Recipes

This main dish is filled with hearty, healthy ingredients. Its colorful vegetables are layered with crunchy corn chips, smooth black beans, flavorful cumin, oregano, and lively salsa, and baked to perfection as an aromatic, savory casserole.

A delicious mix of ground beef, red beans, spinach and tomato, perfectly seasoned and served over a bed of rice.

This warm and wonderful vegetarian chili will light up your palate with three flavorful beans mixed together with vegetables and spices, surrounded by crunchy corn tortilla chips, and sprinkled with a blend of cheeses.

Pinto beans are mixed with Worcestershire sauce, onions, pepper, garlic, chili powder and salsa. Baked for an hour these beans have the chance to brown and will taste delicious!

This white bean soup is loaded with vegetables and perfectly seasoned with garlic and oregano. A great choice for those cold winter days.

This taco pie is a flavorful and filling entree! A layered flour tortilla bake is filled with pinto beans, salsa, cheddar cheese and is seasoned with a taco mix.

The mild spicing of cumin and paprika, the heartiness of chickpeas, the soothing taste of spinach, the slight acidity of tomatoes, and the sweetness of golden raisins, create a delicious stew that will make your mouth water.

This hearty main dish combines the sweetness of orange sweetpotatoes and robustness of black beans, with the surprise addition of Swiss chard and a light touch of cumin. Serve over brown rice or whole-wheat couscous for a warm delight!

Elbow macaroni and beans are added to vegetable stock to create a base for this soup. Ingredients such as onions, carrots, celery, tomatoes, and mushrooms add color and flavor and with the right amount of spices this soup is delicious!

This classic soup comes from Donna Miner, Kitchen Manager at Chicopee High, who says it is enormously popular with the students. In her original recipe she used pack-aged cream base, which contains unhealthy trans fat. So, for this version we used a tasty substitute of light cream, with a thickener of butter and flour. The result tastes rich, but doesn’t contain much fat per serving. In the words of Chicopee Food Service Director Joanne Lennon, “ If you are going to have a cream soup, it might as well be the real thing and satisfy!”

The sweet prune sauce is a delicious base for this savory flatbread. Served with chicken, sweet potatoes, and topped with a salty feta cheese. Perfect for a globally inspired lunch item.

This grab-and-go breakfast bar is flavorful and fluffy with no sugar added. Easy-to-make and easy-to-serve, it will quickly become a student favorite.