What’s cheesy, melty, and vegetarian friendly? This Cauliflower Cheese Gratin recipe ticks all three boxes ✅. It makes a great appetizer or side and pairs perfectly with spicy sambal sauce.
Double Chocolate Stout Brownies
Need a little more protein in your diet? These double chocolate stout brownies use black beans and chocolate stout beer for added protein, fiber, and a little flavor kick.
Double Chocolate Stout Brownies
Makes 9 brownies
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Vegetarian
15 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
2/3 cup chocolate stout beer
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cane sugar
¾ cup cocoa powder
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
1 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon sea salt
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
Glaze:
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon chocolate stout beer
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Line an 8×8-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- Using a blender or food processor, blend beans and stout until smooth. In a mixing bowl, combine bean mixture, eggs, melted butter, vanilla, and salt. Stir until mixed.
- In another mixing bowl whisk together flour, cane sugar, cocoa powder, and brown sugar.
- Add dry into wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Pour batter in prepared baking pan and bake for 48 minutes. Cool completely before glazing.
- For glaze, stir together confectioner’s sugar, milk, and stout. Drizzle over cooled brownies and serve.
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Slow Cooker Squash & Quinoa Stew Recipe
Looking for an easy, filling soup recipe during these colder months? This squash and quinoa stew is thick, rich, and it will satisfy vegetarians, vegans, and omnivores alike! After a quick sauté, this is a quintessential slow cooker recipe. Serve with a loaf of crusty bread for a satisfying meal.
Slow Cooker Squash and Quinoa Stew
Serves 6
Total Time: 4 hours 20 minutes
Plant-based, gluten-free
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 large yellow onion, diced
1 large garlic clove, minced
2 pounds butternut squash, peeled and cubed
1 medium carrot, peeled and diced
1 quart vegetable broth
1 – 15-oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
1/3 cup uncooked quinoa
1 tablespoon sriracha
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon dried thyme
1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Turn slow cooker on high. When hot, add olive oil, onions, and garlic. Cook for 3-5 minutes until onions soften.
- Add remaining ingredients. Stir to combine.
- Cover and cook for 4 hours on high or until the butternut squash is tender and cooked through.
- Adjust seasonings to taste and serve.
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Seafood Stew Recipe
The feast of seven fishes is a traditional Italian American meal served on Christmas Eve. As the name implies, it’s seven courses featuring fish and seafood options. This seafood stew might not be as grand as the feast of seven fishes, but it certainly satisfies a craving for a rich, warming seafood meal. Plus, it can be on the table in just over half an hour. Now that’s something worth celebrating!
Seafood Stew
Serves 4–6
Total Time: 35–40 minutes
3 tablespoons olive oil
½ cup minced shallots, diced
4 large garlic cloves, minced
½ cup dry white wine or vermouth
28 ounces fire-roasted crushed tomatoes
4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon crushed chili flakes
1 teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
¾ pound mussels, scrubbed
1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined (tails on)
1 pound cod fillet, cubed
1 lemon, wedged (optional)
Crusty bread
- Heat olive oil in a large stock pot over medium heat. Add shallots and sauté for 2–3 minutes or until translucent. Stir in garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
- Deglaze pan with white wine then add tomatoes, broth, thyme, chili flakes, sea salt, and pepper. Bring mixture to a gentle simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Adjust seasoning to taste at this point.
- Add mussels and shrimp and bring stew back to a gentle simmer. Cook for 1 minute then add cod. Continue to cook until shrimp is opaque, mussels are open (discard unopened ones), and the cod flakes.
- Serve promptly with crusty bread and lemon wedges, if using.