Cheap Dinner – Red Bell Pepper Frittata
Last night we had cheap food in the form of breakfast for dinner with a simple red bell pepper frittata. I'm not a huge fan of meals with eggs, but with this recipe it has a mixture of eggs and...
View ArticleGarlic Roasted Cauliflower
This recipe for garlic roasted cauliflower is more of an extension of a recipe I've used with roasted broccoli in a pasta salad. I loved how the other recipe turned out and needed a quick, cheap dish...
View ArticleSeared Sesame Tuna w/Ginger Carrot Sauce
Here's an amazing pan-seared tuna with ginger-carrot sauce. I was looking for inspiration for the upcoming week's dinner menu and stumbled across Martha Stewart's tuna recipe. I'd had a frozen tuna...
View ArticleWhole Garbanzo Hummus Recipe
It's rare for me to find a hummus that I don't like and there are a million recipes out there for me to try. However, today's hummus recipe is my very own, no recipe used, but inspired by a hummus I...
View ArticleCheap Salad – Broccoli with Orange Peel and Cashews
This is a great cheap vegan salad that was inspired by a recipe book created by a naturopathic doctor here in Costa Rica. Salads are always a favorite of mine probably because of the rich, fresh taste...
View ArticlePurple Cabbage and Green Bean Salad
Don't forget about cabbage as an option for a salad base. There are a ton of health benefits of cabbage, but most importantly, Cabbage has more vitamin C than oranges do per serving, is high in fiber...
View ArticleAuthentic Babaganoush
While there isn't too much authentic foreign food in Costa Rica, something you can find easily is Mediterranean or, more specifically, Lebanese food. With the restaurant Sash within walking distance...
View ArticleCauliflower Mashed Faux-tatoes
I'm not sure who coined the term 'faux-tatoes' but it's fun to say and definitely serves it's purpose. We scoured the internet for low-carb recipes for alternative side dishes and came across a few for...
View ArticleFlatbread with Garbanzo and Fava Flour
We've begun to explore a low-carb flour option to replace our wheat flours. This garbanzo and fava bean flatbread with thyme, honey and sea salt is to die for. I hope you try this recipe out and don't...
View ArticleAsian Beef and Mango Salad
We’re a regular taco night family. It’s an easy meal that we often turn into taco salad night which just means our taco ingredients go over top of crunched up tortilla chips. This time we decided to...
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