![corn pancakes with corn-mango-black-bean salsa and sour cream](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/corn_pancakes_mango_salsa-240x250.jpg)
corn pancakes with mango salsa
Way back in my youth About 6 years ago, back when I had dreams of opening a restaurant, I became fixated on finding and testing pancake recipes. It was my Pancake Phase. I came out of it with some ...
![black bean and wild rice soup](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/black_bean_rice_soup2-240x250.jpg)
black bean and wild rice soup
Soup, to me, is something to be thrown together from odds and ends lurking in the fridge and pantry. Which might be why I see a look of terror in Eli's eyes whenever I tell him soup's on. It's never ...
![a slice of mexican lasagna](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mexican_lasagna_plate-240x250.jpg)
mexican lasagna
This is a simple dish, if you let it be. No-boil noodles, a jar of salsa, four cans of beans, and some cheese. Done. Or you could make things complicated by making your own noodles--pictured are ...
![fried falafel with tzatziki sauce](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/falafel-240x250.jpg)
falafel with tzatziki
Allright, let's keep this going. I shall call this series... The Poorly Photographed Food I Eat at 2am. Catchy, right? Up now: falafel with tzatziki and crispy, oven-baked ...
![lentil stew with spinach and potatoes](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cooked_spinach_lentil_stew-240x213.jpg)
lentil stew with spinach and potatoes
I'd always heard that there's no such thing as a simple home improvement project; that once you've started you've opened up a can of worms. Now I know that saying is true, for sure. We ...
![black bean burger](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/black_bean_burger-240x250.jpg)
black bean burgers
I can be such a slacker. Last week, I had to move into the guest room because a pile of laundry (clean, I swear!) had taken over the bed. I subsisted on packages of Trader Joe's chile and cheese ...
![savory tart with butterfly cutouts](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/savory_tart-240x250.jpg)
savory tart
I was thisclose to grabbing the t-rex cookie cutter. Didn't want to freak anyone out, though. I think I made the right decision. This is a beloved savory tart from the good old days of the ...
![hummus](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hummus-240x250.jpg)
hummus and pickled carrots
I was flipping through some old issues of Saveur when an article on Jerusalem caught my eye. It featured vivid scenes of a bustling shuk, or market: shakshuka--eggs poached in a spicy tomato ...
![black bean chili with pico de gallo](https://eatyourvegetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/black_bean_chili-240x250.jpg)
black bean chili
I'd intended to post this soup as a nice recipe to bridge the gap between the chill of early spring and the hell that most people refer to as Summer. A warm, hearty chili complemented by a ...