Quinoa is similar to brown rice, with a higher protein content. This is a delicious side dish or light meal.

Submitted by SLIMKATIE

Hummus goes South of the Border!

Submitted by SP_STEPF

Great way to use leftover quinoa. The texture is like a moist, crumbly cake. Good take-along breakfast for wrok.

Submitted by MOVEITMARY

I like to eat this with cucumber sticks or carrot sticks.

Submitted by MOVEITMARY

Better than store-bought, these granola bars include healthy almonds, whole grain, natural sweeteners and a touch of fruit.

Submitted by BRYNWRITES4FOOD

This high-fiber, high-protein, low-fat salad travels well.

Submitted by EMMAPALE

Eat as is or use as a base for other recipes.

Submitted by MOVEITMARY

The most common side dish in Brazil

Submitted by GABICHAYTOR

My mother is from Brasil (and she spells it with an "S"), so I grew up on this dish. She says that the real, good stuff has Portuguese sausage (linguica), bacon, and fresh pork as well as the ham-hocks. But when she got to the states linguica wasn't easy to be found, so she used pepperoni. Anyway, this recipe is how she made it for us.

NOTE: I prefer smoked ham shanks, which taste the same but have more meat and less fat (the hocks have the skin on, shanks don't). Mom would leave the skin from the ham-hocks floating around in the beans so you could eat that too, but I think that's just nasty.
OR you could use a ham bone—leftover from a nice ham (like at Christmas time or something)—to flavor your beans.

This is just a basic, simple recipe. I've seen recipes that use a cup or so of orange juice; recipes that add sauteed onions and garlic at the end (instead of using dried onion); even recipes that add bell peppers and other veggies.

Submitted by LORALEE15

Fiber, Protein, and Filling...We have this one a lot, good with rice.

Submitted by WYLDFLOWERS

Turn your favorite side dish into something special in just a few minutes. Only five ingredients and packed with flavor, this dish is a winner!

Submitted by SPARK_RECIPES

An experiment with leftovers yields a delightful, filling vegetarian meal.

Submitted by SP_STEPF

This is Mediterranean comfort food: brown rice, lentils and carmelized onions.

Submitted by OBIESMOM2

Use all chickpeas if you don't have fava beans. If you use canned beans, the sodium levels will be higher so omit the salt.

Submitted by SP_STEPF

A rich, tasty, filling and low-fat soup. Great when you are too tired to cook something from scratch.

Makes 6 one-cup servings.

Submitted by MOVEITMARY

Submitted by MOVEITMARY

YUM.

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YUM.

Submitted by MOVEITMARY

Yummy hot or cold salad with walnuts, gorgonzola and apples.

Submitted by MOVEITMARY

There are many variations on this Brazilian black bean dish, and since I have about a year's supply of pintos, I thought I would give them a try.

Submitted by MOVEITMARY