BBQ Black Bean Loaf

I made a BBQ Black Bean Loaf for dinner last night and it was a winner on several fronts. Firstly, it literally took me 10 minutes from the 4 pm: "Shoot, I have to get something for dinner!" Until it was in the oven. Secondly, it got 2 thumbs up from all 7 of us (14 thumbs up!). And last, but it least, there was just enough leftover for BBQ Bean Burgers for dinner tonight. Yay x 3!

It was such a success that I made a few more batches for the freezer this morning with the help of some little people here... all made possible by that first giant cup of coffee. But, that story is for another day....

So, here are the easy peasy details and a bunch of mediocre pics to go with them: 

Ingredients:

2 big cans of black beans, drained

1 small can of lentils, drained

2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced 

Dried minced onion 

Dried rosemary 

1 small can tomato sauce 

1/2 can water

Bragg's liquid aminos 

Oatmeal 

BBQ sauce 

Add all of your beans to a large bowl and coarsely mash about half of the beans. Add the tomato sauce, 1/2 can water and diced sweet potatoes. Throw in some minced dried onion (2 Tbsp?) and Rosemary. (Autocorrect keeps capitalizing Rosemary.....)

Ok, next you add 3 big SWIRLS of Bragg's Liquid Aminos. I know, so vague....but I don't think you can add too much or too little...

Then add the oatmeal- I did about 4 heaping handfuls. 

Stir it up, then transfer it into a casserole dish and top with your favorite BBQ sauce!

Cover with foil and bake at 375 for about an hour. Remove foil and bake until sides are crispy. 

Ah, dinner is ready.

We had it on top of noodles, but alas, forgot to snap a pic of that. 

Enjoy!

Kale Garbanzo Po'Boys

Introducing our debut dinner.....Kale Garbanzo Po'Boys! All credit goes to my New Orleans born hubby for this one! It gets high ratings for Super Simple and Super Tasty.

Before I get started, I just want to put a little disclaimer out there: All meals on this blog are more like Food Ideas, not so much "recipes." So, if you are looking for 2 Tbsp. of this, and 1/4 tsp. of that....you are going to be out of luck. Instead, you are going to see a lot of pour some of this in, then drizzle it with that, add more to taste and so on. Sorry if that bothers you, but really when you are just trying to get dinner on the table before you have a full-fledged hangry gang on your hands, that is the best you can hope for.

So! Let's get started!

Ingredients:

Canned Garbanzo Beans
Kale
Soy Sauce
Teriyaki Sauce or Hoisen Sauce
Favorite Toast of your choice

Pour a few cans of garbanzo beans in large pan/skillet. Mash with a potato masher. Throw (washed!) torn kale in and drizzle with soy sauce and Hoisen (or teriyaki) sauce. I bet BBQ could work too....mmmmm:

Heat it up until the kale cooks down a bit and the beans get a little crispy.

Serve on toast with fresh kale on top!

Enjoy!

About

Hi! I am Janelle, wife to the Love of My Life and mom to five (sixth on the way!) lively kids. My hubby, Steven, eats a fat-free vegan diet, but the rest of us are omnivores. Life is full and sometimes just keeping all the bellies filled can seem like a daunting task. This blog hopes to archive simple meals that have worked for us- mostly plant-based, always simple, and hopefully tasty! You won't find complicated recipes here, but you will find good 'ole fashioned fruits & veggies, beans & grains, and busy-life short cuts to feeding a crew day in and day out! So, as our family likes to chant after grace, "Mangia! Mangia! Essen! Essen! Come! Come! Eat! Eat!"