Tag Archive: black beans

Black beans, yellow rice

Beans and rice.  Health gurus tell us it's a match made in nutritional heaven, since each provides the essential amino acids the other lacks.  If beans and rice could talk, they might in a moment of unguarded honesty simultaneously declare, "You complete me."  Or, perhaps more ethnically accurate, "Me completas."
I've heard that's a load of [...]

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Black bean and walnut croquettes

Well, sadly, it's time to close the book on 1,000 Vegan Recipes — on this blog, that is. (Not in my kitchen, where it has officially secured a spot on my list of go-to cookbooks for quick, healthy, interesting meals.)  As much as I wish I could do it, Robin Robertson and Wiley might not [...]

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Pancakes for Dinner!

Almost Friday, veg-heads! I have to tell you, your comments on yesterday's post absolutely made my day. Thanks for all the encouragement.  Just over six weeks left until the big day!
In case yesterday was running-overload for some of you, today's all about food! Erin and I started the day with mango-jalapeno [...]

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Three Green Things, One Brown Thing

Wow, where did this weekend go?  45 hours of it gone already, and still without a post!  Well, I've done a good amount of running—though nothing compared to the 20 miles on the docket for tomorrow—and a lot of cooking.  In fact, I made five new things this weekend, four of which are quick enough [...]

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Black Bean Brownies

Hey NMA-ers!  It's Christine, back with another healthy dessert recipe!  For this Sweet-Tooth Friday I made a batch of vegan black bean brownies.  I'm going to cut to the chase- for me this recipe is hands-down the best STF yet!  They're even better than regular brownies!  If you haven't tried any of my recipes yet, [...]

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Smoky Chipotle Chili with Black Beans and TVP

Now that marathon training has officially started, I'm looking forward to my first track workout tonight– three miles, 6:01 pace, with a minute rest in between each.  When I did this same workout back in January right before I got injured, I could only complete the first such mile.  After that, I think I had [...]

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Hi there, I'm Matt. I went vegetarian last March, and almost immediately I became a much stronger runner. I recently qualified for the Boston Marathon; now it's on to my first 50-miler!

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