Category Archives: easy meals

Sweet potato quesadillas

How delicious are these quesadillas? Let’s listen in on a conversation Nathan and I had earlier tonight, when we’d both just gotten home and both our stomachs were growling:
“We need dinner,” I told him.  “We have two options. We can have spaghetti with the veggie meatballs -”
“Did I mention those meatballs were really, really good?” [...]

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Roasted garlic dip with spinach for New Year’s Eve

New Year’s is rarely a big holiday for me.  I never make resolutions, in part because I know I won’t keep them.  You won’t see any 2009 recaps or 2010 resolutions on this blog.  I hope 2010 will bring us all more happiness and less stress, which seems very promising.  That’s about all I have [...]

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Maybe brussels sprouts aren’t so bad

Brussels sprouts may not be as bad as you (and I) think – it may just be that we’re doing it wrong.

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Hearty dinner pancakes

Pancakes can easily be adapted into a healthy dinner – just keep adding to them!

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Organic can still be bad for you

There’s some confusion in the world about exactly what “organic” means – in fact, it means less than you think.  Organic food – essentially food certified that it was made without pesticides – can still be junk food, and can still be unhealthy.  Mark Bittman has a great article this week about how the “organic” [...]

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Mashed sweet potato with quinoa

This dinner is so simple it doesn’t even need a recipe: cook some quinoa, and mash it together with a baked sweet potato.
That’s it.  Really.
I like to use about equal parts of each.  Top it with your choice of cheese (goat cheese or cheddar are my favorites), or just salt and pepper for a vegan [...]

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Easy elegant spinach pasta

Pasta is delightfully flexible and tasty – it’s easy to prepare an elegant dish in just a few minutes, and it goes with almost anything.  This week the Washington Post had a nice article reminding us all about why we love pasta so much, and all the myriad things you can do with it.  I’ve [...]

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