What do you like to make??

[Raindrop]

Love to eat, but hate to cook so one of the things I cook fairly regulary is black bean stew:

2 cans of black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 cup of diced tomatoes (or canned if you don't have fresh)
2 cups of baby spinach
2 tsp. of cumin
1 tbls. of crushed red pepper (can be omitted , or adjusted if you don't like hot stuff)
4 - 5 cloves of minced garlic

Put it all in a large saucepan, the juice in the tomatoes will help to melt the spinach down. Once it's all warmed and the flavors have melted together, I like to smash it all together with a hand potato smasher (but this step isn't necessary ...Then dish it up, and if you want add some shredded cheddar cheese or a dollop of sour cream.

Yummy!

[yellow]

Raindrop, I'm gonna make this! As a non-dairy-leaning-toward-vegan-again, this sounds PERFECT!

Have you tried adding in other veggies like corn and onion? Mmmmmm.

Yellow, who needs to eat a little less these days.

[Tater]

Mr. Tater is peanut butter addict! He loves pb cookies, but sometimes I don't feel like dragging all the goodies out of the pantry to make a batch of cookies. A friend gave me this recipe:

Snozz cookies

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Mix well, drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 8 - 10 minutes. Cook's choice: stick a thumbprint in the middle of each cookie and place a chocolate chunk, or a bit of jelly.

I have made these a few times and found that they do come out a bit on the crumbly side of things, but still make for a good, quick pb cookie fix.

[mimitabby]

I am at a loss for non-gluten stuff, but most of our family recipes are non-dairy. oops, biscotti have butter in them. owell. sorry.

I make biscotti and banana bread, these are great foods for the road...
here's my grandmother's very own recipe for Biscotti:

BISCOTTI by Lucia Fressola

6 eggs 4 C. flour
1 C. sugar 4 tsp. Baking powder
¼ lb. butter, melted 3/4 cup Chopped almonds
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix the eggs thoroughly, then blend in sugar, vanilla, and melted butter. Add flour, baking power, and nuts to make a thick dough. Divide into thirds and form into loaf shapes. if you really divide into thirds, you will have enough biscotti from each for one cookie sheet.

Bake at 375* until golden brown. Remove from oven and slice slant-wise. Return to oven on cookie sheets and bake until brown.

[Denise223]

******SPINACH WARNING!!******

Dar, (mtdarby) posted this today:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14841731/

I saw this on the news last evening --