base. You can use water or broth or milk or a combination. Since Nick is lactose intolerant we did a sort of combination of milk and broth. The zucchini soup has zucchini and sour cream. The zucchini base is blended in batches to make it smooth. And then you mix it all together. We actually had the soup with the sour cream served on top which was good. We served the soup with some Parmiaggo rosemary rolls from Trader Joes. Yum!

November 29, 2011- Stir Fry Veggies over Brown Rice (Vegan)

Stir Fry Veggies over Brown Rice (Vegan)

This is a simple but yummy recipe. We bought a pre-made mix of veggies which included mushrooms, red and green peppers, onions, water chestnuts, baby corn, broccoli, carrots, snap peas, and bamboo shoots. Because I had class late tonight Nick cooked. Nick sauteed it with some olive oil to start and then added some soy sauce. We had it over brown rice. It is a simple yet delicious recipe! You can use any veggies you want in a stir fry of course and you don't have to use a pre-made package but it makes it convenient.