Rice, Grains & Beans

Basic Mexican Rice

17 June 2010

I love love love mexican/tex-mex food. A few weeks ago I was on a very serious mexican food kick. Enchiladas, quesadillas, burritos like every night of the week. Hubby asked me to please not make enchiladas again. haha! I’m usually really big on variety but I can’t get enough lately! Maybe its all that homemade [...]

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Veggie Fried Rice

4 January 2009

One of our all time favorite meals is fried rice. Its frequently on our menu because its easy to make, inexpensive and a great one pot dinner using leftovers. When we first got married, I always made chicken or pork fried rice without any veggies cause hubby didn’t like veggies (seriousl,y scallions were the only [...]

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Black Bean Enchiladas

30 January 2008

I do a decent job of eating my veggies, but hubby doesn’t. In an attempt to get him eating a little better (and myself really), I’m working on incorporating vegetarian dinners into our meal rotation. We certainly don’t need meat every meal! Tonight it was black bean enchiladas. Hubby did comment that he thought they’d [...]

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Parmigiano-Reggiano Risotto

25 August 2007

I’ve never eaten Risotto until today. I’ve heard all the raves about risotto for months, but I finally made it today. I needed a rather simple, uncomplicated Risotto to go along with our steaks. I had a hard time finding a recipe I felt would work so I had to improvise. I was thrilled with [...]

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Cheesy Green Chile Rice

20 August 2007

I originally intended on making cilantro lime rice as a side for my Green Chile Stuffed Chicken, but I didn’t feel like stopping by the store on my way home from work today so I had to come up with something else to eat with our chicken tonight. I decided to make some cheesy rice [...]

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