Showing posts with label Fifteen Minutes or Less. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fifteen Minutes or Less. Show all posts

Creamy Curried Chickpeas (gluten free, vegan)

Creamy Curried Garbanzos (gluten free, vegan)

We are always looking for a new way to prepare chick peas (garbanzos). They are loaded with iron, protein and fiber, and if you buy the dried beans to cook yourself, are cheap and low in sodium.  We are into quick meals, too!

Creamy Curried Chickpeas can be prepared as a tasty filling for tacos or with abundant sauce to pour over rice or quinoa. The sweet and mildly spicy sauce got a thumbs-up from G-man and the Cadet. One of these days we'll triple all the of spices to crank up the heat!

For four generous servings or eight side portions:


1 large red onion, peeled and diced
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp garlic
1 tsp chili powder (mild or hot is up to you)
1 tsp tumeric
1/4 tsp salt
3-4 cups cooked chick peas (or two cans, drained)
1 tbsp parsley flakes
1 cup canned coconut milk (or the whole can if you plan on making the dish saucy enough to pour over rice or quinoa)

On low heat, gently simmer the onion in the olive oil, Add the spices and salt and stir together until the onions are translucent. Add the chick peas and simmer for another five minutes. Add the coconut milk and until bubbly, stirring occasionally. Serve right away with soft tortillas, rice, or quinoa.


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Beef Teriyaki in Fifteen Minutes without Soy Sauce! (gluten free, low sodium)


Beef Teriyaki without Soy Sauce (gluten free)

Have you ever heard of a low-sodium Teriyaki sauce? Me neither.* A quick check of the jar labels in the store can be hair raising. When I went cruising for recipes I kept finding soy sauce, and lots of it. Hmmm.... what does soy sauce taste like, besides salty? Rich, earthy (from fermentation), and a bit tangy. I played around for a while with some things we had in the cupboard, and came up with a really good impostor!

The trick here is to have everything chopped and prepped to you do not overcook anything. Your steak will be tender, your veggies will have a bit of crunch, and the sauce will marry the tastes and textures together.

1 lb grassfed beef steak, thinly sliced

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup blackstrap molasses
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp salt or lite salt
1/2 tsp sesame oil
1/4 cup diced onion

1 tbsp sesame seeds
3 large mushrooms
3 carrots
3 stalks celery
1/2 cup chopped cabbage

In a stainless or glass bowl, mix the balsamic vinegar, molasses, garlic, salt, sesame oil, and diced onion. Add the sliced steak and let it marinate for a few minutes while you chop your vegetables.

Heat up a wok or sauté pan. (I like an Ultimate Pan, which is sort of a halfway between.) Add the meat and sauce mixture to the hot pan and cook, stirring, just long enough to heat up the sauce. Add the vegetables and sesame seeds, and continue to stir until the meat is cooked through. Serve over cooked quinoa or rice.


*Kikkomen's "low sodium" teriyaki sauce still contains 320mg sodium per tablespoon, and LaChoy's version contains 284mg sodium per tablespoon.  You'd need at least a couple tablespoons of sauce per serving.


I shared this post with Swap-n-Share Sunday.


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Warm Winter Salad (gluten free, vegan)





A colourful pick-me-up for mid-winter. This warm salad combines sweet purple cabbage and nutty garbanzos over a bed of mixed greens. Cheery and sweet, this salad can give you a boost:

Purple cabbage is chock full of vitamin C, which we need so badly this time of year, and cooking it minimally retains as much as possible while still sweetening up the dish. Cabbage is rich in anti-inflammatory compounds, while the anthocyanins (which make it purple) may fight certain cancer cells. More points for cabbage come from fibre, potassium, and vitamins A and K.

Garbanzo beans also contain dietary fibre and protein, potassium and thiamin (B1.) What is interesting about garbanzos is that a serving contains as much iron, if not more, than a serving of lean beef. Tossing the the cabbage and garbanzos in olive oil provides another anti-inflammatory agent, and the mesclun mix adds a host of trace minerals and vitamins.

For two meals, or four sides:

1/4 head purple cabbage
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp chopped green onion or leek
1 cup cooked garbanzo beans, precooked or canned and drained
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt or lite salt
1/4-1/2 tsp coriander powder
2 tbsp parsley
mesclun salad mix

Chop the cabbage and toss it with the olive oil and green onion in a pan. Gently heat until the cabbage is softened, then add the beans, lemon juice, salt, coriander and parsley. Toss with tongs or a spatula until the ingredients are hot. Turn off the heat.

Place mesclun mix on serving dishes, and top with the cabbage and beans mixture. Serve.




I shared this recipe with the Hearth and Soul HopAllergy Free WednesdaysHealthy 2Day Wednesdays, Gluten Free WednesdayReal Food Wednesday, Full Plate Thursday,  Simple Lives Thursday,  Gluten Free Friday,  Fight Back Friday and Fat Tuesday.

