Recipe Inspiration:

  • Cioppino-Inspired Fishers Catch Soup

    • Mesa de Vida Starter Sauce: Mediterranean
    • Protein: Mussels, fish, shrimp, clams, crab, calamari
    • Vegetables: Canned diced tomatoes, onion
    • Addition: White wine and/or seafood broth
  • healthy comfort food stew recipes

    Cozy Stove Top Beef Stew

    • Mesa de Vida starter sauce: Any flavor
    • Protein: Beef sirloin cut into 2" cubes, or beef stew meat
    • Vegetables: Carrots, red bell pepper, diced potatoes
  • easy sauce for fish stew

    Shrimp & Fish Stew

    • Mesa de Vida Starter Sauce: Creole, Latin, Mediterranean or Moroccan
    • Protein: Fish, shrimp
    • Vegetables: Bell pepper, onion
    • Addition: White wine and/or broth

  • Bean & Vegetable Soup

    • Mesa de Vida Starter Sauce: Creole, Latin, Mediterranean, Moroccan
    • Protein: Beans (Cannellini, Navy, or Pinto)
    • Vegetables: Potatoes, carrots, onions
    • Addition: broth
  • easy gourmet healthy chili recipe

    Quick Healthy Stovetop Chili

    • Mesa de Vida Starter Sauce: Any flavor
    • Protein: Ground meat (or plant-based alternative), kidney beans
    • Vegetables: Canned diced tomatoes, frozen corn
    • Addition: Broth
  • healthy moroccan lentil and sweet potato soup recipe

    Lentil & Sweet Potato Stew

    • Mesa de Vida starter sauce: Moroccan
    • Protein: Lentils
    • Vegetables: Sweet potatoes & onions
    • Addition: broth
  • healthy creole beans and greens

    Creole Beans & Greens

    • Mesa de Vida Starter Sauce: Creole
    • Protein: Canned, cooked red beans, Cooked bacon, optional
    • Vegetables: Kale, green onions
    • Addition: Broth
  • easy gumbo recipe

    Easy Gumbo Inspired Soup

    • 1st step: Cook 2 tsp flour (regular or brown rice flour) + 2 Tb oil in the pan, whisking constantly, until the mixture turns as dark as a penny. Then proceed with the recipe.
    • Mesa de Vida Starter Sauce: Creole
    • Protein: Crab legs, shrimp, sliced smoked sausage, chicken.
    • Vegetables: Okra, green bell pepper, onion, additional garlic if you like.
    • Addition: Broth
  • Healthy recipe for Moroccan sausage, pumpkin and bean stew

    Moroccan Inspired Sausage, White Bean and Pumpkin Stew

    • Mesa de Vida Starter Sauce: Moroccan
    • Protein: Ground pork sausage or plant-based alternative, or sliced Merguez sausage and canned cooked white beans
    • Vegetables: Diced pumpkin or butternut squash
    • Addition: Broth

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  • PROTEIN

    • Beef, chicken, lamb, chickpeas.

    VEGETABLES 

    • Bell peppers, sweet potatoes, onion, green beans, eggplant, zucchini, and habanero/scotch bonnet peppers if you like it spicy!

  • PROTEIN

    • Ground meat or plant-based alternative, diced ham, shrimp, chicken, fish, crab, mussels, clams, sausage, kidney beans, red beans, split peas.

    VEGETABLES 

    • Bell peppers, carrots, celery, tomatoes, summer squash and okra. Add extra hot sauce or cayenne pepper if you like it spicy!
  • Buy Mesa de Vida Latin inspired Starter Sauce

    PROTEIN

    • Chicken, pork tenderloin, beef, shrimp, diced ham, fish, clams, mussels, calamari, crab, pinto beans, pigeon peas, split peas, black beans, hominy.

    VEGETABLES 

    • Bell peppers, onions, frozen peas, mushrooms, carrots, tomatoes, zucchini, chayote.
  • Buy Mesa de Vida Mediterranean Inspired Starter Sauce

    PROTEIN

    • Ground meat or plant-based alternative, chicken, fish, clams, mussels, octopus, beef, shrimp, clams, lamb, sausage, lentils, Garbanzo beans.

    VEGETABLES 

    • Bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, carrots, tomatoes, frozen peas, zucchini, eggplant.
  • Buy Mesa de Vida Moroccan Inspired Starter Sauce

    PROTEIN

    • Ground meat or plant-based alternative, chicken, beef, lamb, sausage, lentils, chickpeas.

    VEGETABLES

    • Bell peppers, onions, carrots, tomatoes, zucchini, frozen peas, eggplant.
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Enjoy incredible, comforting, nourishing, homemade soups and stews even on your busiest weeknight with Mesa de Vida's Starter Sauces.

 

Eliminate mealtime boredom and meal prep hassle with any flavor of Mesa de Vida Globally Inspired Starter Sauces and any protein, vegetable, and/or beans/legumes you have on hand.

 

If you love saucy curries, stews, and soups, with Mesa de Vida's Starter Sauces in your pantry, you'll never run out of new variations to try!

 

Need some inspiration? See our pairing suggestions below.

 

This recipe can be made oil free, vegetarian friendly, dairy free and gluten free.

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