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If anyone likes Panera's brocolli and cheese soup, then this recipe is a hit!
I made it and its so thick and creamy and good.
Blending it with an immersion blender or regular blender is a must though.

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/...9119.shtml

Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers




This dish freezes well for future meals. Quinoa provides whole-grain goodness and a serving of protein.
DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and celery, and cook 5 minutes, or until soft. Add cumin and garlic, and sauté 1 minute. Stir in spinach and drained tomatoes. Cook 5 minutes, or until most of liquid has evaporated.
2. Stir in black beans, quinoa, carrots, and 2 cups water. Cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 20 minutes, or until quinoa is tender. Stir in 1 cup cheese. Season with salt and pepper, if desired.

3. Preheat oven to 350°F. Pour liquid from tomatoes in bottom of baking dish.

4. Fill each bell pepper half with heaping 3/4-cup quinoa mixture, and place in baking dish. Cover with foil, and bake 1 hour. Uncover, and sprinkle each pepper with 1 Tbs. remaining cheese. Bake 15 minutes more, or until tops of stuffed peppers are browned. Let stand 5 minutes. Transfer stuffed peppers to serving plates, and drizzle each with pan juices before serving.

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ingredient list
Serves 8
1 medium onion, finely chopped (1 cup)
2 Tbs. olive oil
2 ribs celery, finely chopped (1/2 cup)
1 Tbs. ground cumin
2 cloves garlic, minced (2 tsp.)
1 10-oz. pkg. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
2 15-oz. cans diced tomatoes, drained, liquid reserved
1 15-oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
3/4 cup quinoa
3 large carrots, grated (1 1/2 cups)
1 1/2 cups grated reduced-fat pepper Jack cheese, divided
4 large red bell peppers, halved lengthwise, ribs removed

i love love LOVE doing stuffed peppers, and i never thought to add quinoa as a protein!

I miss this thread.

This is a great website for crockpot recipes!!!

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2...cipes.html

man, 8 years worth of recipes... where to start?

Quote from jmegirl : i'm making Broccoli Cheddar Cornbread [foodnetwork.com] today

That sounds pretty good - how was it? Hopefully you remember...

that recipe is super fabulous and i've made it many times

Here's an easy one- make rice Krispy treats with cocoa pebbles instead of rice krispies. Yummy!!!

Cajun Cod on the grill or broiled.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/grilled-cod/detail.aspx

The only thing I'll change next time is to cut out the lemon juice entirely as the lemon flavor overwhelmed the Cajun seasoning. Because it was raining we couldn't use the grill so I cooked it under a broiler on both sides. It came out really nice, even though it was too lemony.

OK this might sound yucky but it works.

Per blendtec demo but tweaked a tad..

In the blender add:
about 15 grapes
1/4 lemon (with peel)
2 tbs agave
2 cups of baby spinach
cup and half of water and a cup of ice

It's actually pretty good.