Starbucks Copycat Quinoa Black Bean Burritos {SRC}

It's the last Monday of the month which means it's time for my Secret Recipe Club post.  This month I was assigned Fantastical Sharing of Recipes written by our group leader Sarah.  Sarah is a recipe hoarder and her blog is a way to share all the great recipes she finds as well as a way to get through the recipes she has hoarded.  She lives in Tennessee with her husband, three adorable kids and two cats.  She has a great feature on her blog called "Throwback Thursday: Rediscovering Old Favourites in the Recipe Archive".  I think it's a great way to share with readers and to remind ourselves of some of the older recipes on a blog.  I also love how Sarah shares her Menu Plan each week.  It's something I always want to get on board with but never get around to.

Mexican Pizza

After making Light Whole Wheat Baguette I had some dough sitting in the fridge I wanted to use up and I didn't want to make more bread.  I had read this dough can be used for pizza dough so I decided to give it a try.  I had read on a couple blogs about Mexican Pizza and have been wanting to give try it.  My pizza was very light on cheese.  I would prefer much more.  One time I put a little extra cheese on the pizza and Hasan took a couple of bites and stopped saying he didn't like it.  So to make sure he would eat it I went easy on the cheese.  He also has another condition that the cheese must be yellow. Once I tried to put mozzarella and he didn't eat it because it wasn't yellow.

Black Bean and Vegetable Chili

My husband is always wanting me to make more vegetarian meals and I've been wanting to make chili for awhile now so I decided to make this recipe this week.  It's been years since I made this.  When I had made it before I didn't know the difference between chili powder and the red chilli powder we use in Indian cooking.  I thought they were the same thing.  The recipe called for 1 tbsp chili powder.  That seemed an insane amount to me and I thought it would be way too spicy.  I reduced it but it was still pretty spicy.  Now I understand that the recipe was not calling for what is labelled in the Indian grocery stores as Red Chilli Powder.

Red Chilli Chicken with Black Beans and Rice

When I saw this recipe on Annie's Eats I knew I had to make it.  We love black beans.  This was so simple and easy to make.  I added some cayenne pepper to increase the spiciness and as usual increased the garlic.  The original recipe uses 15 oz can of black beans.  In Canada we only get 19 oz so that is what I used. I used basmati rice because that is what we always have on hand.  Make sure to soak it so it cooks well.  The original recipe serves it with just some salsa but I thought sour cream would go great with it too.  Without the salsa and sour cream this is a bit dry.  As usual it wasn't spicy enough for my husband but for me it was just right!

Black Bean Burgers

I've never had a black bean burger before.  My husband is always asking me to try to cook less meat.  I found this recipe at Annie's Eats.  It looked so good..mine didn't look as good but it sure did taste good.  They are very easy and quick to make not to mention healthy.  I served them with Honey Wheat Sandwich Buns.  I also made a "special" sauce to go with them which was great...no need for any other condiments!  I was scared Hasan wouldn't eat them.  I didn't tell them there was no meat.  He kept asking what was for dinner and I just said burger.  He loved it and didn't miss the meat at all!  But he refused to have the "special" sauce and had his with some ketchup.

Spicy Bean Burrito

I've never had a bean burrito before.  It never seemed very appetizing to me although a lot of people have told me they are really good.  I came across this recipe at Annie's Eats.  They looked so yummy and so simple to make I thought I would give it a try.  Mine didn't look as good as Annie's but they were tasty.  I had black beans and kidney beans but you can use whatever beans you have in your pantry.  I had to make some changes because in Canada our beans come in 19 oz and Annie mentioned that these burritos were mildly spiced so I increased the spices.  I also replaced the chipotle with jalapeno.  I made some Pico de Gallo and Guacamole (recipe to come) to eat with it.

Black Bean Soup

I found the original recipe for this on AllRecipes.com.  I made some changes to it to work with what I had in my fridge.  After looking at the original recipe I think I may try it now that I have most of the ingredients at home.  I usually make this with water but I had vegetable broth so I used that.