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Red Potato Salad with Garbanzo Beans

What a great idea! Just make your favorite potato salad & add a can of drained garbanzo beans (chickpeas) to the finished salad. Mix & serve. This inexpensive and yummy dish packs plenty of protein.The garbanzo beans add some crunch and a whole lot of cheap protein. Plus the eggs have protein & the potatoes have some. So it might seem like a … [Read more...]

Soaring Beef Prices Force People to Find Alternatives

If you feel like the price of beef has been going up and up, it's not your imagination.  Between drought and increasing costs of feed, beef cattle are selling at higher and higher prices. Shoppers are looking at other meats and types of protein to help the food budget. Beef, it's what's NOT for dinner in more homes.Chicken, turkey, and pork can be … [Read more...]

Quick Kielbasa Chili for Super Bowl Parties

What a hearty dish for a Super Bowl Party! With the kielbasa (or Polish sausage), it tastes a little like a chili dog. It's also a great meal for those nights when you have little time to cook. Serve with corn chips or crusty bread.  Add a salad for a Super Bowl party or other casual get-together.Just slice and brown the kielbasa, then add corn, … [Read more...]

Texas Caviar with Black-Eyed Peas

Many people eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day for good luck in the coming year.  You can eat them however you want, but I love them in this great appetizer dip.  It's a fresh spicy salsa that's hard to resist!With chopped onions, beans, corn, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, and green peppers, there is plenty of flavor to scoop up with tortilla … [Read more...]

Swiss Chard and White Bean Saute

My daughter made this for us last night and it was wonderful.  It has a nice degree of heat from the black pepper, red pepper, and garlic.  We had this as a side to salmon and couscous.  The chard and beans were a great contrast to the milder salmon and couscous.  Yummy supper! The photo is of soup that you can make with the same ingredients.  Just … [Read more...]

A Fresh Take on 7 Layer Taco Dip

Here's a fresh take on an old favorite: top a 7 layer taco dip with chopped lettuce and vegetables. It's almost like a salad on top of dip. That's the version pictured here, but you can make this any way you like.Take a look at the photos with the linked recipe. Some just look more appetizing than others! I like the version with the cardinal … [Read more...]

Quick Skillet Gnocchi with Chard (or Spinach), White Beans, and Tomatoes

Here's a quick skillet supper with everything going for it. It's low calorie, heart-healthy, full of fiber, high in vitamin C & A, high in calcium, is good for lowering stress, and has plenty of protein. The tomatoes and chard are supposed to be foods that keep you young looking. Wow! And with all that it's delicious! It has plenty of chewing … [Read more...]

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