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Archive for January, 2009

Chicken and Pinto Bean Soup

Another delicious and inexpensive soup to make.  Loosely based on a recipe in the Good Carb Cookbook, I added just a few things. 

2.5 cups dry pinto beans
water
1 large onion, chopped fine
1 green pepper, chopped
1 can of diced tomatoes with green chilis
2 large bone-in chicken breasts, skin cut off
1 cup of corn
2 cubes chicken or [...]

Black Bean Soup

For anyone trying to eat healthy on a budget, you can’t afford for beans not to be your best friend. This black bean soup is hearty and filling, yet inexpensive to make.

2.5 cups dry black beans
6.5 cups water
1 green pepper, diced
1 onion, diced
1 cup salsa or picante sauce
1 tbsp chili powder
2 tsp cumin
1 tbsp [...]

Roasted Butternut Squash

Winter is a time for squash. I don’t care for the stringy-ness of acorn squash as much, but the sweet flavor of butternut squash is to die for. It is so easy to make and needs almost no preparation (just a long baking time).
1 butternut squash – any size
3 tbsp olive oil
salt and [...]