For this month’s Kitchen Bootcamp, Jen challenged us to work with legumes or grains. I was pleased this challenge did not come earlier in the year because after our trip to Mexico at Christmas, we were a little “beaned out” – having eaten some form of beans with pretty much every meal. They really are [...]
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Kitchen Bootcamp: White bean mash
By Mardi Michels on April 25, 2011 in beans, breakfast, kitchen bootcamp, Mexican, mexico, recipes, side dishes

French Fridays with Dorie: Green beans with pancetta
By Mardi Michels on February 18, 2011 in beans, charcutepalooza, cookbooks, Dorie Greenspan, FFWDorie, pancetta
I was so thrilled a few weeks ago to read the list of February recipes for French Fridays with Dorie – since we would be curing our own pancetta for Charcutepalooza, I was excited to use it in this week’s dish: Green beans with pancetta (p 333). Dorie calls it a “simple dish made special [...]
Brought to you by the colour purple!
Today’s photos were taken simply because I was inspired by how pretty the purple beans looked when I was at Rowe Farms the other day. Also, since I have been blogging and taking (more) photos, I am really inspired to learn how to take GREAT pictures. To be honest, most of my pictures are taken [...]








