Category Archives: Beans and Vegetables

Valentine My Heart Beets For You
Beans and Vegetables / Delectable / Holidays / Slender Soups / Soups / Special Occasions / Vegetables / Vegetarian / Writing

Valentine My Heart Beets For You

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  Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.   Dalai Lama Drab February festooned in ‘Chinese Red” for the Chinese New Year and Valentine Hearts. How smart! Red is one of the luckiest colors in Chinese traditions, standing for loyalty, success and happiness. Red underwear embroidered with the Chinese Zodiac for the year is one of … Continue reading →

Super Bowl Avocado Cream Chili Pot Pie
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Super Bowl Avocado Cream Chili Pot Pie

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Nancy and John had a Chili and Cornbread Cook-Off. There were three categories, Chili, Vegetarian Chili, and Cornbread. What an aromatic… and filling. Fun and easy! After 4pm people started arriving with grins, boxes, pots, slow-cookers, beer, wine, and kids. A serious competition. This group is serious about their Chili. Pierre, The 2010 Rib Throwdown … Continue reading →

Cozy Comfort Italian Potato Soup
Beans and Vegetables / Italian Soups / Slender Soups / Soups / Writing

Cozy Comfort Italian Potato Soup

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Saint Patrick’s Day is this week, in Chicago that means a celebration with an Irish party and parade!!! St Joseph’s Day is this week, in Chicago that means another celebration with a procession and an Italian St. Joseph’s Table, a table of abundance to be shared. The Story Week Festival of Writers on Genre Bending … Continue reading →