Cookin' Like a Fool

Today I woke up hungry. That is usually not a good start to the day. But today when I was going downstairs I could smell the wonderful scent of the black bean soup I had cooking all night in the crock pot.

Breakfast

So I took my supplements and ladled myself a bowl of soup. It was really good. Easy to make.

That was the start of my cook spree today.

Black Bean Soup

1 Tbsp. olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 Tbsp. cumin
2 cloves garlic, minced                      
6 slices turkey bacon
2 cups black beans
4 carrots, sliced
1 sweet potato, cubed
8 cups chicken broth
4 bay leaves
1 lime, juice

Heat the oil in a pan and saute onion & garlic about 3 min. then add bacon for 2 min.

Add all ingredients to crock pot and cook for 8 hours or over night.

Remove the bay leaves and add the juice of 1 lime.

You can put it in a food processor, but I like the bean whole.

My 3 youngest Granddaughters were here, they had spent the night. We spent the morning hanging out together, going for a walk, playing games and then the sun came out.....now they wanted to be outside playing.

My Bliss

Well, because I was hungry I knew I needed to have things on hand today that I could grab and eat, healthy things. Hummus, one of my very favorite snacks. If you buy your hummus, make this recipe and you will never buy it again.

2 cans Garbanzo  Beans, drained & rinsed

1 jar roasted red pepper (dollar store) 2 Tbsp. paprika

1/3 cup Tahini (sesame seed paste)
4 garlic cloves
salt to taste

This yellow gadget is the best waste of money I have spent in a long time.
Juice of one lemon

1/3 cup good olive oil
Put all in food processor and let it rip

 

There you have a healthy snack/dip

When I have days that I can spend time cooking I like to get things made that can last us a few days. Next on my list were some veggies. We love Kale, so I started getting some of that ready.

Remove the kale from the stem and wash it

Dry it and wrap it up to get all the excess water out. I read once that you can wrap the kale up in a flour sack towel and take it outside and swing it around to be like a human salad spinner.  I tried it ONCE .... I had kale all over the yard.  Needless to say to towel opened up  :) So now I just wrap it.

Add 1 Tbsp olive oil to pan and heat, then add torn kale

Finish wilting with 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar

This is what is left, delicious goodness

Next came roasted brussel sprouts & a big salad

Henriana & I even got to go out to the garden and pull up some onions and cut some chives. Heaven..............

Bliss  :))))

I am so grateful that I had today. I was able to play, cook, play and cook and go out to the garden. Life is grand!  Hope you have a wonderful day and get a touch of bliss in it.

I also got 7lbs of sloppy Joe's made and 15lbs of hot beef. That's all for work this weekend.  Oh .... good day.