Beans in Your Christmas Baking!
December will find me in my kitchen with every available space on the table and counters filled with baking ingredients and cooling cookies. Giving baked goods has been a tradition of mine ever since I can remember. I love to see the delight on people’s faces when you give them something homemade! I make candy […]
Featured Chef Leroy Walker of Bistro 234
Chef Leroy Walker of Bistro 234 in Turlock, California, signed up for a home economics cooking class as a way to get an easy grade in 8th grade. After noticing he was the only boy in a class of 26, he inevitably took home economics again his freshman year at Turlock High School. But something […]
Mominate your favorite mommy blogger!
We’ve teamed up with EZ Bean to give away two EZ Bean Cookers (value $109.98) and two $100 Amazon gift cards! All you have to do is “mominate” your favorite mommy blogger for a chance for each of you to win a bean cooker and $100 Amazon gift card. To enter the contest just like […]
Beans for Breakfast? Yes, Please!
Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? If eating breakfast helps you maintain a healthy weight by making you feel full for the day, then yes! The fiber and protein in beans will help you stay satisfied until lunch. Breakfast is especially important for school-age children because it provides them with the energy […]
Dehydrating beans…try it!
Last month I introduced you to Dutch oven cooking for camping — and now we’re going to go one step further: dehydrating for backpacking or food storage. I’m a strong believer in keeping your pantry stocked for natural disasters. This chili recipe, which uses cranberry beans, is excellent to have on hand because it takes […]
Camping One Pot Dutch Oven Bean Dish
I love to cook with cast iron cookware. My husband and I have been collecting Griswold cast iron since he gave me a #3 skillet for Christmas one year when we were dating (he has always been very practical!). We collected so many skillets over the years that both our children have complete sets from […]
Featured Chef: Jesus Alcelay
Meet Chef Jesus Alcelay of the Cottonwood Grille in Boise, Idaho! Chef Jesus Alcelay is passionate about food and cooking — and he gives all the credit for his incredible skills to his mother, Felisa. At 9, he began learning traditional Basque dishes at her side in her kitchen in their hometown of Oñati, […]