Crock-pot Quinoa Stew
Posted: May 17, 2012 Filed under: Crock-pot, Thoughts | Tags: Basil, Black Beans, Black pepper, Celery, chili powder, Cumin, Garlic, green pepper, Inspiration, kidney beans, Olive oil, Paprika, Quinoa, Red Pepper, red pepper flakes, soy sauce, Tomato Sauce 4 Comments »FOOD
I love healthy food but I don’t want to spend all day in the kitchen preparing it so when I come across a crock-pot recipe with nutritious ingredients, I get a little excited. :)
*This recipe may look like it has a lot of ingredients but most of its seasonings which makes this dish DELISH!
Quinoa Stew
Ingredients
1-tablespoon olive oil
3-4 garlic cloves, pressed
2 handfuls of chopped up celery
2 handfuls of chopped up mushrooms (any kind is fine)
1 red or green pepper (or half of each), diced
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½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1-teaspoon cumin powder
1-teaspoon paprika
1-teaspoon dried basil
¼ teaspoon chili powder
1-tablespoon soy sauce (low sodium)
Black pepper to taste
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½ cup uncooked quinoa
3 cups of water
8 ounce unsalted tomato sauce
1 can (15 ounce) kidney beans (drained and rinsed)
1 can (15 ounce) black beans (drained and rinsed)
Directions
- Sauté garlic, celery, mushrooms and pepper in oil for 10 minutes on medium.
- Add spices, herbs and soy sauce to mixture and stir in for a few minutes.
- Combine water, tomato sauce, quinoa and beans in a large crock-pot.
- Add mixture from step number one. Stir.
- Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours.
*If you like it hotter (sounds a little personal) add more chili powder or red pepper flakes.
This recipe has been revised from original.
INSPIRATION
Cuban Black Beans, Rice and Shrimp
Posted: February 26, 2012 Filed under: Crock-pot, My own recipe creations | Tags: Black Beans, Brown Rice, Crock-pot, Cumin, Garlic, Lime Juice, red pepper flakes, Slow-cooker 2 Comments »ALERT: SPICY SLOW COOKER RECIPE
Proceed with caution 
INGREDIENTS
4 cups vegetable broth (low sodium)
1 and 1/2 cups uncooked brown rice
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 cans (15 ounces each) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (6 ounce) already peeled, cooked shrimp (de-thawed)
1 tablespoon lime juice
DIRECTIONS
Place broth, rice, red pepper flakes, garlic, cumin and salt in slow cooker; mix well. Cover and cook on LOW for 5-7 hours (depends on your crock-pot) or until rice is tender.
Stir in beans shrimp and lime juice. Cover and cook 20-30 minutes or until heated through.
ENJOY! :)
Black Bean Taco Salad
Posted: January 23, 2012 Filed under: Detox, Mexican Food | Tags: Avocado, Black Bean Taco Salad, Black Beans, Cumin, Garlic, lettuce, marindae, Olive oil, Taco salad, tomato, tortilla chips 4 Comments »Remember ordering and eating the Taco Salad out of the edible bowls? Delicious, yes. Healthy, not so much. I can’t tell you how much I love Mexican food so my eyes light up when I come across a healthy Mexican recipe. Enjoy!
Ingredients
1 fresh lime, juiced or equivalent amount of lime-juice
1-tablespoon olive oil
1-teaspoon cumin
1 clove, garlic, minced or equivalent amount of garlic powder
¾ cup of canned black beans, rinsed and drained
3 cups shredded romaine lettuce
1 tomato, chopped
10 whole-grain tortilla chips, crushed or blue chips
½ avocado, chopped
Directions
Whisk together lime-juice, oil, cumin and garlic. Toss all ingredients together.
*You can also use marinade for fish or chicken as well.
