Okay, usually taco night means we take it easy. Just buying a can of refried beans seems like the thing to do, right? But this time I thought I would try making refritos from scratch with dried beans using a recipe from this cook book. Ingredients: 2 cups of pinto beans, soaked in water overnight [...]
Entries from April 2009
Homemade Refried Beans
April 29th, 2009 · Comments Off
Berries and Cream
April 6th, 2009 · Comments Off
The nice thing about having kids in the kitchen is sometimes they can be extremely thoughtful in planning a special treat for you when you’re feeling under the weather. This dish Daughter planned all by herself – she called it a cake, but this was even better. She asked Kitchen Dad to pick up the [...]
Tags: Desserts
Chick Pea Salad
April 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off
Inspired by the weather being extremely pleasant at this time of year, we decided to take the kids the park for a picnic supper. I searched for an easy-to-prepare dish that would travel well and found this at Cook Sister’s blog. I had hoped to make it using the basil as she did, but our [...]
Tags: Salads