Quick Vegetarian Skillet Chili
Lisa McDonnell Lisa McDonnell

Quick Vegetarian Skillet Chili

Simple, tasty and good for you. This is my kind of fast food. If you keep canned beans and tomatoes in your pantry then this is ready to make with the addition of an onion and some spices.

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Mushroom Pasta with Shaved Vegetables
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Mushroom Pasta with Shaved Vegetables

A simple pasta dish made with farmers market mushrooms and ribbons of shaved zucchini, summer squash and carrots. Weeknight meal, quick and delicious!

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Summer Lentil Salad
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Summer Lentil Salad

Lentil salad is such a simple and colorful summer dinner. French green lentils also known as le Puy lentils are a must because they hold their shape when cooking. The brown or regular green or red lentils can turn mushy when cooked and not ideal for lentil salad. They are a great source of plant based protein and fiber.

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Quinoa, Black Bean and Mango Salad
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Quinoa, Black Bean and Mango Salad

This lime spiked summer salad is so very refreshing in this hot weather. Quinoa is an ancient grain known for being gluten free and a complete source of protein. Combined with the black beans, this salad has plenty of protein and fiber for the vegetarian or omnivores alike.

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Chicken Curry Bowl
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Chicken Curry Bowl

Deep curry flavors heighten humble chicken thighs in this easy weeknight dish...

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Steamed Artichokes with a Garlic Aioli
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Steamed Artichokes with a Garlic Aioli

I found these purple beauties in my market and remembered how much I loved eating steamed artichokes as a kid. We would dip the leaves in drawn butter before running them through our teeth. Half the pleasure in eating them was the fun.

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Simple Collard Greens
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Simple Collard Greens

Southerners just love their collard greens. As a new transplant to North Carolina, have learned a lot about their unique regional foods, collards being one of them….

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Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread
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Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread

This is crazy good soda bread and we often eat it right out of the oven with a smear of salted butter or a drizzle of local honey. Mike is the bread maker in the family and he usually makes this on a weekend, never lasting the day, especially if our kids are home.

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Cilantro Hemp Seed Pesto
Lisa McDonnell Lisa McDonnell

Cilantro Hemp Seed Pesto

A simple and refreshing pesto that is creamy and flavorful is my latest favorite to dollop on most anything… roasted vegetables, fish, tacos, bowls and corn on the cob. A nut free and dairy free condiment made with a few simple ingredients of cilantro, hemp seeds, garlic, jalapeño and olive oil.

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