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Black Bean Soup

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Congratulations! You have been to to Ship Full O’ Pirates over 100 times! Just thought you’d like to know. I’m so tired of beans!  But we have to eat the beans because we’re old and beans are ever so good for our [...]

Black Bean Chili

Look KimC, I’m writing a whole new post just for you! Black Bean Chili 2 lbs black beans Lots of hot water, or broth, or a combination 2 T Chili powder 1 t garlic powder 1 handful dried onion flakes (from Costco!  these make the price of the membership worthwhile!) 2 t salt (adjust the [...]

Crockpot Lentil and Rice Stew

You’ll need: 1 lb dry lentils 2 cups uncooked brown rice 2 large carrots, peeled and diced 2 stalks celery INCLUDING THE LEAFY TOPS, rinsed and diced 1/2 cup chopped shallots or leeks (onions if you would rather) 10 cups hot liquid (I use 1/2 broth and 1/2 water, heated to boiling to give the crockpot a [...]

Vultures at my Table

- I mean teen aged boys Rice and beans with cornbread is a very filling meal, and it’s very nutritious, and that is just what I’m gonna make for dinner tomorrow night. Tonight we had pork chops, brown rice and corn for dinner.  There’s eight of us and there were twelve chops.  Oh, they all [...]

Let Them Eat . . . Beans

I recently revised my bean recipe to accomodate our new dietary limits.  I can’t remember how I used to cook the beans long ago because I’ve slept since then.  But recently I have been adding tomato sauce and chili powder, both no-nos on the Feingold plan. Changing your taste buds is not nearly as hard [...]

White Chili

My personal challenge is to round up a good variety of recipes (esp. suppers) (esp. crockpot recipes) that have no tomatoes or peppers of any kind, not even chili powder. Those of you who don’t know why I’m doing that or what on earth I’m talking about can click here and get up to speed. [...]

Homemade Chimichangas

These were absolutely delicious!  And the best part was I didn’t do a lick of the work!  Tex made ‘em. You’ll need: 2 lbs ground meat (we used pork sausage) 1 onion, diced 1 lg can refried beans (30 oz.) 1 can diced green chiles (4 oz. – I think) 1 can tomato sauce (8 [...]

Super Solar Suppers

I’m still having so much fun learning how to cook with my homemade solar ovens.  This is the most cooking fun I’ve had in a good while.  I still can’t hardly believe it’s possible to cook for free.   Yesterday I made Chile Rellenos in one oven and a Carrot, Squash, Chocolate Cake in the [...]