Dietary Need: Vegetarian/Vegan
Simple Rice Pilaf
This is a very simple rice pilaf: white rice cooked with a little flavorful oil and chopped onion, and then simmered with broth. It’s one step up from rice cooked in water, but not so elaborate that you can’t pull it together on a weeknight.
Scrambled Eggs with Herbs
Stovetop Hominy
Hominy is a type of corn that has been used in the Americas for thousands of years. This recipe makes an excellent spiced side dish that goes well with any type of meat. You can even serve it by itself over rice!
Oven Roasted Asparagus
Asparagus is a spring vegetable that can be cooked in many ways! Roasting brings out the vegetable’s sweetness.
Summer Veggie Pizza
This pizza is topped with a salad, making it full of veggies and flavor! Make sure you slice the vegetables very thin so they can cook quickly.
Mediterranean Garbanzo Bean Salad
This pasta salad gets its flavor from fresh vegetables and herbs. A good source of vegetable protein, this salad can be a side dish or a main meal.
Green Pea Falafel Patties
This recipe uses split peas and lentils instead of chickpeas to make these tasty falafel patties.
Cheesy Broccoli Chickpea & Rice Casserole
This dish is full of important nutrients including fiber from the brown rice, vitamin C from the broccoli, and plant-based protein from the chickpeas.
Calabacitas
Calabacitas (kahl-ah-ba-SEE-tas) translates to “little squash” in English. It is often served as a side dish, but can easily be a meal in itself.