Joy of Cooking: Classic Bean Burritos
My first recipe for the Cookbook Challenge is from Joy of Cooking, The Classic Bean Burrito. I love Mexican food. I love Tex-Mex food. I love anything spicy. This was right up my alley. The only...
View ArticleJoy of Cooking: Unsweetened Dried Fruit and Nut Granola
Cookbook Challenge Recipe #2 from the Joy of Cooking; Unsweetened Dried Fruit and Nut Granola. I was telling Husband about this recipe and he was mystified as to why anyone would want unsweetened...
View ArticleJoy Of Cooking: Two Grain Date Pilaf
Two Grain Date Pilaf is the third bean/grain recipe that I have tried from Joy of Cooking. This is a really interesting recipe. It pairs basmati rice and bulgur wheat. That is a combination I would...
View ArticleJoy of Cooking: Kidney Bean Casserole
Kidney Bean Casserole is my fourth and final Cookbook Challenge recipe from Joy of Cooking. I love casseroles. That’s why this recipe caught my eye. It’s simple to make and I happened to have all the...
View ArticleCookbook Challenge, Joy of Cooking: Recap
If you will recall, I am staging my own Cookbook Challenge, using cookbooks off of my shelf to find some inspiration for my bean and grain cooking. I started off the challenge with the Joy of Cooking....
View ArticleCookbook Challenge: How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
For my next Cookbook Challenge, I will be choosing bean and grain recipes from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman. I think that we have already established that I am a huge fan of Mark...
View ArticleHow to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Tempeh with Brown Rice and Spinach
Up until now, most of my Cookbook Challenge recipes have been pretty mainstream. But this is a recipe that I would describe as somewhat adventurous. Tempeh is one of those ingredients that you don’t...
View ArticleHey – Look What the Nice People at Joy of Cooking Sent Me!
After I posted about using the Joy of Cooking in my Cookbook Challenge, the nice people at Joy of Cooking contacted me and offered to send me a beautiful new copy of their book. As you will recall, I...
View ArticleHow to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Baked Lima Beans Parmigiana
For my next Cookbook Challenge recipe from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, I made Baked Lima Beans Parmigiana. Right up front, let me tell you, this recipe has everything in it that I love. I love...
View ArticleHow to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Tabbouleh and Hummus
OK – this is the last Cookbook Challenge recipes from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. I had a huge bunch of parsley that needed to be used up so tabbouleh seemed like the perfect choice. And what...
View Article“Superior” Veggie Burgers
I used to eat a lot of store bought name brand veggie burgers. I had one particular brand that I ate at least once a week. But then I started thinking about the long list of mysterious ingredients on...
View ArticleNo-Knead Homemade Bagel Recipe
My good friend Liz recently sent me some wonderful whole wheat flour. Liz and her husband are both soil scientists. I’m no where near smart enough to explain what they do but I do know that part of her...
View ArticleMy Method For Great Brown Rice
It took me a long time to come around to brown rice. I’d been a big fan of white rice, all the varieties; jasmati, Texmati, sushi, arborio, etc. The list goes on. I didn’t mind the taste of brown rice....
View Article“Campfire” Chickpeas
We decided to take a quick mid-summer RV trip. That means it’s time to make some of my Campfire* Chickpeas. A foil pack is an easy way to jazz up canned garbanzo beans. It’s very simple and quick,...
View ArticleFour Ways to Cook Beans
When I first started cooking dried beans, many years ago, it seemed like a huge and daunting task. Many, many pots of beans later I know that there’s really nothing to it. I have four different methods...
View ArticleYummy! Red Lentil Stew with Indian Flavors
For some reason, I find it almost impossible to exactly follow a recipe. Sometimes I substitute an ingredient, sometimes I change the spice level, and sometimes I try to make it more to my own tastes....
View ArticleSan Xavier Co-Op – Pima Lima Beans
Last January when we were in Tucson Arizona I picked up this good looking bag of Pima Lima beans. I bought these when we visited the San Xavier Co-op farm store. They had so many interesting things,...
View ArticleGood Recipe for Big Batch Slow Cooker Beans
I really love reading recipes. I read cookbooks like they are novels. I regularly read the cooking sections in newspapers and magazines hunting for interesting recipes. Of course, I’m super interested...
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