Black bean chili/2 recipes

You will love how tasty this salad is. You can serve it as a side dish, or just have it for a simply flavorful yet nutritious main course.

This focaccia turns out crusty outside and fluffy inside, the roasted bell pepper, chilis, cherry tomato and mozzarella give the focaccia amazingly delicious flavor. Eating it directly without anything else is yummy enough to satisfy your palate. This recipe is adapted from Chef Nancy, New York Times!

Also made this arugula salad. Sliced crunchy fennel, sweet orange segments, and black olives are gently tossed with olive oil, honey, and lemon juice. Refreshingly tasty.

For cooking this risotto, we use slow cooker, so even no stir, the risotto is cooked wonderfully, and you can choose barly or brown rice, add more fibre.

This moist and flavorful corn bread is packed with delicious yet nutritious ingredients, such as browned onions, roasted corn, basil, roasted bell pepper, cheese... You can serve it as a side or it's delicious just by itself.

Simple and basic

A tasty make ahead vegetarian burger mix. Make in advance and have vege burgers ready in a flash for a quick and healthy snack or meal.

These crunchy vegetables make a refreshing and delicious salad. If you have your own vegetable garden, they are the easiest vegetables to grow. Or find them in the grocery store.

Potatoes, green beans, bacon and mushrooms in a creamy sauce for your slow cooker.

Classic Viennese Christmas cookie. Soft and buttery with a dusting of snowy sugar.

This easy yet tasty Korean salad is so refreshing. It goes deliciously well with any of the main courses, Korean or not. Cucumber and radishes add some nice crunch to the salad that's slightly sweet, sour and spicy.

This is not your classic bundt cake that's packed with not-so-good-for-you ingredients. The cake is made with 100% whole wheat flour, grapeseed oil, Greek yogurt, low-fat cream cheese, and fresh raspberries. The ganache doesn't have any butter or cream, it contains cocoa powder, honey, grapeseed oil and Greek yogurt. Super chocolaty, fudgy, moist and packed with goodness.

In Italian, “crostini” means “little toasts.” Crostini are made by slicing a French or Italian bread stick or baguette. Then rubbing with garlic and olive oil and toasting or grilling until crisp. The crostini may be drizzled with olive oil and salt and served plain, or they may be dressed with a variety of toppings and popped into the oven or broiler until warm.

A very different twist on tradional pasta/macaroni salad. Loaded with ingredients, this could be a meal in itself.

Very moist and fluffy inside, golden brown outside; sour cream added the extra moist and tangy flavor, I used 3/4 cup of brown sugar, and I thought it was the right sweetness. If you have some ripe bananas on hand or you love banana bread, I will definitely recommend this recipe.

These Parmesan sesame twists are addictive, they are golden brown and crispy, parmesan, sesame and thyme leaves are delicious combination.