I wish I would have thought about taking a picture of the carrot before I sliced it up so that you could see what a real carrot looks like. It’s lumpy, bulbous and covered in dirt. The carrot I used for this salad was probably just under two inches in diameter. Anyway, I’ll explain the [...]
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chili and rice
1 can chili con carne with beans
1/4 cup diced tomato
1/4 cup diced onion
2 cups cooked rice
cumin
garlic powder
onion powder
3 tablespoons sour cream
The purpose of this meal is to learn how to make do with little and at the same time learn how to stretch what you do have. I could have very easily used a whole [...]
black bean burger bites
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 onion, minced
1/2 green pepper, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper
dash cumin and cayenne pepper
1 c bread crumbs
2 eggs, beaten
thin sourdough baguette slices, toasted
diced tomato
minced onion
brown mustard
grated Parmesan cheese
Mix all the ingredients up to the eggs, mashing the beans until lumpy. Place onto the baguette slices and garnish with [...]
Keld’s Christmas hors d’oeuvres
Keld asked me to post this. This is a little something he whipped up, and it was quite tasty.
1 loaf Italian sourdough bread, sliced and toasted
1 package dehydrated sun-dried tomatoes
pear juice (or any kind of juice, wine or water)
2 cloves garlic
2-3 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper
sliced onion (we did it raw, but I would try [...]
fajita rice
This is all made with items I got from the food co-op. Well, except for the spices and the butter and the tomato sauce.
1 lb beef sliced into strips
1 green bell pepper
2 cups cooked rice
2 tablespoons butter
chili powder
cumin
onion powder
garlic powder
cayenne
salt
black pepper
honey
basil
a few ounces of canned tomato sauce
The secret to making this good is: don’t be [...]
awkward hour squid
I had the pleasure of cooking for a live audience this last Saturday. I had a lot of fun and we had some guests who were watching the web-cast come and join us in the end. Three items were prepared so I will try and keep the commentary short and let the rest speak for [...]
lentil soup
Christmas eve I had some friends over and took this opportunity to make some lentil soup that I had heard about from The Amatuer Gourmet. This recipe was perfect because I had exactly two cups of lentils left that I probably wasn’t going to get around to cooking later.
I also had some steaks that I [...]
