Small red beans are just down right amazingly flavorful. They're pretty, plus when you season them well and let them cook over several hours you get this rich t... Read More...
This artisan beef kale bean stew is the kind of meal that you might get if you can go 'back to the future', walk into a diner, sit on the red vinyl covered stoo... Read More...
Sometimes, out of the blue with no expectations at all, you hit a homerun with a recipe creation. And, that's what this hot italian sausage kale bean paesan sou... Read More...
There is nothing more comforting on a chilly Fall or Winter day than soup. And, this beef chorizo potato soup fills that bill gloriously! What makes this potato... Read More...
Seems there’s a ‘season’ for everything! Wedding season. Holiday season. Tis the season to be jolly! Football season. Basketball season. And, yes, there’s in my... Read More...
Aromas, scents and food are the most provocative memory stimulators for me. When I go out very early in the morning on a warm summer day, the scent of dew, gras... Read More...
If you've ever made your own chicken stock with bone in chicken pieces, then you know the difference from the homemade and what you can get in a can or box. I m... Read More...
This is a simple recipe. No doubt you'll look at the ingredients and directions and think, hummm, that's really easy. I'm totally in! Actually, French cooking s... Read More...
Seasonal cooking is always the smartest and best strategy for the kitchen and feeding your family. Seasonal cooking means using those fruits and vegetables that... Read More...
There's nothing that stimulates the senses more than walking into a house and wiffing the aroma of good food cooking. And, this chicken fajita slow cooker soup ... Read More...
What are the world's healthiest foods? Well, according to WHFoods one of them is buttery lima beans. And, when you add spinach, you make them even healthier!
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I have no idea why I don't cook lentils more often. I mean I love legumes. And, lentils have all the other wonderful attributes of their bean and pea cousins. L... Read More...
Hearty and robust, this farmers market chicken soup can be made year round. In the summer when you have access to all the fresh vegetables, you can load it up w... Read More...
There's a little local market I go to when we're living in Colorado. It's not part of any chain. Just a mom and pop store where everyone works really hard, take... Read More...
A good rich soup is a meal for us. Making soups with depths of flavor in a short amount of time can be challenging. But, this taco veggie soup defies all odds, ... Read More...
Peas are a fabulous vegetable. Not only are they healthy, but they're super versatile for using in recipes like this parmesan pea soup. Served hot, warm, room t... Read More...
Short ribs. Usually you see recipes for this cut of beef for slow cooking or maybe grilling. Short ribs are a popular cut of beef. And, can be butchered in seve... Read More...
Chicken doodle soup. Yes, it's my whimsical version of 'chicken noodle soup' but with a bohemian flair! I love the rich tomatoeee broth that comes with every bi... Read More...
The method of stewing meat is a very old cooking technique. Stewing meat requires patience and time because you want the meat exceptional tender. Traditionally,... Read More...
Winter is just made for chili. Now, there are hundreds of kinds of chilis. I mean chili cookoffs are big time popular in the cooking contest circuit. I'm sure m... Read More...
Who says you can't turn your favorite Italian dishes into soups. Well, in 2015 my 'chicken marsala soup' was my #1 searched recipe! Yes, it's that good. Then I ... Read More...
This vietnamese bokchoy shrimp soup just makes you feel healthy. I mean take a gander at the ingredients. Nothing in there that's not good for your digestive sy... Read More...
Hamburgers. Love them. Love them when they're cooked on an outdoor grill then put on a soft tender bun and topped with good ol' classic yellow mustard, pickles,... Read More...
I went to the grocery store for whipped cream cheese. That was the onnnnleeee thing I needed. I intentionally didn't get a cart, not even one of the tiny ones. ... Read More...
When I think of 'comfort food' what comes to mind are images of earthy food. Food that's still recognizable in its real form. Processed food just doesn't make t... Read More...
