Smoky Parmesan Roasted Caulflower

https://www.budgetbytes.com/2015/08/smoky-parmesan-roasted-cauliflower/

So, this isn't fast and it isn't effortless, but it is a lot of flavor and it is easy. Will make again, especially if I have cauliflower that I need to get rid of.

Keeper: Vegetarian Shepards Pie

https://www.budgetbytes.com/2016/01/vegetarian-shepherds-pie/

Sooo yummy. Used the lentils. Not the fastest recipe ever, but could become a lot faster with practice. This is uber winter comfort food kind of thing.

Cuban Black Bean Soup

https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-cuban-black-bean-soup-98048

This took FOREVER and it never broke the beans down like they said they would. I don't like cooking meat, and although this was yummy, I will never be likely to make it again unless my mother asks me to take care of a ham hock again. It did come out quite well though and was very low effort--so something to look into in general.

Sauteed Parsley and Couscous - Own Mangled Recipe

So, we had a whole thing of curly parsley in the fridge from when mybrother was cooking and it was going to go bad. I googled what I could do with it and found a Korean? dish that sauteed parsley with onion.

Ingredients:
-1/2 sweet onion, bunch parsley and olive oil (sauteed)
-near east roasted garlic couscous mix
-chopped tomato and cucumber
-salt and pepper

Put it all together and it's pretty good, but not going out of my way to make it again.

Keeper: Apple Dijon Kale Salad -- So Yummy

https://www.budgetbytes.com/2012/06/apple-dijon-kale-salad/

This was fantastic and so worth it. Sooo yummy. I could get kale cheap, so I didn't buy the pre-chopped, but that would make it faster. Replaced the raisins with Aldi's dried cherries. And mother was telling me about an olive oil based lemon dressing that was really good, that might be a substitute when it's too much trouble to make the dressing.