Simple Black Bean Soup
Yield: 8 Servings Overview: Cooking dried beans is low maintenance and a great value. Make sure to plan ahead and allow time for soaking the beans. Serve with hot sauce or salsa, if you like. Ingredients: 1 pound dried black beans (about 2 1/2 cups), rinsed 2 medium onions, chopped 1 large red bell pepper, ...
Organizing Kitchen Drawers
Since long ago I stopped get all but one print magazine so I have a ton of these laying around. I saw this article about a month ago, gave it a try. It is a simple, yet wonderful solution to a problem anybody with a kitchen must encounter.
Nutrition Plate Replaces Food Pyramid
Via the Washington Post: The new design, called MyPlate, was conceived as a crucial part of Mrs. Obama’s campaign against obesity, designed to remind consumers about the basics of a healthful diet. The plate is split into four sections, for fruit, vegetables, grains and protein. A smaller circle sits beside it for dairy products.
The Perfect Sandwich Container
I don’t take my lunch to work anymore, you know cause I work out of my house. But if I did, I’d buy one of these sandwich containers in a heartbeat.
Both Sad And Somewhat Funny
On Friday, at an Applebee’s restaurant in Michigan, Taylor Dill-Reese ordered her 15-month-old Dominick an apple juice, but he ended up gulping down a margarita. From Reuters: He “kind of laid his head on the table and dozed off a little bit and woke up and got real happy,” his mom said. The little boy ...
