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Grilled Corn and Black Bean Salad

June 25, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

If you’ve never grilled corn on the cob before, you should try it! Lots of people go to lots of trouble to wrap it back in the husk or soak in water first, but I husked it first. (Actually my dad it. It’s apparently his job at home now so he volunteered! Let me just [...]

Very Simple and Easy Green Beans

March 29, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I hesitate to even write this up. If you’ve been cooking for a while, you’ve likely made something very similar. But if you’re new and are looking for easy side dishes, these green beans will fit the bill! I picked up a nice bag of French string beans at Costco the other day so we [...]

Tostados with Refried Beans Borracho

March 4, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My youngest asked for my refried beans, which she likes so much better than the canned ones. They do taste better. Bacon grease makes everything taste better!  But you can limit the amount of bacon grease or leave it out if you’re vegetarian or just watching your fat. First I cooked up a pound of [...]

Chicken and Sour Cream Enchiladas

January 15, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Feeds 4 with lots of rice and beans and maybe a salad. Okay, I need to perfect this. It doesn’t have quite the flavor I was hoping for. I think the sour cream is key. I think maybe a tomatillo sauce instead of the green chilies could be good. Still, this was good, just a [...]

White Beans and Greens: Easy Side Dish

January 3, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

This could be an easy side dish for roast chicken or pork or part of a vegetarian meal with a nice salad.  Even if you don’t like spinach, it’s very mild in here. My girls happen to love cooked spinach–it’s me that needs to disguise it in something, although I love a raw spinach salad.  [...]

Homemade Black Bean Burgers & Sweet Potato Fries

November 27, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I don’t watch cooking shows very often, but these black bean burgers on Sandra Lee’s Money Saving Recipes were intrigued me. My parents came down on Wednesday to stay with us so my mom and I could start on Thanksgiving preparations. I knew they are always willing to try new foods and enjoy low fat [...]

Beef Tostado Recipe with Fixings

November 10, 2009 by Ellen · 3 Comments 

My youngest has a new friend spending the night and asked for tostados for dinner, a perfect request since we had a perfect ripe avocado. I pulled some ground turkey from the freezer and cooked it up with some taco seasonings.  A while back I bought a container of taco seasoning but I actually prefer [...]

Oh So Simple White Bean and Ham Soup

November 8, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

This is from The Supper Book: 10th Anniversary Edition by Marion Cunningham. Kind of funny–you can buy a hardcover of this on Amazon (used) for $3 (plus shipping) but the paperback version, that I have is $8 (still a deal!). This is so simple, but so delicious. Certainly frugal, let’s see $1 for the beans, [...]

Sausage, Red Beans and Rice

August 28, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I had a kielbasa sausage that need using up the other night and was also in the mood for beans and rice.  This was a pre-cooked kielbasa sausage, just fyi.  First I started the rice in my rice cooker, then I went on to the rest. I would have used a green pepper if I’d [...]

Beef, Tomatillo and Bean Burrito Recipe

July 31, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Tonight’s dinner was a total throw-together based on a request for “something Mexican” and what I had in my freezer and refrigerator.  I thought of past burrito recipes and modified several. You could easily turn this into a Mexican burrito casserole kinda dish if you wanted to cook up the beef, bean and salsa mix, [...]

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