Category: World

  • Easy Alfredo Sauce

    Easy Alfredo Sauce

    This easy alfredo sauce is good on plain pasta, raviolis or as part of a shrimp and pasta dish or vegetable and pasta.

  • Black Bean Mole

    Black Bean Mole

    I did NOT soak the beans, just rinsed them and then covered with water and cooked about 2 hours, plus the 30 minutes at the end so don’t be put off if it’s early afternoon and you decide to try these. I used them as a starter course but they’d make an excellent dinner with…

  • Chalupas or Tostadas

    Chalupas or Tostadas

    Fry some corn tortillas in a bit of hot oil until crisp and drain on paper towels. Put the fried tortillas on a baking pan and turn the oven to broil. Spread some refried beans on each tortilla. Top with some sliced avocado, salsa, and grated cheese. Broil until the cheese melts. Sprinkle some chopped…

  • Refried Beans

    Refried Beans

    Oh, why have I never made these before?! These were incredibly good, incredibly easy, and other than a bit of planning ahead and letting the beans cook (mostly unattended time), pretty darn fast as well! For every cup of cooked pinto beans you want to turn into refried beans, heat up a tablespoon of bacon…

  • Easy Pinto Beans for Soup or Refried Beans

    Easy Pinto Beans for Soup or Refried Beans

    I made some very simple and very delicious pinto beans yesterday from Feed Your Family Fast, Healthy Meals on $10 a Day. After rinsing them off a few times, I did not soak them but just cooked longer since I was in and out of the house all day and that suited my schedule better.…