I revised this recipe from original but I can’t remember where I found it. :(
Black Bean Soup
Posted: January 13, 2012 Filed under: Detox, Soup | Tags: Black Bean Soup, Black Beans, Carrots, Cumin, Garlic, Nutritional Yeast, Refried Black Beans, Soup Leave a comment »This is for those of you that love Black Bean Soup as much as I do. I haven’t been able to eat it in ages because the canned soups on the market have ingredients that I’m intolerant to. My friends let me borrow the cookbook “Peas and Thank you” and I came across a version of the below recipe. Of course, I had to tweak it and I will continue to narrow down the ingredients but I wanted to share ASAP.
INGREDIENTS
1 16-ounce can Black Beans, rinsed and drained (organic, if possible)
1 16-ounce can Refried Black Beans (lowest sodium you can find)
*It actually called for two cans of Black Beans, but I ran out, so I replaced it with the Refried Black Beans and it turned out super creamy. I will try it again with the regular beans and see what I like better.
1-2 cups baby Carrots
2 cloves Garlic
1-tablespoon ground Cumin
1-teaspoon dried Oregano
1-teaspoon dried Basil
1/2-teaspoon Chili powder
4-5 cups vegetable Broth
½-1 cup tomato sauce
DIRECTIONS:
Place ingredients in high-speed blender or food processor.
If using a Vita-Mix start on 1 and quickly switch to 10 and then high.
Blend for 5-6 minutes until steam appears.
If using a different kind of blender or food processor, adjust accordingly.
Don’t forget to sprinkle some Nutritional Yeast on top!
TGIF!
Black Bean Wrap
Posted: January 4, 2012 Filed under: Detox, Mexican Food | Tags: Avocado, Black Beans, Cumin, Detox, Lime Juice, Recipe, Salsa, Wrap 3 Comments »YES, this is an acceptable detox meal. :)
Try having a big salad before you eat the Black Bean Wraps.
BLACK BEAN WRAP
Ingredients
1 can organic Black Beans (look for lowest sodium)
1 Avocado
½ cup Salsa
1/2 to 1 teaspoon Cumin (depending on taste preference)
1 to 3 tablespoons Lime Juice (again, depends on your taste preference)
Corn Tortilla Wraps
Directions
Rinse, drain and smash Black Beans with a fork
Scoop out Avocado
Mix mashed Black Beans, Avocado, Salsa, Cumin and Lime Juice.
Spread mixture on Tortilla, wrap and eat.
*I can’t remember where I found the original recipe. My apologies.
Beans, beans, the magical fruit
The more you eat, the more you toot
The more you toot, the better you feel
So have beans at every meal!
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. I sing this song to my husband every time we eat beans (which is a lot). Maybe that’s why they don’t have the “toot” effect on us anymore. :)
My Indian Sweet Potato Soup
Posted: January 2, 2012 Filed under: Detox, My own recipe creations, Soup | Tags: Cumin, Curry, Detox, Diet, Indian food, Nutritional Yeast, Soup, Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Soup 6 Comments »If you are doing the “detox” diet or not, this is a delicious, creamy, spicy and super healthy soup.
I absolutely LOVE creamy soups but can’t eat traditional cream based soups because of my intolerance to lactose and dairy. I’m not missing out on anything with this recipe except for a belly ache. :)
INDIAN SWEET POTATO SOUP
Ingredients
1 medium sweet potato (cooked)
2 green onions
Handful of baby carrots
2 teaspoons cumin
1-2 teaspoons curry (depending on your taste)
2 teaspoons Nutritional Yeast
2 cups 100% Natural Organic vegetable broth (more may be needed depending on consistency)
Place ingredients in high-speed blender or food processor in order listed.
Start on 1 (or low) and quickly turn to 10 and then to high. (It all depends on what kind of blender or food processor you are using).
If using a Vita-Mix blend for 5 minutes.
If using a blender or processor that doesn’t heat up then blend until desired consistency and heat in a pan if desired.
Recipe by: Vitamin De
