Initially I was skeptical about this recipe from Delish. Crunchy chunks of ramen noodles that are toasted in the oven rather than boiled? Is that even edible? It sure is!! And it makes for a delicious and crunchy salad. I adjusted the original recipe very slightly to make it vegan and to…
Tag: quick meal
Lentil Bolognese with Zoodles
I don’t have a spiralizer and I don’t mind because my grocery store almost always has pre-spiraled veggies available to buy for a reasonable price. It saves me time, mess, and physical effort and means I can spend more time and energy on the sauce! Although with this lentil bolognese sauce, it hardly takes any…
Pasta with Kale and Sundried Tomatoes
Want to up your pasta game? A classic dish of pasta is always delicious, but can be made so much better by adding just a few extra ingredients. I’m guilty of having pasta for dinner whenever I can’t decide what to make or when I feel like we have “nothing” in the house. If you’re…
Teriyaki Veggie Tacos
I’m pretty proud of myself for this one. A change in our schedules meant that we would both be home for dinner unexpectedly, and with a fridge full of produce and a packed vacation schedule coming up, it meant we needed to take this opportunity to clear out that refrigerator! I decided to use up…
Tomato Cucumber Salad with Sauteed Kale
I am loving meals full of veggies in this brutal heat. Who feels like turning on the oven when it is 95 degrees in New York City? Especially when you don’t have air conditioning and your kitchen is like a sauna? This heat wave has got me craving watery vegetables and cold salads. For dinner…
Mash Up Dinner
Today was a hot day full of outdoor activities and not enough water. I came home after hours of being in the hot sun and felt sunburned and dehydrated. And famished! I was craving an easy dinner full of vegetables to help quench my thirst and replenish my body of the energy and nutrients I…
Israeli Couscous with White Beans and Veggies
Sometimes simple meals are the best. You know the kind – they’re the meals you make out of a random assortment of ingredients gathered from your fridge and pantry. I recently bought some gorgeous Israeli Couscous Mix from Trader Joe’s and was dying to try it out, especially since we grow so tired of the rotation of the…
Tofu Kebabs and Corn with Basil Butter
Memorial Day Weekend is the official start of summertime as made apparent by the crazy traffic heading down to the Jersey Shore from New York City, the (sometimes) warm temperatures, the three-day weekend, and most importantly…the BBQs! My family typically gathers together at my parents’ home for the long weekend. They live close to the…
Ribbon Veggie Noodle Stir-fry
Tonight’s dinner was really fun to make. I knew that we had all the ingredients to make a stir-fry, and I was in the mood for a stir-fry, but I was trying to think of a new, more exciting way to prepare it. We had asparagus and carrots in the fridge and, tired of the…
Spicy Black Bean Tacos
It was Cinco de Mayo this past weekend, and although we did not do anything to celebrate on the actual day, we decided to have a festive dinner this week to prolong the fiesta. Even more appropriately, it’s Taco Tuesday! Tacos are one of our repeat go-to dinners because they typically take so little time…
An Imperfect Vegan 