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Chicken Clarinda (gluten free, dairy free option)

Chicken Clarinda
Elegant can be simple; flavourful can be fast and easy. Imagine pasta tossed with tender chicken in olive oil, garlic, and fresh kale. Don't just sit there.... you can have this dish ready from idea-to-plate in fifteen minutes!

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 bunch kale
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp chopped garlic (fresh or jarred)
1/4 tsp basil
1/4-1/2 tsp salt
1/2 pound dry pasta, or gluten free pasta, of your choice

Cut the soft kale leaves off the spine and finely chop. In a sauté pan, mix the chopped kale, lemon juice, chopped garlic and salt. Cover the dish and turn the heat on "low."

Get the water started to boil the pasta.  Chop the chicken, and add it to the kale mixture. As it is cooking, toss the chicken and kale with tongs. It should cook pretty quickly at medium heat.

Cook you pasta of choice as soon as the water boils. (Angel Hair Pasta is the fastest, with four minutes' cooking time, so be sure that the chicken is done before putting it in the water.) With tongs, take the pasta straight from the water to the sauté pan and toss it with the kale, chicken and oil.

Serve immediately, optionally garnishing with parmesan cheese.


I shared this recipe with Foodie Friends Friday,  Tasty Tuesdays,  Gluten Free WednesdaysFull Plate Thursdays,  Thriving on Thursdays,  Foodie Friday and Empty Your Archives (pasta collection)


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Fast and Cheesy Veggies (in ten minutes)


Fast and Cheesy Veggies

Broccoli and cheese. When you are short on time, that is when the cheese sauce comes out of the jar in the fridge and gets popped into the microwave... Don't do it!  Don't "Whiz" on perfectly good vegetables! You know what's in that stuff? (Me, neither. I have heard rumours, and have attempted to read the tiny print of the ingredient list many-a-time.) 

You can make a cheese sauce from scratch, using real cheese and real milk, in a few short minutes. As an entree or as a side, vegetables in this cheese sauce are a win at our house. 

Fifteen Minute Mac 'n' Cheese Dinner (gluten free option)

Fifteen Minute Mac 'n' Cheese Dinner

"If I had a million dollars,
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner
Of course we would. We'd just eat more..."
      - Barenaked Ladies, If I had a Million Dollars

K.D. That's what we called the stuff in school. It was cheap, fast, and, well... fast. What if you could make real macaroni and cheese from scratch in the same time, or less? Our boys would eat this every day if we let them.

Gather up two pots- one to boil the pasta and one to make the sauce- a mixing spoon, a silicone-coated whisk, and a colander. Fetch these ingredients:

2 tbsp flour (sweet rice flour for gluten free*)
2 tbsp butter
2 cups milk (whole works best)
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 12oz package of macaroni shells, elbows, or alphabets. Use gluten free if you wish.

Ready, set, GO!

Butter Biscuit Bake-Off

Butter Biscuits
Several months ago, I emailed Clabber Girl Corporation to thank them for offering a non-GMO baking powder. Rumford is non GMO and aluminum-free. The company sent me a generous sample of the Reduced Sodium version to try. (The sample arrived just before the heat wave, so it was a while before I could go anywhere near the oven. )

Would reduced sodium baking powder get the same results? To find out, I baked up two batches of Butter Biscuits using both versions of the baking powder.

To make the trial as fair as possible, I mixed both at the same time and baked them at the same time. First, the low sodium were arranged on the left side of the baking sheet and the regular on the right, then I reversed them for the next sheet. (That way the only variable was the baking powder. They were rolled the same thickness at the same time, baked at the same time at the same temperature and any inconsistencies within the oven were controlled.)

Here is my Butter Biscuit recipe, adapted from the Tea Biscuits recipe in the Five Roses: A Guide to Good Cooking book:

Fiesta Hummus (gluten free, vegan)

Fiesta Hummus
It all started with the limes. Fresh, ripe, organic limes were hiding in our fridge, waiting for a purpose. We did not have any tequila... Somewhere along a long train of thought, the limes picked up garbanzos, olive oil, tahini, and chili peppers. Garlic, paprika, and coriander joined the party. It was Fiesta Hummus!

2 cups cooked garbanzos (chick peas)
1/2 cup tahini
2 limes, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tsp cilantro
1 tsp coriander

1/2 tsp salt (omit if you used canned garbanzos)
1 tsp garlic powder or 2 cloves peeled, fresh garlic
1 tsp paprika
4oz can green chilies (or two cans, to taste)

Blend the ingredients together. Serve with warm tortillas or grilled pitas.



I shared this post with Slightly Indulgent Tuesday,  Real Food Wednesdays, Allergy Free Wednesdays and Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways.


