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Recipes with cilantro

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Mexican Layer Casserole

March 6, 2010

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Mexican Layer Casserole

Mexican Layer Casserole is comfort food to me. It’s flavorful and filling and comes together quickly, even though the ingredient list looks long. The chiles in adobo sauce, with their spicy smokiness, really punch up the flavor in the casserole.

Food Pr0n: Jumping Pepita Quesadilla

October 4, 2009

Food Pr0n: Jumping Pepita Quesadilla

I always end up with a bunch of leftover parsley or cilantro and I’m never quite sure how to use it up. I saw this quesadilla recipe in my Phytopia Cookbook and thought the parsley spread was a clever way to prevent waste. Turns out that parsley is chock full of Vitamins A, C and Iron.

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Hippie Salad with Chicken

August 3, 2009

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Hippie Salad with Chicken

No, there aren’t two kinds of meat in this salad! Hippie meat tends to be a bit gamey for my taste, yuk yuk yuk. I call this Hippie Salad because it contains two grains that hippies love: bulgur and quinoa.