Tag Archives: cumin

cucumber and carrot

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 [...]

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. [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]