MMmmmm: Beans and Rice: A veggie staple

We oddly enough have never made it until last night (this is while it was cooking).

I had some leftover black beans from a soup we made (that post is coming soon....) and needed to get making some dinner. I googled around for a black beans and rice recipe (Clicky!Clicky!) and got to work.

I topped mine with sour cream and oooooo. It was heavenly. I used fresh tomato instead of stewed and made sure they were nice and cooked. Oh it was awesome. I saved some for the husband and fought the urge to eat his. Turns out he ate dinner so I could have eaten it if I had wanted!

Mmmm: Avocado Chicken and Caesar Pasta

Oh man this was tasty! First up is the pasta (no amounts are given here since it's very easy to customize...this fed 3 people with plenty left over):
Bow tie pasta
Cucumbers
Tomato
Avocado
Caesar dressing (we used light...not sure of the brand. We picked light since it was anchovy free)
Squeeze of lemon juice

Peel cucumber and chop, chop tomato, and avocado. Add to bowl with pasta. Squeeze lemon juice and add caesar dressing. Done! Soooo good.


Clicky!Clicky!

I didn't have any parsley and I used parmesean cheese instead. Still tasty but next time I'd like to use what they have, I bet it just adds a nice punch to the flavor. Oh I skipped the bread crumbs and white wine as well.

Everyone devoured this! The chik'n was moist and tasted "real". The flavor was light but definitely there. Next time I make this I will use a stronger cheese though. I had originally planned on putting the avocado on top but decided against it at the last minute and tossed it into the salad. So happy I did. It was awesome!

Oh happy day!

See that? That, dear readers, is coming to my house! So what right? Not so! This means I will have actual pictures! Pictures that have a smidgen of decent quality. Posts without the phrases, "Sorry for the crappy pic" or "cell phone pic" ANYWHERE. I am very excited. I have things to take pictues of (such as thenew receipes I am trying out due to a new blog I found!) but I am waiting. Waiting oh so very impatiently for my new camera to get here so I can take some pictures worthy of a blog post.

(Isn't the husband such a nice fella'? That was bought as a present for me when I groaned about the injustice of cell phone pics and my etsy store...I think he's a keeper. :) )

It's coming.

Be prepared. I'm actually coming to post. Food stuff. On a more consistent basis. I know. It's scary. It'll be good though. Good and tasty. :)