Affordable & Approachable Food
Who said you had to follow a recipe for tacos?
Really, just use what you have and throw it in. Top the taco with your favorite taco sauce and there you go – that’s lunch. As much I love following new recipes, sometimes it just makes sense to use what you already have. …
Lately, our household has been a soup, stew, and chili eatery.
Due to what’s going on in the world, grocery shopping trips have been sporadic, in order to reduce our contact with the general public. This means we buy pantry-safe ingredients that can last a very long time. …
Now that we have our cheap food essentials, it’s time crank up the oven and cook up crispy baked potato wedges.
Potatoes are one of the more affordable and long-lasting vegetables you can keep around in your kitchen. Besides, they are great candidates for snack time. …
Got rice and vegetables begging to be cooked up? Fried rice with vegan “chicken” is a no-brainer.
Using ingredients you love and have, this recipe is insanely flexible, affordable, and accessible. The main ingredients for this recipe include cooked rice, soy sauce, and tofu.…
Blistered, golden, and juicy – that’s the goal for this easy blistered green beans recipe.
It’s time to crank up the stove and get it sizzling hot for your frozen green beans. For this recipe, I used Trader Joe’s frozen French green beans.…
Growing up, my favorite thing to eat was steamed broccoli drenched in cheese sauce.
It was the late 80s – early 90s and money was tight, so it was basically cheese sauce in a bag that was quickly warmed up and plopped onto overly boiled frozen broccoli.…
If I am going to have a salad, it has to be worth eating. Meaning, there should be more than just a bed of wilted greens.
In my opinion, here are a few elements to the perfect, balanced salad:
In this recipe, I am combining my infamously tender and tasty tofu “chicken” recipe with fresh, plant-based ingredients.…
This vegan picadillo recipe a simple dish, using affordable, popular ingredients including potatoes, ground beef, tomato sauce, seasonings, olives, and oil.
Picadillo, pronounced “pee-ca-dee-o” is also known as “carne molida” in Spanish.
Picadillo is ground beef (this recipe is vegan) that has been cooked in a tomato sauce, potatoes, seasonings, and spices.…
Slightly sweet, smoky, and bold – just exactly how I love my vegan chili.
This vegan chili will give you the textures and flavors of your traditional chili con carne, but without the meat. We’re going sin carne here aka vegan.…