Some words simply sound healthy. It's the way the word rolls off the tip of your tongue...barrrrrleee. Now think of the word 'candy'...does that sound healthy? ... Read More...
Lawsy, I could eat my weight in this smoky clam chowder. First of all, I LOVE corn. Once I had a corn on the cob eating contest with my father-in-law~yes, in th... Read More...
Update: Be sure to follow my camping adventures SEPT 2015 ~ come see what's gonna be happening! #followthefeasts
Camping is always all about the food! Oh, ye... Read More...
Cannellini beans~an Italian white kidney bean. So creamy and tasty. I love them best when I cook from scratch. Oh, yes, you can buy them canned, but they're scr... Read More...
This eastern european chicken cabbage soup is such a festive and colorful dish~~it'll make it more fun to eat! In Eastern Europe the cuisine varies depending up... Read More...
Yes, fat's gotten a bad wrap over the years. My thinking is that in moderation (and healthy lifestyle habits like regular exercising and getting that heart rate... Read More...
If you work, you'll probably want to make these beans on the weekend. Believe me, they keep in the refrig a few days, and you can freeze them. I'd say put the c... Read More...
This sour cream mashed potato soup is one of my many cook once, eat twice recipes. Now I love mashed potatoes. I mean real mashed potatoes~~the kind you peel, s... Read More...
There's a popular eating movement called 'farm to table'...love this concept, and I add to that my concept of 'eating close to the earth,' which means when you ... Read More...
I made a wonderful Italian dish into a soup, Chicken Marsala, and it's THE most popular post I've ever shared on Facebook. Seen by over 160k and shared over 1,3... Read More...
A pale lager adds some unique dimension to this chili~~the spices, chorizo, cilantro, lime~~yes, all make you realize you are south of the border as you savor e... Read More...
Inspiration for new recipes~~where does it come from? For me, it's various venues~~but, first and foremost, I'm thinking healthy. Putting 'junk'~things like emp... Read More...
If you're a cowhand on a roundup I'm sure by the end of the day you could eat one of those heifers in one sitting! You're flat out starvin'~~I've watched enough... Read More...
Oh, if you love cauliflower, you'll adore this soup. And, if you don't like cauliflower, watch out, you may not even know that's what's in this soup--yes, it's ... Read More...
When I haven't seen good friends for a while, and we make special plans to meet for lunch, I like to make them a basket of love goodies from my kitchen. So, I'... Read More...
It's simple little things that are EZ and basic that can take your dishes to the next level. There's just no need to buy croutons~~I mean how many times have yo... Read More...
One spoonful of these beans and you'll think you've hit pay dirt! I mean I totally amaze myself sometimes with the depths of flavor that are created when I sta... Read More...
My foodie friend, Nancy, who's host of Empower Radio's 'The Dish' has a motto~~'cook once, eat twice'~~that's how this recipe came about. I'd done a pork shoulder roast and had plenty of it to go from dinner to sandwiches and now to this chili. That's the great thing about roasts~~buy one a good size then after you cook it, if it's all not eaten then you have endless possibilities for other dishes~~yes, total reinvention. So just put the leftover roasted meat in freezer bags, label them, and then when you're ready to re-invent, your meat awaits you!
Soups~~the quintessential comfort food~~what you kind of gravitate to when you're in the mood to warm your tummy with not only good eats but memories. Soups in... Read More...
Whether you cook this on the stovetop, in a slow cooker/crockpot or in the oven~~you're in for a comfort food experience that will make you want to curl up in y... Read More...
Making your own tomato soup is simple, plus if you make a lot of it, and freeze, then you have a great base for so many other dishes~~from pastas to soups to st... Read More...
Most of ya'll know that one of my favorite foods is beans~~most any kind of bean out there~~well, there is one bean that I just don't care for and that's black ... Read More...
One of my most favorite Italian dishes is chicken marsala~~I mean when I go to a really authentic Italian restaurant, that's what I oftentimes order, and even when I go to a great chain like Carabbas, yep, it's chicken marsala for me!
