Last summer when we began hanging with some vegetarian friends and the hubby decided he liked black bean burgers as much as a regular meat patty, I attempted to create/find a recipe that worked (I ended up using 3 different cooking lights and taking what i liked out of all 3). They were tasty, but…
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African Sweet Potato Soup
OMG – found this recipe the day prior to some wonderful organic sweet potatoes showing up at my door. Have i told you how much I love Door to Door Organics! Every other week i have them drop off a box of wonders! This box also had fava beans… You expand your veggie/cooking comfort zone!…
Sweet Potato Casserole
I decided to make this, because I had enjoyed at thanksgiving… I did not realize it could actually stop your arteries… It was super yummy, but i killed me to actually pour a whole stick of butter onto the casserole! I found the recipe on myrecipes.com – i usually only go for cooking light, but…
Grilled Eggpland and Yogurt Dip
I needed to find a gluten free vegetarian appetizer that i could make with what I had in the house… arg… But then I came across this recipe and with some modifications made an amazing yummy dip!!! The recipe calls for roasting the eggplant, I had already cubed and fried mine up for something else,…
Instant Chai Tea
I made this for my sister, MIL and SIL for Christmas. I put it with bags of black tea because i couldn’t find the instant unsweetened tea, until right after i packed the box and shipped off the presents! I found the recipe on Busy Cooks It makes a ton, so get a big bowl!!! …
Mocha Fudge
Mocha Fudge This was a Sunset recipe that i gutted due to what I have in my house. But it turned out tasty and could be very bad to my “bottom” line! I’m sure the recipe creator is rolling in their grave since I removed the whole essence of the fudge, but we like it!…
Cayenne Beer Brittle
This is a conglomerate of 2 or 3 different recipes! I like how it turned out. Up or remove the heat to your taste! Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup corn syrup 1 cup beer 1 tbl butter 1 tbl Cayenne peppter 1 1/2 cup coarsely chopped peanuts 1 tsp Sea Salt 1 1/2 tsp…
Mocha Chips ‘n’ Bits
Mocha Chips ‘n’ Bits – another gem from my Great American Cookie Cookbook! Could be made with or without the coconut. Some people might be seeing these under their Christmas tree this year! Ingredients: 1 cup butter flavor shortening 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tbl milk 1 tbl instant coffee 1 tsp…
Getting the oven to 180
I enjoy cooking and baking etc, but have shied away from bread because it always says to let it rise for 2-5 hours at 180 degrees. Well, i don’t know about you, but my oven does not allow me to set it to 180, so how the heck and i supposed to do this stupid…
Potato, Sausage and Kale soup
I had kale and sausage soup at my friend Stina’s house last year around this time, made with fresh kale from her garden and i’ve thought of it since. I finally saw some kale on sale and decided i needed to see if i could do as good a job. Wow! It turned out fabulous!…