My friend Erin sent me this recipe. It is kind of like enchiladas and it came together super fast! (Literally threw it together in 15 minutes before going to tutoring and then baked it when I got home). We all really liked it. The only problem I had with it was that the tortillas got a little mushy, so I wasn’t wild about the texture but the flavors were great.

Thursday: Sweet Potato Soup with Chickpeas

My friend Jess sent me this soup recipe and it is so good!! Very simple but good. It calls for bacon so again, I subbed roasted chickpeas. These roasted chickpeas are maybe my favorite food ever. They were perfect with this soup!! I also stirred in some greek yogurt.

Friday: Leftovers

My father in law made us a really good pasta with tomatoes and zucchini and we also had yummy breads and cheeses before dinner.

Sunday:  In-N-Out Burger

Vegetarians love this place too! We got grilled cheeses animal style, fries, and milkshakes. (Did you know you can also get the fries animal style?? Amazing.)

Monday: Passover Seder

First night of Passover. My mother in law made quinoa stuffed mushrooms and I made roasted broccoli. As part of the Seder, we also had hard-boiled eggs, matzoh, and wine. For dessert, Judi made Matzoh Buttercrunch. Yum!!

Tuesday: Thai Birthday Dinner

Rebecca, my sister in law, has her birthday on Thursday, but since we wouldn’t be together, we celebrated on Tuesday. Passover options are a little bit limited but she picked Thai takeout, which is very Passover and vegetarian friendly! We got drunken noodles, red curry, yellow curry, eggplant, and pad see ew. Judi and Campbell made a delicious flourless chocolate torte for dessert (similar to this).

Thursday: Caprese Pasta Salad

Good, easy, and fresh!

Friday: Girls Dinner

We went out to dinner with two of our good friends Jess and Matt. We went to Bandolero for dinner which was really delicious and then grabbed drinks afterward at the Ritz. Such a fun night!

Sunday:  Spring Vegetable Risotto

This is one of my very favorite foods and it is so springy–perfect for this time of year! I simplify the recipe by skipping the whole broth part of the recipe (I just use plain broth).

Monday: Roasted Vegetable and Orzo Salad

This recipe is so good! I really piled on the feta because I love feta and it made it very filling. Yummm!

Tuesday: Black Bean Burgers and Sweet Potato Fries

I really, really like this bean burger recipe. You should really try it!! Super easy, delicious, and healthy

I decided to make my own, vegetarian version of a Cobb salad. And it was great! I worked off this recipe but subbed these roasted chickpeas for bacon (salty, smokey, and crispy) and I subbed cubed mozzarella for the chicken. I also added diced pears because I had seen that in another recipe and knew we would all enjoy that addition! And I just used romaine lettuce. I think next time I would do a combo of romaine and spinach, just to make it healthier. The salad turned out great and everyone loved it! I highly recommend the Caitlin Cobb!

Thursday: Beans and Rice

I made these delicious beans and served them with some brown rice, a leeeettle bit of shredded cheese, avocados, and tomatoes. Yum yum!! This is such an easy, healthy, delicious meal!

Friday: Hot Dogs, Sweet Potato Tots, and Green Salad

We decided to have a family dinner night out! We went to Pete’s Apizza which was very meh, in my opinion. The pizza wasn’t that great and it was overpriced. Oh well, we had fun!

Sunday:  Curried Cauliflower Salad

I LOVE this dish! We ate it with a little french bread on the side.

Monday: Dinner Club

I hosted our neighborhood dinner club this month and my theme was Pioneer Woman recipes! I got the idea here. It was really fun and all the food was, of course, delicious! I made this creamy pesto pasta (but with whole wheat pasta) and these orange muffins for dessert (they’re called muffins but they taste more like donuts!)

Tuesday: Taquitos and Guacamole

These taquitos were good, but I added some black beans in with the filling to make them more, um, filling! I served them with guacamole, made by Ben. Delicioso!

We met up with our friend Angie, who was in town for work, at one of the best pizza places in DC! Ben, the kids, and I shared a couple of pizzas, a salad, and some appetizers.

Thursday: Sweet Potato Wraps

My mom and Jerry arrived tonight and I served them one of our favorite vegan meals (again, expletive warning). Everyone loved it! Super exciting news–my friend Nicole alerted me to the fact that Safeway now sells uncooked flour tortillas (like they’ve sold in TX grocery stores forever). I am SO excited about this! We used these for this meal and they were fantastic!

With our best babysitters in town, we were so excited to go on a date night to see one of our favorite series turned into a movie: Veronica Mars. It was SO good. Did not disappoint one bit! We saw it at Tyson’s so we grabbed dinner before at one of our favorite fast food spots: Cava Grill. It is a spin off of a great chain in the area (CAVA). It is basically a mediterranean version of chipotle. I got a pita with tzatziki, roasted red pepper hummus, babaganoush, falafel, feta, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, and pita chips. Mmmmm!

Sunday:  BBQ Chickpea Pizza

I was excited to find this recipe, since I have good memories of the CPK chicken BBQ pizza. Ben made it, and it was delicious but not quite what I was looking for. Maybe I will try tweaking it a little next time (red onions and cilantro? mozzarella cheese too?).

