Vegetarian

A slow cooker is one of the best tools out there for creating flavorful and healthy meals even when you’re busy. You can set it up hours ahead of time when you have a free minute and it’ll be ready at dinner time with little to no extra work involved!

This particular recipe has the added bonus if being filled with tons of healthy vegetables.

Curry is also great for suppressing your appetite because of the spices used (though with how good this is you’ll wish you had the appetite to eat more). Continue reading

Black Bean Vegetarian BurgerI love a good burger as much as anyone else, but meat can get to be pretty expensive. You can go for cheaper meat but it’s usually loaded with extra fat. You can save a lot of money and still have a great burger packed with flavor and good nutrition by opting for a black bean burger instead. Don’t go running to the freezer section either, they’re much cheaper to make yourself and don’t take very long at all!

Ingredients

1 can black beans
1 egg
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
1 small jalapeno pepper, chopped and deseeded Continue reading

Ingredients

10 oz celery, thinly sliced
1 small onion, diced
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 cup of vegetable stock (ideally low sodium)
½ cup skim milk
Juice of 1 lemon
3 oz feta cheese, diced
Handful of fresh parsley, chopped

Directions

  1. In a saucepan, heat the olive oil and sauté the onion until almost tender, but not browned. Add the celery and stir well.
  2. Sprinkle in the flour and keep on stirring for a few minutes. Pour in the vegetable stock and bring to a quick boil. Stir constantly.
  3. Immediately reduce the heat, cover and gently simmer for about 20 minutes.
  4. Place the soup into a blender and process until smooth. Then return the soup mixture to the saucepan, add the milk and season well with salt, pepper and the lemon juice. Reheat gently.

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