Tomato and Green Chili Hummus

Ingredients
1 Can Chick peas Drained
1 Can Regular Rotel Drained
1/4-1/3 cup Oil ( I used Canola)

Grab your blender.

Dump in your chick peas.

Add your Can of Rotel. Make sure it is WELL DRAINED.

Blend, pour in your oil until it is at your desired consistency.

Cut up some veggies or some pita bread and enjoy!

This was great, had a nice little kick and was perfect with our veggies. I should have drained my rotel more, or added some more chick peas. I like my hummus thicker. But it was still great!

Have a great day and God Bless!

Smooth and Tangy Two Bean Soup

First off, I know I've been a horrible blogger, I haven't posted for a week! Eeeek sorry! I wish I could say it is going to get better but I've got a busy week ahead of me, a banquet, a friends wedding and other misc stuff, but keep on checking back, it won't be too long.

Ingredients
1/2 stick butter
2 Tbsp Canola oil
1 sweet onion chopped
2 cloves Garlic- minced
4 Cups water- heated
2 Chicken Bouillon Cubes
4- 8 oz cans Tomato Sauce (2 without added salt)
1 Can Northern Beans
1 Can Kidney Beans
1.5 Cups Rice (+3 cups water)
1/2 Cup Mild Banana Pepper Juice
1 Tbsp Black Pepper

Makes 8 big servings.

So part of the reason why I didn't blog much last week is because I had some dental work done. Public service announcement: GO TO THE DENTIST REGULARLY your mouth will thank you. That is all.

So wednesday when I got home, I didn't want to cook, hubby wanted to cook for me (He is SO sweet) and I couldn't have anything much besides soup. So we made this. He asked what to put in and how, we did it together and voila a very tasty soup.

Heat a big soup pot on medium or medium high heat. Add your butter and oil, ( you do both so that your butter won't brown too much) and then your onion. Cook for 5-7 minutes and then add your garlic and cook for 2 minutes more.

Then add everything else.

Yup. Just toss it in. It will be fine.

The extra water is so your rice won't take up all of the water you put in earlier.

Cook on medium/low for 25-30 minutes or until your rice is cooked.

Then enjoy, this turned out so nicely. It was sweet and tangy all at the same time. I asked hubby what I should name it, this is one of the good ones he came up with ;)

Have a great day and God Bless!

Sweet Curry Baked Beans

Ingredients
2 lb Dry Pinto Beans
Water to Cover them

2/3 Cups Molasses
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
2 tsp Curry Powder
1 Tbsp Pepper
2 Cloves Garlic ( minced)
2 Tbsp Mustard
2 Medium Onions (diced)
5 Strips Bacon (cut into 1/4 in pieces)
3 Tbsp Ketchup
Water to cover

Dump your Pinto Beans into a BIG mixing bowl and cover with water. Let them soak overnight. Make sure you get any of the cracked or ugly looking ones out of there. Rinse them and pour them into your Crock pot.


Mince your garlic and dice your onions. Cut up your bacon.

Ready for how easy this is?

1. Dump onions and garlic on top of your beans.

2. Add all remaining ingredients

(hint, to get ALL of the molasses out, use this for your water as well and whisk lightly)

3. Cover with water.
4. Turn to low and cook for 10-12 hours or until beans are soft.
5. Eat!

These turned out nicely, I ate them with a little extra BBQ sauce for the kick. I made them sweet not spicy because mom was in town and she doesn't like spicy things. We took them to a Easter gathering and everyone liked them.

This made alot, I'm still eating them. It's 9 days after Easter ;)

Have a great day and God Bless!

White Bean Lasagna

Ingredients
12 Sheets of Barilla No Boil Ready to go Lasagna Sheets
1 Can Pasta sauce (20 oz)
1 Can Cannellini Beans
1/2 Package Frozen Spinach (thawed)
1/2 lb Cheese ( I used Monterey Jack)
Garlic Powder to taste
Oregano

Preheat oven to 375*

Hubby and I were baby sitting our friend's sweet baby girl who is 7 weeks old on friday night. So I threw this lasagna together with some things we had in the house. This was good since I only had one hand to eat with since the other was snuggling the darling girl.

Spray the bottom of a pan ( I used a 7 x 10 ish ) with cooking spray. Cover with Sauce and then 3 sheets of lasagna noodles (by the way these ready ones from Barilla are AWESOME, no boiling before required, they are sweet).

Then add 1/2 of your can of cannellini beans and 1/2 of your spinach. (I didn't take a picture of this, sorry!) Then add 1/3 of your remaining sauce and a generous amount of cheese.

Repeat one more time.

