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Kitchen Staple Recipes

March 18, 2020Uncategorizedroundup, staplesAdmin

With the current COVID-19 situation, you may be struggling to figure out what to cook. Here are some recipes using common kitchen staples with notes about substitutions. Please take care and be safe, everyone!

Entrees

Savory Oatmeal – add any vegetables or toppings you’d like

2 Ingredient Sweet Potato Pancakes — 2 Ingredient Sweet Potato Pancakes – just add egg! Also works with mashed banana and probably other fruit or veggies

Curried Chickpea Salad - Guess Who's Cooking — Curried Chickpea Salad – sub apricot or orange jam for mango chutney (or omit)

Fishy Nuggets – Can sub coconut flakes for another filler like almond meal, flour, oats, etc.

Mediterranean Salmon Salad — Mediterranean Salmon Salad – you can sub canned tuna and switch out the veggies. Would probably taste great with white beans instead of fish!

Roasted Veggie Lunch Bowl — Roasted Veggie Lunch Bowl – Roast whatever veggies you have in the fridge, add protein and sauce of choice!

Whole Grain Salad with Miso Dressing | GuessWhosCooking.com — Whole Grain Salad with Miso Dressing – sub other grains or veggies. Many of us have a forgotten tub of miso in the fridge!

Sides and Snacks

Bean and Corn Dip — Bean and Corn Dip – Use up those cans of beans and corn. You can also just use bottled Italian dressing

Berry Chia Jam – can use frozen or fresh berries

Breakfast Bites – just oats, banana, applesauce (maybe sub canned pumpkin?), and raisins. Sub other fruit or fillings like nuts.

broiled green beans — Broiled Green Beans – use fresh or frozen!

carrot pancakes — Carrot Pancakes – Carrots last a long time in the fridge! Could sub other grated veggies.

roasted carrots — Roasted Carrots – can also use baby carrots

Chia Pudding — Chia Pudding – start with milk (or alternative) + chia seeds, add whatever other flavors or toppings you’d like

Savory Roasted Chickpeas — Savory Roasted Chickpeas – try with whatever spices you have on hand

Vegetarian Baked Beans – can sub brown sugar for molasses, sub other vinegar for apple cider vinegar

Desserts

2-Ingredient Crispy Rice Bars – Just chocolate and rice cereal. May also work with other types of cereal

Chickpea Blondies — Chickpea Blondies – sub other nut butters or sweeteners

apple slices with chocolate and peanut butter drizzle — Peanut Butter Chocolate Apple Nachos – apples will last a long time in the fridge!

Chia Pudding

March 18, 2020Dessert, Recipes, Snacks2 ingredients, chia, creamy, dessert, easy, plant-based, seeds, side, vegetarianAdmin

Chia Pudding

By no means did I come up with the idea of chia pudding, but tons of recipes exist. This is a common ratio of 1 part chia seeds to 4 parts liquid. Top it with whatever you’d like – fruit, chia jam, nuts, nut butter, maple syrup or honey, etc.

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Chia Pudding

A simple, 2 ingredient recipe that can be the base for a tasty snack or breakfast!

Course Breakfast, Snack

Keyword breakfast, chia, dessert, easy, seeds, snack

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Servings 2

Ingredients

1/4 cup chia seeds
1 cup cashew milk or other milk
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions

Combine cashew milk and chia seeds in a jar. Shake well to combine. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
Shake jar again and if necessary, use a fork to break up clumps. Refrigerate for another 50 minutes or overnight.
Serve with whatever toppings you'd like: fruit, chia jam, nuts, nut butter, maple syrup or honey, etc.

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