I made these black bean pineapple enchiladas for dinner tonight.  I made two changes.  I didn't use the cilantro and I used corn tortillas instead of whole wheat tortillas.  I heated them in a pan without oil and then added the filling as listed in the recipe in the link.  I used sour cream, chopped tomatoes and sliced avocado on top and paired it ( Read more... )

I couldn't find a recipe for a soup that I have been hankering for, so I decided to make my own recipe and made this today.  I made it very spicy.  If you read the list of chilies and peppers and have any inkling that is too much for you, then use less.  But this made an amazingly filling and spicy soup.  It was even better than I had hoped.  Sorry ( Read more... )

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My husband loves breakfast. Specifically, he loves eggs. When I have time on the weekends, I often challenge myself to find ( a new way to prepare them. )

Not-sagnaThis is a dish that I invented out of sheer boredom about two weeks ago. It's a layered dish made in a loaf pan with layers of rice, tomato sauce, black beans, polenta, and cheese. Originally I used lentils, but tried it the second time with black beans to give it a more Mexican feel. I prefer it with black beans, but they were both good! ( Read more... )

My goal here was to get el cheapo Field Roast Mexican Chipotle Sausage style sausages. If you haven't been fortunate enough to try Field Roast vegetarian sausages, I really recommend you try them. They are very very good, and raise the benchmark for veggie sausages. However, the lil puppies aren't cheap. If I recall correctly, they are about ( Read more... )

Peace offering? Mental note: edit mass posts next time. I'm just posting this one here and in my personal journal. Sorry for causing some drama. I'll be more careful next time. Truce?

I won't lie, I totally stole the picture for this. It looks just like that, though, so what the heck. You get the idea.


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Whipped this up tonight after work.  It was gooooood ( Read more... )