My husband loves onions, but since I don’t like them, I don’t cook with them.  When HE cooks, he manages to include them in the food, giving it an amazing flavor - I don’t question it and enjoy his delectable meals.  He always tells me with a big smile “Onions make food taste better!” and I smile back (not believing him), while savoring the meal. LOL

Photo thanks www.clovesandcream.com - who has a really cool blog 

Fast forward to early this week … I was making red beans from scratch and my normal recipe seemed BORING.  I don’t know what came over me, but I started hearing “Onions make food taste better!” thing he says… I don’t know HOW, but I got a large onion, garlic, tomatoes and tomatillos – rough chopped and roasted them in a lightly oiled (canola oil) baking sheet at 350 for about 30 min or so, until I saw the onions get soft - very soft.  The aroma was UNREAL! I kept opening the oven to stir it, just so I could breathe it in.  I took them out and I waited for them to cool. I then blended and added water from the beans as needed.  I took out about ½ cup of beans and mashed them, then I added them back with the blended mixture and I let it simmer for about 30 minutes.

Being the exaggerated and obsessive person I am, the only obvious thing I could do was to roast the veggie mix ALL week and add it to EVERYTHING – with a few variations, or course.  Split soup had the base of garlic, tomato and onion PLUS yellow chilies and the meat sauce for the pasta had the base PLUS pasilla chilies  – you get the picture – right? Add it to EVERYTHING!
This is an economical, vegetarian  and healthy meal.  For this reason it made me HAPPY so I just HAD to post.  I am, of course, writing this as I wait to blend a new combination for dinner - HA!  This is definitely a “wellbeing” moment to be savored.
I hope you give it a try and then tell me all about it!