Month: January 2021

Quick Burrito Bowl

Ingredients

  • 2 bags of Walmart’s Great Value Boil in Bag Brown Rice
  • 2 cups chopped Romaine or Iceburg Lettuce
  • 1 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1 can black beans, undrained
  • 1 Tbsp. Aldi taco seasoning
  • 1 bag Aldi Steamed Sweet Frozen Corn
  • Aldi Restaurant Style Guacamole Sweet and Spicy
  • Aldi Mild Fresh Cut Salsa
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • Kosher salt to taste

Steps

  1. While boiling rice, chopped lettuce and cilantro.
  2. Add beans and taco seasoning to beans and heat on stove.
  3. Prepare corn according to package directions. Mix cooked corn with cilantro.
  4. Drain rice and add to individual bowls. Add to bowls, beans, corn, guacamole, salsa, and lettuce.
  5. Sprinkle lime juice and salt over burrito bowls.

May be served with warmed tortillas.

No Oil Oven Roasted Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 6 potatoes
  • salt & pepper to taste

Steps

  1. Place the whole potatoes in a large pot, cover with water, and boil for 5 minutes or until just tender enough to pierce with a fork. Drain the potatoes, cut into 1″ pieces, and spread them evenly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  2. Sprinkle the potatoes with salt and pepper. Bake at 450 degrees on middle rack for 30-40 minutes or until the potatoes start to get bubbly and brown.

Optional toppings: paprika, dried basil or rosemary.

Adapted from “Shane and Simple”.

Spicy Thai Peanut Spaghetti

Ingredients

  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 carrot
  • 4 green onions
  • 1 cup of cilantro
  • 1 box whole grain spaghetti
  • 1/2 cup Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 1 cup soy sauce or tamari
  • 1/3 cup maple syrup
  • 1 Tbsp. rice vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp. water
  • 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper to taste
  • Chopped avocado

Steps

  1. In a food processor, chop garlic and carrot, pulse a few times, add green onions and cilantro and blend. Remove and set aside.
  2. Cook pasta according to package instructions, drain and return to pot.
  3. While pasta cooks, in a food processor, add peanut butter, lime juice, soy sauce, maple syrup, rice vinegar and water. Blend until smooth.
  4. Add peanut sauce to pasta and mix well.
  5. Add veggies and crushed red pepper to pasta and and mix well.
  6. Top with avocado.

Can be eaten warm or cold. Optional-top with bean sprouts.

Adapted from Martin, Shane. “Spicy Thai Peanut Spaghetti.” Shane ad Simple. 14 Sept., 2017, https://shaneandsimple.com/spicy-peanut-butter-ramen-noodles/

Serves 5