When I’m working I don’t like to stop and take time to prepare lunch. On the other hand we don’t always have leftovers I can heat up, and I don’t like to rely on frozen prepackaged meals. So I’m always on the lookout for easy, quick, and nutritious lunch ideas.
One of my favorite tricks is to make some black bean and corn pico de gallo ahead on the weekend, or one evening while I’m cooking supper. Then I have it in the fridge, ready to throw on wraps, salads, or one of my favorites vegetarian tostadas.

Here’s my recipe for Easy …read more

I like to make quick easy lunches while I’m working, but I don’t like to rely on frozen dinners, or boxed meals. I like to make something fresher if I can. One of my favorite things to do for lunch is to take a flour tortilla and make a wrap  with whatever I have on hand.
Here’s how today’s wrap turned out. I have the instructions here to make one, but you can just as easily make 5 or 10:
Black Bean Corn Avocado Wraps

1/3 cup black beans (drained)
1 large flour tortilla (I picked up some jalapeno-cilantro flavored tortillas at the store …read more

I happened to turn on the TV yesterday just as Tyler Florence was on his Food Network show making a Cuban sandwich. I love Cuban food and sat down to watch. Let me tell you, the recipe looked fabulous!

Not to just let it pass me by, I decided to make the recipe for my family today. It was very easy and one of the best sandwiches I ever had. On the show, Tyler also made black bean soup with it. Again, I would have never thought of making soup with black beans, but it was …read more