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Beans/Legumes

Lentils Spiced with Juniper Berries and Topped with Grilled Bavarian Sausage

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Lentils are one of my favorite foods to eat and cook. I know there are many people that don’t care for the taste of lentils. To those people I urged giving lentils a second chance. There are several varieties and all of which can be transformed into comforting and/or exotic dishes. Depending on what spices [...]

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Potato and Yellow Split Pea Curry

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**Jan 7 Want to win a copy of my top selling photography ebook? Kristy (The Wicked Noodle) is giving away a copy on Twitter right now. All you have to do is RT her -visit https://twitter.com/thewickednoodle for your chance!** Seven days into the new year and mine is starting off slowly. During the holidays I [...]

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Hoppin’ John for a Lucky New Year

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Can you believe we are hours away from wrapping up 2012? I’m still wondering where the past 364 days went. Like any other year, and like many of you, there was good and there was some bad too. Through it all I try to count myself lucky for all the good and all that I [...]

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Black Beluga Lentils with (Leftover) Roasted Duck Breast, and The Winner

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**Before we get to today’s recipe I’d like to congratulate Liz of That Skinny Chick Can Bake on winning the Yummy Pics eBook giveaway. Congratulations Liz, I’ll be in touch shortly. ** For as long as I can remember I have always loved lentils. These tiny black beauties are my favorite variety. How many you [...]

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Ejotes con Huevos or Mexican Green Beans with Eggs

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Today I want to share one of my childhood favorite dishes, ejotes con huevos or green beans with eggs. I have not tasted this dish in nearly 12 years or whenever it was that my mom last made it for me. I don’t know how it happened but I had somehow forgotten all about it. [...]

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Moravian Beans and Cornbread For A Rainy Night

recipe; beans and cornbread; smoked pork; Czech smoked meat; corn bread; white beans; navy beans; radish; juniper berries; marjoram; fusion beans; Czech American Beans; Moravian meat; stews; soups; rainy day meal; food April 23, 2012

*Update: 25-April, Thank you for voting this recipe into Foodbuzz Daily Top 9. Stop by to check out the 8 others.* My eyes slowly open, it’s another grey spring day. Eventually and lazily I roll out of bed. Wrapping the soft brown shawl around my shoulders as I make my way to the window. Pulling [...]

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Bean and Tortilla soup with Memories

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Some of my most vivid childhood memories are usually triggered by smells. It doesn’t make me special or unique in fact, scent is the sense most strongly tied to memory. It is also quite normal or common for these smells to trigger emotions in us. Whether the emotions are of happy or not so happy [...]

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