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Beans
Y’all know me. Always stretching our food as far as I can, with as little fuss as possible. I love adding beans to recipes…to stretch the protein and the fill up the bottomless pits that I have been tasked with feeding. My boys love beans…love them! As young toddlers, they would snack on beans. Straight [...]
Genius photo. Genius concept. Genius recipe from Smitten Kitchen. Beef Chili with Cheddar Biscuits
I really love it when my slow cooker can do the work for me and in the winter months that means navy beans.
Photo Credit: Butcher, Baker Y’all know this is how I roll…stretching your meal with inexpensive and healthy legumes…lentils in this case. With the shaved Parm…Yum-sers! Lentil Chili
This giveaway is now closed. Winner is Staci! I’ve got some more bean-y goodness for you all this week! Starting tomorrow, we’ll be having a Chili themed “half-week,” where we’ll be featuring some of the best and most creative chili recipes for here, there and everywhere. And wouldn’t have a fabulous bean pot be perfect [...]
This giveaway is now closed. Winner is Michelle! OK friends, it’s really difficult for me to break out into the “beans, beans” song…seeing as how I have 3 little boys who think it’s the funniest song in the entire world. Ever. To be written. Ever. I love dried beans. I love cooking with them, and [...]
Cooler evenings call for spicy dinners to warm us up. I like to add rice to my chili to make it extra hearty. And I often include corn in my white chili because the sweetness of the corn provides a nice contrast to the spicy peppers. Adding rice and corn are fairly inexpensive ways to stretch [...]
This quick and easy recipe was inspired by mushy salad greens. I had plans to make taco salad and had already started browning the hamburger when I pulled the lettuce out of the refrigerator and discovered it had turned. I didn’t have a lot of time to come up with a new dinner plan. I surveyed the cupboards [...]
