So I could have named this recipe a number of things. Chicken Taco Soup Chicken, Salsa and Double Bean Soup Tex-Mex Chicken Soup Clear out the Pantry Chicken Soup And in the end I settled on Chicken, Black Bean with Salsa Soup. (Which definitely hurts the feelings of the red beans...they feel totally left out.) Chicken & Black Bean with Salsa Soup I … [Read more...]
Ship Wreck Casserole – Vintage Recipe
Ship Wreck Casserole! A delicious vintage recipe from the 1960's! It's Vintage Recipe Week. And all I can think about is my Grammy in the kitchen. I have many a memory of her working hard in the kitchen...working to feeding her brood. As I made this Ship Wreck Casserole, I could only think about her in 1940. She would have been a teenager, and it would … [Read more...]
Chorizo Black Bean Soup
So as I start this one out, I'm going to preface it with...this is not going to be a $5 Dinner. Why not?! Let's just say that the pound of chorizo sausage alone cost almost $5. It's an all natural, homemade chorizo sausage that I got earlier this summer at the farmer's market. It's been waiting in the freezer...for this recipe! Here's the deal. Here's … [Read more...]
Chicken Enchilada Chili
Want to know what happens when you add more taco seasoning than chili powder to your favorite chicken chili?! It becomes Chicken Enchilada Chili. The key is making the enchilada sauce first, before dumping in all the chili ingredients. Prep the sauce...which becomes the base for the chili. Beef broth plus 1 can of tomato paste, plus some … [Read more...]
Green Pepper Chili
Simple. Take your basic chili...and add 2 green peppers. Diced, of course! (I made this on the Dayton Fox News morning show this week! So if you've been looking for the recipe, here it is!) Remember those crazy wicked cheap green peppers I scored!?! That's what inspired the green pepper addition. I think I'll be adding green peppers to everything from now until … [Read more...]
Mexican Chili Topped Potatoes
So tonight I'm out on the town...I'm hanging out at the Ultimate Mom's Night Out and will then catch the last showing of Ramona and Beezus with some girlfriends. (I know...I'm totally getting wilder as I age!) I really just want to see Ramona and Beezus so I can feel 12 again. (I might have had a little thing for those Beverly Cleary books when I was a kid. The kind … [Read more...]
BBQ Cowboy Beans with Biscuits
So grateful for a stocked freezer when coming home from a trip. I grabbed some ground meat, cooked black and pinto beans, and set to work in the kitchen. After thawing it all, I browned the ground meat, then added the beans and some BBQ sauce. So. So. Simple. I also had some drop biscuits in the freezer...so I thawed those and poured the cowboy beans over top. Served with … [Read more...]
Red Quinoa with Avocado, Black Beans and Corn
For a while now, I've been toying with the idea of putting myself on a Gluten Free diet. No real reason really. Just want to see if I feel any different when eliminating gluten. And here is a recipe that will be on the menu when (if ever) I decide to make that leap. Red Quinoa with Avocado, Black Beans and Corn Superb, easy, and Gluten Free! 1 cup red quinoa … [Read more...]
Beef & Bean Burgers
A few notes about this lovely meal. These were SO GOOD, but they were super crumbly...from the beans...so I would add an egg to hold the burgers together. The cilantro and lettuce are from the garden. The bread...because I had no buns in the house. And ran out of time to make them from scratch. The salsa is homemade from last year's garden. (Canned, of course.) … [Read more...]
Black Bean Brownies
I think I only got a few shots of these little beauties before little people hands started showing up in the viewfinder of my camera. (See below!) Let's talk about these brownies for a minute. While some of you have probably been making brownies with black beans for years, I have just been enlightened. My mouth thanks you Pam, not so much my waistline! Pam's version … [Read more...]