Lentil Soup

Add lentils with spinach and chicken sausage to your healthy food menu. You’ll love this soup recipe because of its wonderful flavor. It’s made with red wine. Cooking with Red Wine Cooking with red wine enhances the flavor of lentil soup. Not a drinker of red wine? Me either, but I saw a recipe once with red wine, lentils, and kale, so I made it. However, I don’t care for kale that much and made mine with spinach instead. Can you use cooking wine to make lentils? You can, but you might not want to use cooking wine when you find out how unhealthy itRead More →

Cooking for One Make meal prep fun simply by using a little creativity with a pot of Southern black-eyed peas with sausage. Cooking for yourself doesn’t have to be boring. Change things up a bit. Step out of your food comfort zone. Be sure you are eating healthy daily portions.   As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. If you decide to make a purchase through my link, Amazon will pay me a commission for it. This doesn’t cost you anything additional. These commissions help to keep the rest of my content free, so thank you! What is a black-eyed pea? A black-eyedRead More →

4-Hour and 10-Hour Slow Cooker Charro Beans There are some days just a pot of beans and cornbread sound good. Rainy days. Chilly days. Spring days. Penny-pinching days. Beans are inexpensive, and they are nutritious. Good for the whole family. Good for babies learning to eat table food. A family can cut grocery expenses and calories easily by eating beans often and growing a vegetable and herb garden. Beans and vegetables combined make a hearty and nutritious meal. The kind of beans my family ate a lot of was green beans. My dad could eat them for every meal. I’m surprised that I still likeRead More →

Pinto beans and cornbread sounds like an easy enough meal to make in a crockpot. Right? You have to let the beans soak for hours, so why not let them soak in a crockpot on low. Sounds pretty reasonable to me. I like pinto beans (and the price of them) but tend not to think about soaking them ahead of time. I looked on Pinterest to get an idea of cooking pinto beans in the slow cooker, found a recipe that looked fairly easy, and sort of followed it. The recipe said to cook it on high for so long then on low. Well, I’mRead More →