I love pinto beans, add cornbread and you have a meal. Sometimes you need it FAST

  Autumn, Bean, Mex-Tex, Pantry, Simmer, Winter

Got some Taco Meat, some beans, some cheese, and some egg roll wrappers. Time for Dinner

  Air Fry, American, Bean, Cultural-Misappropriation, Fried, Mex-Tex, Pub Food

An old Southern Tradition, Peas and Pork for luck

  American, Bean, Cajun, Cast Iron, Southern, Winter

Ah, the day after christmas, and all through the fridge are leftovers. Poultry, Beef, and HAM. Time to use some of those, is specific, ham, and even more specific, that  …

  American, Autumn, Bean, Cast Iron, Soup, Winter

As the secular, (and now online) shopping season, is well upon us. I think back to the years I spent working with a large hasidic camera and electronics dealer. One  …

  Autumn, Bean, European, Global, InstaPot, Israeli, Jewish, Slow Cook, Stew, Winter

As summer winds into fall and the temperature winds from fry an egg on your forehead to having various appendages freeze and break off, I start to think of, plan  …

  Autumn, Bean, Ingredient, InstaPot, Italian, Pasta, Soup, Stew, Winter

As I start my series of posts about stocking a pantry, I decided to start small and easy. One half of the classic complete protein “Rice and Beans”, is the  …

  Basics, Bean, General, Pantry, Preservation

So the great lockdown continues, seems you take your life and liberty in your hands to ride in a car with NY Plates. Luckily, my local megamart is a very  …

  American, Autumn, Bean, InstaPot, Soup, Spring, Winter

As the global meltdown continues, I find myself considering meals based on long storage duration dry goods. Legumes, beans and the like. Between my pantry, and my spice rack, the  …

  Bean, Cajun, Creole, Cultural-Misappropriation, InstaPot, ReBoot

It is late February, the weather is more like early April but still coldish, so I’m looking for decent, flavorful food with just a hint of adventure. But have not  …

  Autumn, Bean, Cast Iron, Cultural-Misappropriation, Indian, Pub Food, Sauce, Vegetarian, Winter

As my wife is playing grandmother this weekend, she has given me the command, “Fend for yourself.”. I suppose, I should do so.. As I wander aimlessly about the local  …

  American, Bean

It is January, it is cold-ish, Time for a bit of a hearty meal. I’m thinking soup, but I do want some taste and the usual chicken soup, whilst damned  …

  American, Bean, InstaPot, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian

A reboot from 2007, updated to use the instapot. As I spoke in my reboot of corn bread, Pinto Beans a a perfect accompaniment.   But is it Pinto Beans,  …

  Basics, Bean, Follow On, ReBoot

As spoken prior, I am in city arranging my digital life in a manner that someone other than I can make sense of.  My roommates have fled the city, so  …

  Baked, Basics, Bean, Cultural-Misappropriation, Fried, Ingredient

It is Memorial Day weekend, I am in city, sorting out my “Digital Life”.  The room mates have decided to “be elsewhere”, leaving me with the freedom to explore new  …

  American, Bean, Follow On, Ingredient