Crunchy Cold Lentil Salad (Oil-Free)

- Posted in Burgers, Wraps & Sandwiches, Gluten-Free, Makes Great Leftovers, Nut-Free, Our Toddlers LOVE This!, Quick Meals, Salads & Oil-Free Dressings, Soy-Free

Life has been CRAZY lately! Our youngest is almost 8 months old and just started crawling! I’m almost completely done with my shopping/wardrobe makeover so I’m really happy about that! Life is good, I can’t complain!

So… I’m totally addicted to the oil-free lentil salads at Whole Foods! Since WF is 20 miles away and costs a wee bit more than you’re usual takeout food (my hubby calls it “Whole Paycheck”) I decided to come up with my own lentil salad recipe. This is a mixture of several different recipes. It’s not exactly like theirs but it’s pretty darn good! I usually double this recipe and eat it all week. It makes a great after-workout snack! Our toddler loves it too!

Crunchy Cold Lentil Salad

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Tomato & Red Lentil Soup

- Posted in Crockpot / Slow Cooker, Gluten-Free, Main Dishes, Makes Great Leftovers, Nut-Free, Our Toddlers LOVE This!, Quick Meals, Soups, Stew & Chili, Soy-Free

You know how much we love soup and lentils! Here’s an easy lentil soup using the unique spice sumac.

What in the heck is sumac? I found this description on WorldSpice.com (where I buy all my spices… YUM!) “The deep red sumac berry is ground and dried to impart a tart, lemony flavor with a refreshing complexity. Sumac’s traditional usage in middle eastern cuisine sees it added to rice or kebabs and sprinkled as a condiment atop bowls of hummus.”

Ah ha… that’s what that red powder is on top of the hummus served at Mediterranean restaurants!

I serve this soup with a scoop of grain (quinoa this time) and a hefty portion of greens (kale, of course)…  Oh and sometimes I add a scoop of plain soy yogurt on top too.

Our toddler loved the soup… our 7 month old isn’t quite ready for that yet so he’s enjoying his spoon for now 🙂

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Buffalo Wing’ish Hummus

- Posted in Appetizers & Snacks, Burgers, Wraps & Sandwiches, Makes Great Leftovers, Quick Meals

I don’t know about you but I LOVE almost anything with buffalo wing sauce, there’s just something about it that makes everything taste better. You can imagine my excitement when I stumbled upon this recipe! All the taste of buffalo wings without the greasy meat and occasional cartilage/fat between your teeth! Sorry, but it’s true!

Buffalo Wing’ish Hummus

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Crockpot Wheat Berry Cereal

- Posted in Breakfast, Crockpot / Slow Cooker, Makes Great Leftovers, Nut-Free, Our Toddlers LOVE This!, Soy-Free

I’m always looking for new ways to get a serving of grain at every meal. I have several 1/2 gallon mason jars full of different grains in my pantry and I try to rotate them each week for variety. Sometimes I use my rice cooker, other times I experiment using my crock pot. Breakfast in the crock pot is awesome! Who doesn’t want to wake up to a hot meal, especially when you’re as busy as I am in the mornings!

This is one of our favorite wheat berry breakfast combos… so filling and so easy!

Crockpot Wheat Berry Cereal

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