Monday: Green Eggs, Biscuits, and Sweet Potato Fries

I saw this recipe on 100 Days of Real Food and thought it would be good for St. Patrick’s Day. We all really liked the eggs!! And it was cool how the spinach turned the eggs green! I love making these biscuits whenever we have eggs for dinner, and I also made these sweet potato fries.

Tuesday: My Favorite Vegan Meal

I made this recipe again and loved it again! My friend Angie had the idea to add a leafy green (I used spinach) which was great!! Since I found last time that the spaghetti and chickpeas didn’t mix so well, I plated it like this: handful of fresh spinach, hot spaghetti, a little lemon and olive oil, chickpea mixture on top. It worked great! Also, I doubled the chickpeas this time, but kept the rest of the ingredients mostly the same. Definitely try this recipe!!

The flavors in this soup were very good, but I just might not be a good crockpotter. The pasta ended up being mushy–maybe I cooked it too long!

Thursday: Tortilla Soup

We hadn’t made this soup in a while, and I don’t know why. It is soo good!! I added black beans to make it a little more filling. It would also be good with a side of cornbread. I may have to do that next time. Recipe courtesy of my in-laws.

2 Tbl. Vegetable oil

1 med. onion, chopped

1 bell pepper, chopped

2 cloves minced garlic

3 Tbl ground cumin 

1 28-oz can crushed tomatoes

3 four-oz. cans diced chile peppers, drained

4 cans vegetable broth

1 eleven-oz can whole kernel corn (we used frozen corn)

Salt and pepper to taste

Grated cheddar cheese, about 1 cup

1 avocado, peeled, pitted and diced (for garnish)

Tortilla chips 

 

Heat the oil in large pot over medium heat. Stir in onion, bell pepper, garlic, and cumin and sauté for about 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender (maybe closer to 10 minutes). Mix in tomatoes and chile peppers. Pour in the broth. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Mix corn into soup and continue cooking for about 5 minutes (maybe a little longer with frozen corn). Put tortilla chips into bowls, pour soup over, sprinkle with cheese and top with bits of avocado.

We were supposed to go out for a date night with our friends Heather and Rich last week but Ben was sick so we rescheduled for this week. We went to an adorable restaurant in DC called Chez Billy. I got a yummy salad and the moules frites. DEEE-licious!

Sunday:  Tacos

Again, we were supposed to have dinner with out friends the Hobbs last Sunday but since Ben was sick, we rescheduled for this Sunday. And we made the same meal, but with a few little extras! We had this southwestern chopped salad and bean and cheese tacos with homemade, whole wheat tortillas. Ben made Mexican rice (but with veggie broth, not chicken broth) and amazing margaritas. We had these delicious molten chocolate mousse cups for dessert.

Monday: Roasted Vegetable and Orzo Salad

I made this delicious orzo and roasted vegetable salad. So good and so healthy! I kind of combined this recipe and this recipe. I roasted broccoli, red pepper, red onion, sweet potatoes, and cherry tomatoes. I added the veggies to the orzo with a simple vinaigrette, feta, and sunflower seeds.

Tuesday: Leftovers

Boring but easy!

 Wednesday:  Queso Fundido, Corn Tortillas, Brussels Sprouts, Roasted Sweet Potatoes

I would not recommend trying to make this meal on a weeknight. I think I was supposed to do this on a weekend but then somehow it got pushed to Wednesday. It was good, but I was frantic trying to make it all! Obviously you could just buy corn tortillas, which would make it easier but I hadn’t done that so I had to make them! I was trying to make a queso fundido similar to the one at Oyamel, and though this one was good, it wasn’t the same! I guess we’ll just need to go to Oyamel again soon!

Thursday: Leftovers

Obviously I wasn’t up for cooking again after that crazy meal!

We were supposed to go out for a date night with some friends but Ben got sick. Boo! So we had Chipotle instead. I was excited to try out their new sofritas filling, which is vegan. It was super delicioso. It’s been a while since I have had meat, but I would love to hear from someone who eats meat to see what they think. I don’t think you can tell the difference!! It is not yet available across the country but we already have it in the DC area!

Sunday:  Tacos

We were supposed to have dinner with out friends the Hobbs tonight, but again, had to cancel due to Ben being sick. But the good news is we still made a yummy dinner! We had this southwestern chopped salad and bean and cheese tacos with homemade, whole wheat tortillas. This time I actually made the dressing since Trader Joe’s was out of their version. They taste very similar so make your own if you like homemade things and buy it if you like simplifying your life.

Monday: Veggie Burgers and Sweet Potato Fries

This veggie burger recipe was really good and fast!! I will definitely be making it again! Since it only called for 1/4 C of onion, I sliced up the rest of the onion and caramelized them for a burger topping. I also added tomatoes, but otherwise served the burgers just as they suggested. I made sweet potato fries using this recipe and they were great! I didn’t realize ahead of time that I was supposed to soak the sweet potatoes so I skipped that step and they still turned out great! I also used a bowl instead of a ziploc bag.

Tuesday: Tomato, Pesto, Mozzarella Sandwiches and Caesar Salad

I copied this meal exactly from my friend Nicole. She served us this dinner the last time we were at her house. It is super easy but really good: just slices of bread (a nice one) topped with pesto, mozzarella, and tomatoes made grilled-cheese-style. And a Caesar salad, which was really just chopped romaine lettuce with bottled dressing. And since it’s Mardi Gras, we had King Cake for dessert from the delicious bakery down the street. YUM!