The Bodacious Bean/Week 2- Black Bean Hummus

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Welcome back for another installation of The Bodacious Bean. This week’s recipe is a flavorful Black Bean Hummus. Yeah, we eat hummus here in the south. It’s even one of my daughter’s favorite foods. She’s a rare and complicated child though. Making  hummus is easy as, well… hummus. This recipe replaces the usual chickpea (or garbanzo bean) with yummy black beans. It’s tasty and spicy continue reading …

The Bodacious Bean/Week 1 – Black Bean Dip

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Beans, beans they’re good for your heart, the more you eat, the more… you’re smart! You thought I was gonna say that other word, didn’t you? The pooty word. The flatulence word. The gaseous escapeous word. Fart. There. I said it. It’s done with. Now we can all go on, as the mature adults that we all are, and talk about beans. Beans. They’re good for continue reading …

Basic Basil Pesto – Yum!

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. Pesto is a favorite of mine, not to mention, easy breezy. And it’s green, so it has to be sorta, kinda healthy, right? Please don’t let me know if it’s really bad for you, I’d just rather not know. When paired with bruschetta (garlic toast for you fellow rednecks) or pasta, pesto is favoloso! (That would be fabulous in Italian. No, I don’t speak continue reading …