To finish add sauce and cheese, garlic powder and oregano to the top.

Cover with aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet (because some will bubble out). Cook for 50-60 min covered and 5 minutes uncovered to brown the cheese.

Allow to sit for 5 minutes and then enjoy!

Have a great day and God Bless!

Black Bean Stew

Ingredients
1 Can Black Beans
1 Medium Onion thinly diced
1 Can Diced Tomatoes
2 (8 oz) cans Tomato sauce (1 No salt added, 1 regular)
1 Can Black Bean Refried Beans
1 Quart (ish) Chicken Stock
2 Cloves Garlic Minced
1/2 Stick Butter
1 Tbsp Black Pepper
1/2 Tbsp Chili Powder

Get out a big Stew Pot.

Dice up your onion don't pay attention to mine, I sliced mine, you should not, then they fall off your spoon back into your soup and splash and make a mess, you have been warned, mince 2 cloves garlic. Then add Butter to your stew pot over medium heat. Once melted add your onions and cook for 5 minutes until they start to turn translucent. Then add garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes more. Then add your chicken stock.

Mine was homemade, I decided to make this as soon as I got home, so mine was frozen. Hence the chunk of chicken stock in my pictures. It worked fine ;).

Continue to cook over medium heat and add all other ingredients. Make sure you break up all of the refried beans. This will make your stew nice and creamy!

Serve with some bread or biscuits and enjoy the creaminess of this stew. It will have a bite so if you don't like your food too hot, cut back on the chili powder.

Taco Pie

This was good, I adapted this recipe from here Tina at Mommy's Kitchen called this Nacho Pie but I switched some things around and we had a fab dinner.

Ingredients
1 Pillsbury Pie Crust
4 Handfuls (yes I know, very precise) Tortilla Chips
1 lb ground beef
1/2 onion sliced
1 can Rotel (original flavor)
1/2 can refried beans (heated)
3 Tbsp Sour Cream
2 Tbsp Water
1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Salt and Pepper to taste

Serves 6

Ok are you ready for how easy this is?

Preheat oven to 350*

Roll out your pie crust into a pie tin. Take your handfuls of tortilla chips and squeeze them into little pieces and place in the bottom of your pie.


Take your ground beef, onions, salt and pepper and cook over medium (or medium high) heat until cooked through (about 10-12 minutes). Add 1 can of Rotel to the beef and onion mixture, mix together. Pour the mixture into the pie tin on top of the tortilla chips.


In a bowl take your refried beans, water and sour cream and mix together until combined.
Pour on top of the pie and spread out so it covers the pie. Add 1 cup cheese on top and place in the oven for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and pie crust is golden.


This turned out great! The spiciness from the Rotel was PERFECT it didn't overwhelm the dish at all which was nice. The refried beans and sour cream mixture pulled it all together. We served this with some broccoli (hey you gotta get your greans!) You should definitely make this. It's easy and tastes great!

Have a great Saturday and God Bless!

ps it's ok to be pleased that my picture taking skills are getting better (I know they still aren't great, but I'm learning!)

Refried Bean Stew

On thursday night (which is usually crockpot night) I hadn't had time wednesday to get stuff into the crockpot. So I decided I'd make a bean soup. So where did I first go to look? The Crockpot lady ( even though I wasn't going to do it in the crockpot) and she did not dissapoint, here is the recipe.
She had changed it from another recipe and I've also made some changes.

Ingredients
1 Large onion- chopped
3-4 cloves garlic (I used 3 monster ones)- minced
1 1/2 cups Chicken stock
1- 8 oz can no salt added Tomato Sauce
1 Large Hot House tomato- chopped
1 Can Refried Beans
1 Can Black Beans (rinsed)
1 Cup Corn ( I used frozen) cook it first
1 1/2 tsp Paprika
1 tsp Chili Powder
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
1 T Hot Sauce

Take a Large Sauce pot and place it on the stove on medium heat. Once it is heated, add a few Tbsp of Oil. Add your chopped onions and cook for 5 min. Add in your garlic and all spices and cook for another 3 minutes ( you may have to add a little bit of water to keep from sticking). Now you dont have to put your spices in then. You can save them for when you add all of the other ingredients but here is why I do it.

It just gives it more flavor. The onions soak up the flavor and make it more potent (at least in my mind). So it is your choice. Before or after.

Then add the refried beans to the pot. Stir them around so they break up and start to melt. Then add all of your other ingredients (you can adjust the chili powder and hot sauce to your desired level, ours turned out with a pretty good kick). Stir it up well. Turn it down to medium low and allow it to simmer for about 20 minutes.

Serve with tortilla chips and enjoy!

Have a great day and God Bless!