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Quick Cinnamon Rolls

Quick Cinnamon Rolls
How long does it take to open up a tube of refrigerated cinnamon rolls? Add five more minutes' of prep time, and you could make these delicious cinnamon roll biscuits from scratch. I used whole wheat flour but white would be fine. Compared to the chemistry lesson required for the store-bought kind, this ingredients list is simple and you likely have everything on hand:

2 cups flour (either whole wheat or unbleached)
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt (optional)
1/3 cup butter, still hard from the fridge
1 cup milk

1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon powder

Sauteed Red Peppers and Mushrooms on Whole Wheat and Flaxseed Biscuits

Sauteed Red Peppers and Mushrooms on Whole Wheat and Flaxseed Biscuits

Who says lunch at home has to be boring? At  Chez Stealthy Mom, we enjoyed Sauteed Red Peppers and Mushrooms on Whole Wheat and Flaxseed Biscuits. While the biscuits were in the oven, I sauteed the peppers and mushrooms in butter. Just before serving, I added a small slice of marbled cheddar atop each biscuit and served  them with a side of Roasted Garbanzos. 

For a dozen Whole Wheat and Flaxseed Biscuits:

Pineapple Hummus (gluten free, vegan)

Pineapple Hummus
We love hummus. Warm, it's a great dip for tortilla triangles and veggies. Straight from the fridge it's a sandwich spread or burrito filling. Traditionally, hummus made with cooked garbanzos, tahini (sesame paste) olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice.

We were out of lemon juice.  I had the garbanzos, olive oil and tahini in the blender and made that grim discovery. No lemon juice... But we had a fresh pineapple. Why not? Once the pineapple was blended in,  we separated the mix into different bowls to try out seasoning combinations. Would you believe that pineapple overpowers coriander? Bummer. The best combination was ginger and garlic. A little heat would have been nice, but our kids are in a no-heat phase. Perhaps some crushed red chilies?

Perfect Pancakes with Blueberry sauce

Perfect Pancakes with Blueberry sauce

"Pancakes!" was one of the Cadet's first words. Around here, we like them morning, noon, and night. The kids especially like them coin-sized presented on a platter as finger food. This is the second batch today, and no one is complaining. (I did not get a photo the first time because they were devoured.)

This recipe has a shorter ingredient list than boxed mix. There are seven, compared to Aunt Jemima's seventeen, not including their list of "enriched flour" ingredients. Seventeen! You will find this recipe to be just as easy as boxed. A double batch is a great idea because they freeze really well for an even quicker breakfast in the future.

For a batch of about two dozen 4" pancakes:

2 cups unbleached flour (I get away with whole wheat flour and the kids don't mind.)
2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup sugar

1 egg
1/4 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cup milk

5 tbsp vinegar

Mix the dry ingredients well in one bowl, and whisk the egg, milk and vanilla in another. Stir the wet and dry ingredients together and let the batter rest for at least ten minutes.

Coat a griddle with non-stick spray and heat it up. (I use olive oil in a pump sprayer from Pampered Chef.) Stir in the vinegar, folding the bubbles into the batter.

Drop batter onto the griddle by spoonfuls. When the bubbles break, the bottoms should be golden brown. Flip the pancakes and brown the other sides.

Serve with butter, syrup, or blueberry sauce.


Blueberry Sauce:

2 cups frozen blueberries
1/2 cup sugar

Heat the sugar and blueberries together in a sauce pan until bubbly. Serve immediately.




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This recipe was shared at Make Your Own! Monday.

Fast Veggie Fajitas (vegan)

Fast Veggie Fajitas


Sometimes it seems hard to get enough veggies on a given day. This dish will take care of several servings plus add the goodness of beans.

Try making your own tortillas to save on sodium, big time. Just before you start to roll them out to cook, sautee these ingredients:

1 tbsp olive oil
3 sliced bell peppers. (One each of three different colours makes the meal pretty)
pinch coriander
pinch cilantro
1/4 tsp salt or lite salt

If your kids like them, add

1 small sliced onion
1 sliced chili pepper

When the peppers are soft, add:

2 cups beans,  precooked and frozen, or one can (red, pinto, black, kidney or great northern) drained and rinsed

The beans might get a bit mushy, like a refried bean. If you prefer them to stay whole gently place them under the sauteed peppers to warm them up. Serve with tortillas, and add grated cheese or sour cream if you please.

Dinner is served.


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Fast and Cheesy Noodles

Fast and Cheesy Noodles
Short on time? Kids are hungry and they want to eat NOW? That is when many parents will grab for a big can of spaghetti. I don't know too many kids who don't like that squishy canned pasta, swimming in tomato sauce. It is also swimming in sodium, (600mg per cup of Spaghettios brand) corn syrup, and "flavourings."

This dish is not innocent, but is a better alternative to the o's and our kids really like it. (If I could buy ramen noodles locally without the silly foil packets of MSG I would. ) It has the has the goodness of tomatoes, olive oil replaces the mystery vegetable oils, and it contains about 250mg of sodium per serving. All in less time than it takes to cook up a box of macaroni dinner.

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