Just some good food...

Not into meat lately...don't know why. Especially red meat. Have any good vegetarian recipes???

Made these for dinner...yummo! Extremely tasty. Kenny liked it too, just wasn't way into the texture. I recommend making them thinner, I think I made ours too thick.

California Black Bean Burgers
1 can (15oz) black beans (recipe says undrained, i recommend draining)
1 can (4.5) oz chopped green chilies
1 t. chili powder
1 lg. egg, beaten
1/4 c. yellow cornmeal
2 T. veg. oil
1 c. plain dry bread crumbs
(I added some other seasonings like onion and garlic powder, some pepper, and cumin)

Blend beans until slightly mashed. Stir in chilies, bread crumbs, chili powder, egg. Shape into 6 patties (about 1/2 in. thick). Coat with cornmeal. In skillet, heat oil. Cook on medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes, turning once.

Ate these with chipotle mayo and homemade sweet potato fries.

These cookies are delicious as well! I added an extra 1/2 c. pumpkin and doubled the spices!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups (12-ounce bag) milk chocolate chips, not semisweet
• Nonstick cooking spray or parchment paper

Directions

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick spray or line them with parchment paper.

Using a mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Beat in the white and brown sugars, a little at a time, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time, then mix in the vanilla and pumpkin puree. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Slowly beat the flour mixture into the batter in thirds. Stir in the chips. Scoop the cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheets and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cookies are browned around the edges. Remove the cookie sheets from the oven and let them rest for 2 minutes. Take the cookies off with a spatula and cool them on wire racks.