Sausage and Peppers

You will need:
-1 turkey sausage link (I like the Jenny-O brand)
-2 green bell peppers cut into thin strips (some times i use red, yellow and orange peppers instead)
-1 onion
**optional, 3 cups cooked noodles, 1 can cream of mushroom soup

Directions:
1. Cut sausage into thin slices on the diagonal. Sautee in a pan with olive oil until browned well one both sides (about 10 minutes or so on medium high heat)
2.After sausages are cooked, remove from pan, and add onions and peppers.
3. Add salt and pepper, and cook onions and peppers until they are very softened and browned/blackened somewhat.
4. Add sausage back to pan, stir
----> If making it like the second option, now add cooked noodles and cream of mushroom soup and stir together

Grilled Vegetables with lemon-herb marinade

Here are the vegetables that I like to grill, but you can pick anything:
-Squash
-Zucchini
-Mushrooms


Marinade:
-1/4 cup white wine (I use riesling)
-1/4 cup olive oil
-1-2 tbspn chopped garlic
-The juice of 2 lemons
-One generous squeeze of the "Italian Herb Blend" Herbs that come in a tube

Marinate the vegetables for a few minutes or hours, and grill on a hot grill pan until blackened on both sides, then reduce heat and continue to cook until all soft. .

Meatloaf

Sautee the following together in olive oil:
1/2 diced carrot
1/2 diced green bell pepper
1/2 cup diced mushrooms
1/2 small diced onion

After this has cooled, combine with the following in a large bowl:
-1 lb of ground beef
-1 egg
-2 tbsp worch. sauce
-1 tbsp tomato paste or ketchup (if using ketchup, use extra)
-about 1 palmful seasonings (i use "meatloaf" seasoning that comes in a packet)
-1 cup breadcrumbs, sometimes more if it has too much moisture
-1/3 cup golden mushroom soup (Campbell's brand)

Form mixture into a loaf and place on a greased pan.

Cover the outside of loaf with golden mushroom soup and make a spiral design with ketchup on top.

Bake at 350 for 1.5 hours

Garlic Sauteed Mushrooms

You will need;
-1 package baby bella sliced mushrooms
-1 tablespoon butter
-1 heaping spoonful of chopped or minced garlic (this is up to your liking..i'm a huge garlic fan, so the more the better, in my opinion)
-Approximately one tablespoon of worcestershire sauce
-A few shakes of "Season All"

Directions:

1. Melt butter in pan on medium heat
2. Add mushrooms & garlic and sauté for about one minute
3. Add worcestershire sauce and other seasonings, continue to heat over medium/low heat until soft.

Twice-Baked Ranch Potatoes (fat-free)

You need:
2 potatoes
1 small container fat-free sour cream
1 dry packet ranch dressing seasonings

Directions:
1. First I baked my potatoes in the oven, directly on the rack, coated in olive oil and salt, and poked with a fork 6-10 times, for 1 hour 15 minutes at 400.
2. Let the potatoes cool, scoop out insides and mix with the sour cream and ranch
3. Place mix back into skins and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Vegan Southwest Salad

You need:

-salad mix of choice

-1 tomato, diced

-1 can "fiesta corn" or "mexicorn," drained

-1 can black beans, rinsed and drained

-1 tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro

-1 small handful blue corn chips (I used the "red hot blues" flavor by Garden of Eaten)

-1-2 tablespoons Jalapeno Jack Style Almond cheese (I can only find this at Earthfare)

-1-2 tablespoons Roasted Red Pepper vinaigrette (I used Seeds of Change brand from Earthfare)

Directions:

I mixed my corn and black beans together in a storage container and then used about a handful in my salad.

Mediterranean Salad

You need:

- 2 tomatoes, diced

- 1 english cucumber, diced

- 1 cup roasted red peppers, diced

- 1 can hearts of palm, diced

- 1 small can sliced black olives

- juice of one fresh lemon

- herbed feta cheese

Directions:

1. Dice all vegetables and toss together in a bowl.

2. Squeeze lemon juice into bowl over vegetables

3. Top with feta right before serving (otherwise the feta will get soggy if left in mix in refrigerator)