Posted in black eyed peas, ham, leftovers, soup, vegetables on Apr 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Last night I had the pleasure of dinner by myself with a glass of wine and a book. This is *very* unusual and was most welcome. I’ve always enjoyed dining by myself. I like to go to restaurants by myself as well. Sometimes I really miss the days when I was working and I’d go [...]
Posted in cheap meals, ham, leftovers, sandwiches, soup on Apr 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Around Christmas and Easter, and a few other times, you can find ready to cook hams in the grocery. They come in a shank portion and a butt portion. I go with the shank portion because it has less gristle and is easier to carve. A ready to cook ham has been wet cured and [...]
Posted in frying, Mexican, soup on Apr 9th, 2009 3 Comments »
Everyone seems to have their own version for tortilla soup. Some are thick, some are thin, some are creamy, some are brothy, some are red, some are green. This one’s mine. Without the fried tortilla strips, this soup wouldn’t be much. It would still taste good, but the tortilla strips make the meal. I don’t [...]
Posted in black eyed peas, comfort, soup, vacation on Feb 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Tonight’s Recipe : Black Eyed Pea Soup 1 leftover shank bone with some meat attached from a ham 1 lb of dried black eyed peas, pre-soaked 1 whole yellow onion, chopped 1 lb carrots, peeled and sliced 9 stalks extra large celery with leaves, sliced 2 tsp cayenne 2 tsp chili powder 2 cans Italian [...]
