Sometimes when I make a Taco Bar or Fajitas, I have a little left over. Usually, we get two nights of dinners for two or one for four if my kids are home. There will often be a bit left of the meat (or meat substitute) and vegetables. Making a baked enchilada type of tacoContinue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Leftover Taco/Enchiladas Bake (Vegetarian Options)”
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Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Vegetarian Shepherds Pie
This is one of our recipe favorites. It’s comfort food, hearty on a cold day. I make it vegetarian, but it could also be made with ground beef or lamb. You won’t miss the meat in my version. I use vegetarian ground crumbles as the main protein mixed with chopped vegetables and cheese. You couldContinue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Vegetarian Shepherds Pie”
Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Taco Bar- Vegetarian Options
As I’ve said in other posts, we often travel to Mexico. I love the culture and the food. I try to make some easy dishes that I’ve eaten there and here. Every night can be taco night in my house. I love a taco any way I make them. Sometimes I want a quick mealContinue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Taco Bar- Vegetarian Options”
Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Slow Cooker Vegetarian Salisbury Steak (Meat Options)
An easy comfort food dinner is Salisbury Steak. I made this version vegetarian. I used Impossible Burger patties which cut some of the prep time. It comes together quickly. Serve it with a tossed salad, mashed potatoes and a side of steamed veggies. It’s a warm stress free meal like a big hug. Ingredients 6-ImpossibleContinue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Slow Cooker Vegetarian Salisbury Steak (Meat Options)”
Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Cajun Spiced Pasta Bake (Vegetarian Options)
The weather turned very cold for a couple of days last week so I wanted to spice things up. An easy dinner to make is a baked penne dish. I decided to make a Cajun Spiced Baked Penne. It can be made with or without a sausage. Options are a chicken sausage, Andouille sausage, hotContinue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Cajun Spiced Pasta Bake (Vegetarian Options)”
Recipes for a Cultural Experience: Easy Dinners-Vegetarian Pasties
As I’ve mentioned, I grew up in Northern Minnesota on the Iron Range. This area is known for its open pit mines. One of the big local cuisines is a Pasty. A pasty is a meat and vegetable filled large hand/type pie. The miners would take it hot into their lunchboxes and it would beContinue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience: Easy Dinners-Vegetarian Pasties”
Recipes for a Cultural Experience- Easy Dinner: Slow Cooker Vegetarian Lasagna
Lasagna is an Italian layered casserole full of cheesy goodness. Surprisingly, when I looked up it’s history, I discovered it derived from Ancient Greece. where according to Mi’Talia, a dish called laganon was popular. Laganon, as it happens, was the first pasta, made from sheets of dough cut into thin strips. https://www.tastingtable.com/820872/the-origin-of-lasagna-isnt-what-you-think/ It made itsContinue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience- Easy Dinner: Slow Cooker Vegetarian Lasagna”
Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Chicken Gyro Sandwich (Vegetarian Options)
Gyros are an interesting Mediterranean sandwich. They are full of flavor and spice, tangy and tender. Usually a gyro is made with a combination of beef and lamb cooked on a spit. It is sliced thin and placed in a pita or flatbread pita. Top it with tzatziki sauce (a garlic, cucumber, yogurt sauce), cucumbers,Continue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience-Easy Dinners: Chicken Gyro Sandwich (Vegetarian Options)”
Recipes for a Cultural Experience—Quick Steak Fajitas (Vegetarian and Chicken Options)
It’s always taco/fajita night in our house. Often I make lean ground beef or vegetarian chorizo or vegetarian crumbles and make a taco bar. Sometimes I want a quicker meal ready. This recipe uses steak for the fajitas. I prefer a good cut if I’m using steak. I use a rib eye, t-bone or stripContinue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience—Quick Steak Fajitas (Vegetarian and Chicken Options)”
Recipes for a Cultural Experience—Soup Weather: Split Pea Soup
This week the weather turned cold. It’s a dreary, rainy day here. It’s clear that winter is on the way. With all the talk of snow and cold weather around the country, soup can really cut the chill. Split Pea Soup is a hearty, warming soup. It can be made with or without sausage orContinue reading “Recipes for a Cultural Experience—Soup Weather: Split Pea Soup”