after a super fun whirlwind weekend in LA that included disneyland, seeing both of our sisters and their significant others, helping prep a lot of delicious food for a party, and a surprise proposal (we are so excited for you, l & j, and we were so happy to be there with you for the momentous occasion!), we needed to plan a couple quick, healthy weeknight meals. and, of course, we thought about this meal.
about a month ago, mike and i hosted a movie club night at our place. we decided to make tamales and black beans for our friends (i know, i know: where’s the tamale recipe? it’s coming soon, i promise). after our friends had eaten their fill, we had a lot of black beans left over from the feast. i mean A LOT. plus, we had some extra salsa, corn, zucchini, and avocado. and we had a ton of quinoa left from making these quinoa cakes the week before. so what are two people who hate to throw food away going to do with that situation? make hippie bowls!
i love ratatouille. and i have the blog posts (here, here, and here) to prove it! ratatouille is one of my favorite flavor combinations of vegetables – i love the eggplant, zucchini, and tomato combination! in this month’s vegetarian times, mark bittman (!) offered a series of vegetable-laden recipes, including this roasted ratatouille, and i knew i had to try this out right away.
i know, i know, crumbles are usually sweet. but when we saw this recipe for a savory crumble, we knew it would be a fun one to try out.
we’ve been having way too much fun this summer. in between visits from many different groups of family and friends, attending two weddings, traveling to vancouver a couple of times, and celebrating several birthdays, we’ve also been trying out lots of restaurants that are on our seattle restaurant bucket list.