Since I'd seen a new Campbell's product at the store, their packaged marsala sauce, I thought I'd give it a whirl in a new twist~~making a chicken marsala soup~~I mean I could put all the essential things in it and even add more mushrooms since the sauce had only a few, like I could count them on my one hand. Overall, this sauce has nice flavors and made the making of this soup pretty painless and easy~~sometimes life just calls for that, right? Here's to ~peace and making life easier~ xoxo ally
You know what happens when you go to Costco, you buy, and not just a little bit, a lot! So, this is what happened with these New York strip steaks, I'd bought ... Read More...
This recipe is one of several in a series of eats we recently had while wilderness camping in Colorado~~there's just something about being at nearly 11,000 feet... Read More...
I haven't met a bean I don't like! But, there are some that I like, no love, more than others, and one happens to be this cranberry bean, which in Italian is kn... Read More...
The power of seeing something enticing and delicious. Such is the case with creating this recipe, which is super easy. My girlfriend, Helena, whose website is... Read More...
When we're in Colorado in the winter, there's nothing better than chili! The grandkids come off the slopes after a big day of skiing and snowboarding and are ... Read More...
I like my soup chunky. I like my soup fresh. I like my soup creamy. I like my soup with al dente veggies. I love soup with chicken! This soup is right up m... Read More...
When the weather out side is frightful, then homemade soup is so delightful! Let it rain! Let it snow! Let it go! Soups's on! And, that exactly what's happe... Read More...
When my girlfriend, Laura, who's made several trips to Morocco, brought me some 'Ras el hanut' she'd picked up there on one of her trips, I was like giddy happy... Read More...
This Caprese Soup is so stinkin' good! Thick, rich, creamy and fresh~~yes, fresh heirloom tomatoes, and if you can't find them, or if they're way to pricey, th... Read More...
I've never really spent a lot of time cooking with parsnips~~it's pretty cool that parsnips date back to the Roman times and that they were once used as a sweet... Read More...
Bohemian Bold cooking is all about living globally without even leaving your kitchen! Thanks to the cyber world in which we live, we have access to fabulous sp... Read More...
Some dishes don't need much explanation! This is one of those recipes~~with some leftover grilled chicken breasts, I decided to cut them into chunks, open a fe... Read More...
We have more crabs than Carter's got pills in our inlet! Ben will just bait the crab traps, toss 'em out from the floating dock, leave them for about 48 hours ... Read More...
One of the best things about being a foodie and blogger is the number of talented and generous other foodies you meet via social media. Many of my friends, who... Read More...
I made some really wickedly good Anasazi beans, and had about 4 cups left over~~this became the reason for this chili! There was the ham hock, too, that the b... Read More...
This Shrimp Clam Corn & Arugula Soup has a rich broth slightly thickened to add to the velvety touch on your palate. Plus this makes it even better for di... Read More...
Watercress is one of my favorite greens! It's full of amazing nutrition and is one of those green super giant foods that is good for your DNA. This 'Watercres... Read More...
This dish is a slight variation of the one created by the talented Carrie at Carrie's Experimental Kitchen...I love her cookbook for many reasons~~the recipes a... Read More...
I'm in love with spices~~ I mean to the point that I think I lived another life sometime thousands of years ago, and I roamed the Grand Bazaaar in Istanbul coll... Read More...
If you search my recipes, you'll find quite a few recipes for beans~~yes, I'm a 'bean queen'~~reckon it's them thar West Virginia hills I grew up in where beans... Read More...
Let your palate begin the journey as you travel the "Spice Route" with an array of Ras El Hanoot seasonings once considered as valuable as gold and silver. Ther... Read More...
I admittedly am a 'Bean Queen'...growing up in the hollers of West Virginia, pinto beans were a staple in our diet several times a week. They were cheap. They... Read More...
