Inspired by other entries in the carnival, I have decided to link to some of my other recipes that include some of the super foods. I have some newer recipes that I still haven’t added to my recipe blog (and, for some reason, none of the side dishes ever made it up there), but among the recipes that are there:

• All of the breads use whole grains.  (Totals vary, but many use olive oil and/or honey.)
• Cheesy Couscous and Beans uses whole grains, beans, tomatoes, and hot peppers.  (And onions, I guess, if you count onion powder.  Good onion powder is just powdered onions, so I suppose it should count.)  Total: 4-5
• Mac and Cheese with Cauliflower uses whole grains, cauliflower, olive oil, and onion powder.  Total: 3-4
• 25-Minute Chicken and Noodles uses broth, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, and whole grain.  Total: 5 (Swap turkey for the chicken, and add a sixth!)
• Sausage-Cheese Balls use turkey, and whole grain if you make your own biscuit mix.  (Making your own turkey sausage is even better – and not difficult.  Stay tuned for that recipe next week.)  Total: 2
• Ranch Bean Dip uses beans.  Total: 1 (But that’s almost all it is.)
• Peanut Butter Dip uses natural peanut butter and yogurt.  Total: 2  (of the three ingredients – I don’t know if honey would taste good in place of the maple syrup, but if so, you could make it all super foods!)
• Peanut Butter Balls use natural peanut butter and honey.  Total: 2
• Herbed Almonds use almonds (star player!), olive oil, and garlic.  Total: 3
• Double (Bean) Dip uses beans (and more beans), tomatoes, and hot peppers.  Total: 3 (4, if you count the beans twice)
• Deviled Eggs focus on the eggs.  Optionally, they include carrots.  Total: 1-2
• Chickpea Spread focuses on chickpeas.  Total: 1 (but it’s the primary ingredient)
• Lentil Soup uses lentils (duh), broth, onion, tomatoes, and garlic.  Total: 5
• Golden Chickpea Soup uses chickpeas, garlic, onions, and carrots.  If you use olive oil and whole wheat pasta (which I do), that’s two more.  Total: 4-6
• Garlicky White Bean Soup uses beans, garlic, and onion.  If you use real broth instead of bouillon, that’s one more.  Total: 3-4
• Chickpea Stew uses beans, onion, olive oil, whole grain, broth, and broccoli.  Total: 6
• Chicken and Barley Soup uses onion, carrots, broth, whole grain, and, if you choose to use it, olive oil.  Total: 4-5
• Broccoli Soup uses broccoli, olive oil, garlic, broth, and whole grain.  Total: 5 – and everything but the topping is a super food!
• Turkey Divan focuses on broccoli and turkey.  Total: 2
• Red Enchiladas include beans and (if you use whole wheat tortillas) whole grain.  You could sub. turkey for the chicken if you chose.  Total: 2-3
• Italian Chicken with Pasta uses tomatoes, spinach, and whole grain.  (I use whole wheat pasta in any of my recipes that call for pasta.)  Total: 3
• Creamy Carrot-Broccoli Penne with Chicken uses olive oil, garlic, carrots, broccoli, and whole grain (again – the pasta).  Total: 5
• Honey Cookies use honey, whole grain, and egg.  Total: 3
• Blueberry Cobbler uses whole grain, honey, and berries.  Total: 3
• Simple Salmon is simply seasoned salmon. Total: 1
• Penne with Tuna Sauce uses olive oil, garlic, onion (powder), tomato, and whole grain.  Total: 4-5
• 3C uses whole grains, olive oil, garlic, and carrots. Total: 4
• Winter Apple Smoothies use apples, oats, cinnamon, and honey.  Total: 4
• Rachel’s Yummy Twoberry Smoothie uses yogurt and two types of berries.  Total:2-3 (depending on whether you count the berries separately.)
• Healthy Strawberry Shake includes berries and honey. Total:2
• All-Half Smoothie includes berries and citrus.  Total: 2  (We often add sunflower seeds, flax, almonds, and/or a few leaves of spinach to our smoothies, too, any of which adds to the count.)
• Honey-Cocoa Frosting uses dark chocolate and honey.  Total: 2
• White Chili uses broth and beans. Total: 2
• Leg of Lamb uses carrots and onions.  Total: 2 (Note: This is definitely not a frugal meal.  It’s a holiday meal at our house.)
• Easy Chili uses tomato and beans.  Total: 2
• Beefy Cheesy Pasta uses garlic and whole grain (pasta, again!).  (Please use real, fermented soy sauce.)  Total: 2
• Beef and Bean Burritos use garlic, tomato, beans, and whole grain if you use (please!) whole grain tortillas.  Total: 4
• Granola uses oats, honey, cinnamon, almonds, and sunflower seeds.  Total: 5
• Edible Oatmeal is, well, oats.  (If you think you don’t like oatmeal, because of the texture, give this a try.  I hated oatmeal until I found this recipe.)  Among my toppings, I usually include honey, almonds, and cinnamon, and occasionally chopped apples.  Total: 1-5
• Quick Burritos include beans, tomatoes and hot peppers (in the salsa), and whole grain (tortillas).  Total: 4
• Lentils and Rice includes lentils, whole grain, carrots, and garlic.  Even better if you can use real chicken broth.  Total: 4-5
• Creamy Red Lentils include olive oil, lentils, and garlic, and are served with whole grains.  Total: 4
• Pizza includes whole grain (I use freshly-ground whole wheat flour in everything.), olive oil, and tomato.  Total: 3 (plus any super food toppings you add).

(Note that I use whole wheat flour wherever flour is called for, “olive oil” (and often “oil”) is extra virgin olive oil, and all pasta, tortillas, etc. are whole grain, even if I forgot to type it out that way.)

And, of course, many of our recipes include olive oil, garlic, whole grains, and/or eggs.  But I haven’t listed all of these if those elements aren’t either significant parts of the recipe or matched with other super foods.

Hopefully this will show how easy it is to use these power-packed foods!  I didn’t do any special searching; all of these recipes are ones that my family already uses.