Comments on: Share Your Best Meal of The Week

By: Lyndsey

Lyndsey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:15:36 +0000

My favorite breakfast ever – my friends and family ask for it by its made-up name “garbage”, everytime I have an overnight guest! I saute hashbrowns on the stove with extra virgin olive oil, basil and sea salt. My special touch is a few shakes of hot sauce (but make it often without for guests who don’t like spicy so early in the morning)! Once the hashbrowns are half way done, I like to add cut up white or yellow onion. In the meantime cook two pieces of sausage (I prefer maple turkey, but to each their own) and scramble a few eggs. Once the hashbrown are done, place them in a bowl and begin cooking the scrambled eggs, place them in the bowl with the hashbrowns once fully cooked. Cut the sausage in bite size pieces, place them in the bowl as well. Mix it all up, get it, it looks like garbage! Some ask me to add cheese, cilantro, peppers, tomatoes, etc… and many enjoy topping it off with ketchup, salsa, etc… I personally enjoy as is, with hot sauce cooked with the hashbrowns… trust me on this!

By: Lyndsey

Lyndsey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:56:46 +0000

Burrito bowl!!! Everything is from Whole Foods. Cook bison on the stove with a packet of taco seasoning. I then add black beans to the mix. After letting that simmer for a bit, I add in cooked brown rice. I like to at this point add a few shakes of hot sauce. On low heat and stirring often (not much liquid, you don’t want it to burn) keep it on the stove for about 10 minutes… this allows the brown rice to take on the flavor of the taco seasoning and hot sauce. I like to chop up raw green cabbage (for the crunch factor!), tomatoes and red onion and mix it all together. Feel free to add cheese and/or sour cream. To keep it vegan free, forget the bison, cheese and sour cream.

By: Erika

Erika — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:26:33 +0000

I always have shrimp in the freezer and can whip up a shrimp stir fry with either fresh veggies or some frozen French green beans. Just cook brown rice while putting everything together and your meal is complete! I love the 360 Brand hoisin sauce, it’s great to add to a vegetable stir fry.

By: Jennifer Emerson

Jennifer Emerson — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:04:52 +0000

I threw this together in the rice cooker, and yum!

I started with 1 cup quinoa and 2 cups water in the rice cooker, and started it up.

Whisk together 1/4 c peanut sauce and 1/4 c roasted tomato salsa (blended style).
Cut up 1 lb tofu in 1/2 inch cubes and 2 cups frozen green beans, and toss in salsa/peanut sauce mix.

After about 10-15 minutes of the quinoa cooking, toss the tofu/green bean mix into the rice cooker, and let all of it finish cooking. When finished, mix together, and toss it in a bowl for a yummy, healthy, easy dinner!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:32:46 +0000

I discovered this jem while in Brazil.

Chicken or Shrimp (your choice) Casa Nova

Cut a whole pineapple from top to bottom and then gut it out to make a bowl. You will get two bowls.

Steam enough rice for two people
Cook enough shrimp or chicken for two people
Make a roux sauce
Cut pineapple guts into chunks

Combine rice, meat, roux, and pineapples into the pineapple bowls. Top with cheddar cheese.

Put in the oven for about 5 minutes at 350 or until cheese is melted and brown.

Serve hot

By: Marla

Marla — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:39:47 +0000

Experimenting with some vegan and vegetarian recipes lately, I came up with this delicious sandwich. I like it with a seedy bread such as Birdland or Seeduction, but it would probably work on anything, or even as a wrap. Takes only 5 minutes and is AMAZING.

- Sliced raw mushrooms
- Sliced avocado
- Chopped bell pepper
- Sliced red onion
- Alfalfa sprouts
- Grated carrot
- Spicy mustard OR hummus
- Swiss or Muenster cheese (optional)

Especially yummy warmed in the oven for just a few minutes (microwave is ok but tends to soften the bread)

By: cooking4carnivores

cooking4carnivores — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:52:15 +0000

actually the best meal i have made in awhile – spinach and sausage gnocchi (for vegetarians or carnivores)

http://www.cooking4carnivores.com/2009/06/how-to-get-meat-and-potatoes-person-to.html

By: ~M

~M — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:44:25 +0000

Those halibut kabobs look fabulous!

By: hannah

hannah — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:11:09 +0000

My favorite meal that I made this week was a really simple, tasty wrap!

First, I sliced a zucchini with a carrot peeler into long, thing strips. Then I chopped up a red bell pepper. I sprinkled both with a little olive oil and crushed garlic, and roasted in the toaster oven. Yanked out the zucchini before the red bell pepper,since it cooked much faster.

Then I made a wrap with a tortilla. I filled it with the zucchini, red bell pepper, shredded lettuce, crumbled feta, and a handful of cranberries. Then a spritz of vinegar and oil on top. It actually surprised me how good it was!

By: Mama Mel

Mama Mel — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:29:13 +0000

Well, this past Sunday morning I made my husband a “Father’s Day Frittata” for breakfast with a side of hashed browns. He loved it! I suppose that’s been my best meal this week. I’ve been too busy to make anything else that is worthy of a post! Check out my recipe at http://mamamelloves1.blogspot.com/2009/06/fathers-day-frittata.html