Tag Archives: beans

Portuguese Feiijoada

Posted on August 18, 2017 by cookinginsens

The Coco de Paimpol beans are out and I look for every excuse I can to cook them. Our neighbor Tonio, of Portuguese persuasion, inspired my rendition of this rich, bean stew. A while back I made a Spanish stew … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Portuguese | Tagged beans, cooking, food, food photography, Portuguese, recipe, sausages, stew | 7 Comments

No Child Left Hungry

Posted on May 2, 2016 by cookinginsens

Today my son texted me from work to ask if I was cooking lunch. He sounded hungry and I immediately had these irrational pictures in my mind of Biafra. So even though I had a session at the doctor’s this … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged beans, chili, cooking, food, food photography, lamb, recipe | 19 Comments

Navy Beans with Kielbasa

Posted on April 12, 2016 by cookinginsens

I found an artisanal kielbasa sausage at the Super Duper market. Quelle surprise! Kielbasa seems to be popular in our area, however the sausages available are usually produced in large, name brand factories with God knows what profit maximizing ingredients. I … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, Soup | Tagged beans, cooking, food, food photography, ham, kielbasa, navy beans, recipe, soup, stew | 10 Comments

Poulet Curcuma

Posted on March 22, 2016 by cookinginsens

If you’ve ever wondered what the name for turmeric is in French, well it’s curcuma. I wondered in France when I needed some for a recipe, bought a spice bottle that looked like turmeric, looking it up on the internet when … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged beans, Chicken, cooking, food, food photography, recipe, tajine, tumeric | 26 Comments

Fresh Coco Bean Chili for Babies

Posted on October 7, 2015 by cookinginsens

When I shared my enchiladas with Toutoune and Willy, after the initial “spicy” shock, Toutoune said how much she liked another Mexican food, Chili con Carne. Now people, everyone’s French palate was stunned by my “enchiladas for babies” and Toutoune has … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes | Tagged bacon, beans, chili, cooking, food, food photography, lardons, recipe, stew, veal | 20 Comments

Chili Con Carne

Posted on July 25, 2015 by cookinginsens

Whenever I hear “chili con carne” I immediately picture a can of probably Hormel chili or a bowl of ketchup sweetened kidney beans on offer at a country diner. Chili con carne originally meant Mexican spiced beans with meat, not … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Mexican, Recipes | Tagged beans, chili, chili con carne, cooking, food, food photography, Mexican, recipe | 11 Comments

Les Haricots

Posted on June 4, 2015 by cookinginsens

I saw a blog earlier about beans posted by Marinating Online that set off a chain of thought; the fresh beans that will be available in autumn, my mother’s Mexican chili beans, the paucity of pantry items. Rummaging around in the cabinets, … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes | Tagged American, beans, cooking, food, food photography, veal | 16 Comments

Fresh Borlotti Bean Blizzard Soup

Posted on January 26, 2015 by cookinginsens

According to the weathermen, we are in for an historic blizzard starting tonight. The inhabitants of Boston and New York City are freaking out 😀 Not us! In rural Pennsylvania, we laugh in the face of blizzards; ha, ha, ha, … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, Soup | Tagged beans, blizzard, borlotti, cooking, food, food photography, recipes, soup, Vegetables | 36 Comments

Foie Gras, Magret and Duck Legs Sorted

Posted on November 7, 2014 by cookinginsens

My husband and I were discussing the ban on foie gras in California and wondered if it was banned in other States. What California actually banned was the gavage or force feeding of birds. I don’t believe that you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged beans, borlotti, cassoulet, cooking, duck, food, food photography, French, recipe, tajine | 22 Comments

The Regular Farmers’ Market

Posted on October 19, 2014 by cookinginsens

` The regular farmers’ market is in Scranton, a pleasant drive, about 25-30 minutes from Honesdale. It’s big and the vegetables plentiful, varied and pretty. They have, wait for it, fresh borlotti beans! They call them cranberry beans and they seem … Continue reading →