Cain Manor

This was very good, and a good use of my Costco sized bag of pinto beans. My only recommendation would be to reduce the water to 4.5 or 5 cups, and maybe add 1 lb of chorizo.
Continue reading ‘Southwestern Pinto Bean Soup’ »

On this here internet, you’ll find multiple ways to make yogurt. I have a hard time I find a recipe that is clear, concise, and can be found when I start looking for it. This is my attempt to solve that.

You need

• Milk. Justine prefers non-fat milk, and it works, so we use it.  Any type of (Cows) milk would work.
• Some sort of starter. We use plain yogurt, but I’ve heard that you can buy yogurt starter. Make sure it’s got active cultures. Those are the bacteria that make your yogurt
• Thermometer, to measure the temperature
• 1/2 cup Dry Milk Powder.  I add this since we have it (hence need to use it), and it adds thickness and protein.  If we didn’t already have a Costco sized amount, I wouldn’t use it.
• Jars to store it in.  Anything with a lid works
• Heating pad and towels

Continue reading ‘My Yogurt Recipe’ »

I make this bread pretty often. It’s quick, easy and tasty. The hardest part used to be finding the recipe on the Internet.
Continue reading ‘Mark Bittman Bread Recipe’ »

We needed Peanut Butter for the West African Peanut Soup I’m going to make tomorrow. Justine and I don’t eat a lot of Peanut Butter, so I thought…Let’s make Peanut Butter. It’s crazy simple, and we have Peanuts.

The Recipe -
2 cups of Peanuts, salted and roasted (in other words, peanuts you buy most anywhere.)
1.5 teaspoons of some type of oil. I’ve seen vegetable, peanut and olive recommended – we used Olive Oil.

Add half of the peanuts and half the oil to a food processor. Use a metal blade, and let it run for approximately 2 minutes. Then add the remainder, and mix for another 2 minutes. If you want thinner peanut butter, let it run for longer, or you can add a little more oil. Be very careful, as a little additional oil really thins it out. It will thicken when you put it in the refrigerator.

According to what I’ve read, it will keep for approximately three weeks.

A quick recipe full of things I love and BACON (which transcends love)!!

Continue reading ‘Spaghetti with Lemon, Chickpeas and Bacon’ »