A yummy winter vegetarian meal..

These vegetarian meals are hard to come by in the winter months.. especially when you live in PA and it is about 20 degrees everyday! Those fruits and veggies just can't grow, but there is a way to still eat healthy winter and all.

The meals in general have kind of gone by the way side for my hubby and I in the last few weeks b/c we are completely off schedule.. My hubby is off work until March so he is always home and spending most of his time working on our basement renovation - which is almost done :)) - and we are just on the go getting ready for this little baby G to arrive - May can't get here soon enough !!!

BUT through it all - I have managed to cook some pretty good meals and on the other days - we each left overs, cereal, breakfast for dinner, and often my momma's home made raviolis - an italian favorite. :)

Another favorite of winter is my crock pot! I seriously don't know what I would do without that machine - it does wonders and it is SO SO SO easy to use - its like AMAZING! At least once a week I use the crockpot - probably more like 3-4 times a week. I convert every meal into a crockpot meal - what is easier than throwing everything into a pot and turning it on and when you get home from work its done? its seriously the best. So last week, I made a delicious vegetarian meal for my brother and his girlfriend and of course my husband and I - vegetarian stuffed peppers!!

Of course, I made the meal - it was delicious and I FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE! Ugh - I totally forgot to take a picture for my blog - so I don't have a picture for you, but I do have a delicious EASY recipe..

Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients:

4 bell peppers (any color works) cleaned and cut in half
1 and 1/4 cup of cooked couscous (I used the whole wheat couscous from trader joe's)
1 14oz can of black beans, rinsed and drained (organic is best)
1 bag of organic frozen corn (not the large bag - I think they come in lb. size - 16 oz.)
3/4-1 cup of tomato sauce (any kind works and use as much as you want - not less than 3/4 of a cup, but not more than 1 cup - you be the judge :))
1/4 cup of graded parmesan cheese
and..
Season with - a dash of salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and season salt

1 container of sour cream (organic, fat free)
shredded cheddar cheese

Method:

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl - except for the peppers, sour cream, & cheddar cheese
Fill your peppers with the veggie/couscous mix and place them in the crock pot. (I layered them on top of each other since they didn't all fit in one line, and it worked out perfectly, they all cooked great). Put a little water in the bottom of the crockpot before turning on - Put on the lid and cook those peppers on low for about 6-8 hours.

Serve topped with sour cream/cheddar cheese and with a fresh romaine salad :)

YUMMY! This recipe really turned out great. Everyone loved it and it was SO easy - it took me about 15 minutes to put together and then all I had to do after work was make a salad which is super easy and thats it. We had so many left overs as well and they were delicious - Cort and I ate them for lunch a few times!!

Enjoy & Live Well xoxo

Back in Action :)

well well well.. I cannot believe I have abandoned you all for this long - seriously I am SO sorry!! BUT so many exciting things have gone on in my life in the last few months - the first major thing is I am having a baby! :) so yes - needless to say, my eating habits have changed a little bit - especially in the beginning, but I am getting back on to my normal diet and ready to tackle the rest of this pregnancy with healthy eating instead of the carbohydrates that were comforting me in the beginning!!

I plan to come back to you with some fun stuff in the next few days.. I have already made my meal plan for next week which I will be typing up and loading on here in the next couple of days so that you can see how I plan for the week and then I will be back to posting some healthy recipes!

I am glad to be back - stay tuned for the upcoming year of healthy blog posts!

xoxo Live Well