Dinnertime

This week, Little Man had his first "big boy" dinner experience at the table with us.

No booster seat for him, he would have been insulted. 

He's trying to say, "Seat", but it comes out as something a little different...

You can imagine...

Anyway - 

While he did munch on a few bites of kale while I was cooking, his dinner was a simple, 

no fuss peanut butter and jelly.

We, however, enjoyed a vegetarian dinner from a recipe

 I have been tweaking for weeks to perfect for our tastes 

(thank you to The Science of Skinny for inspiration).

If you know my Hubs, then you know that "dinner" and "vegetarian" were never combined in his vocabulary for the first 32 years of his life.

In fact, when we were dating, I posed the question, "Do you like seafood?"

His response? 

"Seafood's great, sure, as long as it's not a substitute for meat!"

And now, I have his stamp of approval on a truly vegetarian meal.

So I figured that for today's post I would offer the recipe, in case any similarly carnivorous husbands have resisted the occasional meat free dinner.

And if they are terribly hesitant, then you can go right ahead and add a little bit of sausage. That's what we did the first 5 times I made it...

Simple:

• 1 large bunch kale, rinsed and coarsely chopped
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 3 cups vegetable broth
• 1 cup dry quinoa
• 1 can small white beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 Herbalife multivitamin, without which are meals are never complete

Instructions:

• Combine the quinoa and 2 cups of broth in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 12 minutes or until all water is absorbed

Meanwhile

• Saute the red pepper flakes, garlic and salt in the coconut oil for about 1 minute on medium heat
• Add the kale, one handful at a time, and stir until the oil looks absorbed (is that the correct spelling, I'm never sure?!)
• Add 1 cup of vegetable broth, stir, and cover. Cook on medium heat for 10 min to allow kale to soften.
• Remove lid, add beans and allow them to heat. 
• Stir in the quinoa, mix thoroughly, and ...
• Enjoy!

We had whole wheat bread as our side, cornbread is also yummy. And I'm a huge fan of real butter...

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