I say: you can never have too many bean recipes! They’re cheap, filling, flavorful, and, um…euphonious. This one is enhanced by serving it with brown rice that has been roasted, to release the nutty flavor. Some hearty avocado slices make a nice addition too. This is based off a Whole Foods (gasp!) recipe. I have […]
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Black Bean Frittata
This is not a real recipe per se – just sort of a meal idea, and you can add and subtract as you like. I bet it’d be really good with a bit of meat (chorizo), and I didn’t have any cheese on hand, which would definitely make it better. Note also that you need […]
Pão de Queijo – Brazillian Cheese Puffs
I remember looking this recipe up on the internet in around 1998 and I had to do exhaustive searching to find a single recipe. Now there are tons, as well as several videos of how to make it. Pão de Queijo are just as easy to make as buttermilk biscuits, but are arguably more delicious. […]
Basic Red Enchiladas
Here’s a flavorful way to use leftover meat. I made mine with leftover steak from Valentine’s Day, but they could be made with anything–the key is to keep the filling simple. I’m not wild about enchiladas that use canned sauce, so I made my own sauce–it’s not much more work than opening a can, and […]
Biscochitos – New Mexican Spiced Cookies
As you can tell, I’m on a cooking roll. Lately I’ve been into crisp, thin cookies (thanks mom for the King Arthur Flour Baking Cookbook!). These cookies are the state cookie of New Mexico and traditionally served at Christmas. I made biscochitos a couple of weeks ago using shortening, but this time I tried it […]
Tacos de Res, Frijoles de Olla, y Arroz Amarillo
Tonight was Mexican food night here, and it turned out delicioso! Amazingly, tri-tip beef is available at Coborn’s Grocery in Ramsey, so that’s what I used, but I think that a “sirloin tip roast” is a similar cut, and easier to find. Meat: Put your meat in the freezer for an hour or two, so […]
Caldo Verde
Here’s a hearty, comforting soup made with just a few ingredients, originally from Portugal. Base your potato:broth ratio on on how thick you want the finished product. I recommend getting the sausage at Kramarczuk’s, but really any sausage would do. I can’t find the cable for my camera, so here’s an image I yanked from […]
Fish Tacos
A delicious and simple dinner idea–and with the benefit of requiring no wheat. I bread and fry the fish and serve it with corn tortillas, cabbage, avocado, and pico de gallo. Fish: Allow about 1/2 to 1/3 lbs. white fish per person. Shark or swordfish will be denser, cod or tilapia will be flakier, and […]