Sweet and Sour Chickpeas
Cooked Chickpeas:
1 lb (about 2 cups) dry chickpeas
water to cover by 2 inches
1/2 tsp baking soda
Sort and wash chickpeas well, cover with about 2″ of water. You may either soak overnight and change water before cooking, as with beans. Or you can use the quick soak method of bringing to [...]
Simple and rustic – meat and potatoes with extra vegetables thrown in.
1 1/4 lbs 93% lean ground beef
4 cups cubed potatoes
1/2 cup chopped onions
salt and pepper to taste
1 – 14.5oz can green beans, undrained
1 tsp butter
In large frying pan or wok, brown ground beef with potatoes and onions. Season and cover. When potatoes [...]
Love a thin-crust pizza with more topping than crust? Or, just want to avoid extra carbs and calories? Try making your crust fat-free and extra thin!
Thin Crust Pizza made with plenty of extra-lean ground beef, plus spinach, onions, and sauce, keeping it light on the cheese.
Crust (makes 3 twelve-inch pizza crusts):
1 [...]
1 lb great northern beans
3 cups ham, cubed
1 tsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 – 2 cups sliced carrots (about 3 or 4)
salt (1/2 – 3/4 tsp and then check – be careful it doesn’t get too salty with the ham)
pepper to taste
rosemary (a good sprinkling or pinch)
bay leaf
garlic powder, a hearty sprinkling (or [...]
The 24 hour stomach flu hit our house last week. This is the soup I made when everyone felt well enough to eat again.
2 – 2 1/2 cups shredded chicken breast (boil 3 breasts, save extra – about half – for another meal)
2 – 2 1/2 cups boiled rice
broth from boiling chicken breasts
1 tsp [...]