Chipotle Hummus and Rosemary Tortilla Crisps

Vegetarian

I am eating this right now and it's fucking yummy! I made the hummus and realized I wanted something to eat it with (other than a spoon, which was my original plan). Found our Milagro Tortillas and magic happened.

Hummus Recipe


2 Cans Garbanzo beans (drained, reserve juice)
1 1/2 Tbsp Fresh lemon juice
2-3 Chipotle peppers- minced (save the adobo sauce)
3 Tbsp Tahini (you can find it near the peanut butter, it's basically sesame butter)
1 1/2 Tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
2-4 Cloves garlic- minced
1/4 tsp Fresh rosemary- super-fine minced, almost microscopic
Salt- to taste

In a small pan, heat rosemary, garlic in olive oil just until fragrant. Set aside.

Drain garbanzo beans and place in food processor. Add all other ingredients, along with a bit of the adobo sauce from the peppers for extra smoky heat. Pulse until creamy, adding juice from garbanzo beans as needed to keep mixture moist. Don't make it too runny!


Rosemary Tortilla Crisps

Tortillas- Any kind. I've done these with wheat ones and they were great
Super-fine minced rosemary, just a pinch
Sea salt

Mix rosemary and salt. Slice tortillas into eighths and place in a single layer on a cookie sheet that's been sprayed with cooking spray. Lightly spray the top of the slices with the cooking spray and sprinkle with rosemary salt. Bake at 350° for 8-11 minutes until brown like in the pic. Enjoy!

Lazy Lentil Stew

Vegetarian Recipe


I couldn't sleep last night so I needed something easy to make today. Hooray for crock pots!


12 oz Bag of dry lentils rinsed and sorted
4 Red potatoes (Don't peel them! The skin is where the magic is.)
1 Small yellow onion
2 to 3 Cups of chopped carrots or baby carrots
1 Can of diced Italian style tomatoes with liquid
1 Packet Onion Soup Mix
Minced garlic cloves (Mmm... garlic...)
1 Cube of Cilantro seasoning
Salt and pepper, bay leaf, 
3 1/2 Cups of water (you may need to add more near the end, lentils expand)


Chops all ingredients into bite sizes. Toss in crock pot and add seasonings. You won't need much, thanks to the Italian tomatoes. You could use the Chipotle tomatoes if you wanna go spicy.
Set on low for 6 hours. If not done, crank that shit to high and test every 15 minutes. 

Bell Pepper Stuffing Casserole

Flexitarian Recipe


This recipe can be used as a casserole or you can alter it and actually *gasp* stuff bell peppers with it. Turned out to be a hit with the boys, I had to hoard some of it before it was gone so I could have it for lunch the next day. I'm pretty sure someone licked the pan too...

1 lb ground turkey (can substitute ground beef or Boca veggie crumbles for Flexitarian)

1/4 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon dried minced garlic

½ medium onion- chopped

1 jalapeno- chopped

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

3 ½ – 4 tablespoons uncooked rice (I used Jasmine rice)

1 (10 1/2 oz) can condensed tomato soup

1 (10 oz) can Rotel tomatoes

3/4 cup water
Half a head of cabbage

Brown turkey meat in olive oil with onions, jalapeno, and cumin. Add rice and remove from heat.

Chop cabbage and spread in bottom of baking dish. Sprinkle garlic flakes lightly over cabbage.

Mix tomato soup, Rotel, and water together.

Spread turkey mixture over cabbage and cover with tomato mixture.

Bake covered at 350 degrees for 1 & 1/2 hours.