i had a bit of a craving.  So using sam’s stale bread i made french toast (with cinnamon on it)  It was great.

yes… that is a keystone light in the background.  But you can’t drink coffee or orange juice with “breakfast” as 10:45p.

So this is how i make rice and beans.
Rinse 1 cup of dried beans and pick through them looking for weird beans. Soak overnight in water.

The next day…..

cut up whatever veggies you have in the fridge.  Onions, carrots, celery, peppers, etc.  saute. and garlic! must have that.

add in beans and then about two glasses of water.  Add in bayleaves, cayenne pepper, cumin, salt, black pepper, splash of hot sauce,  or chilli powder (whatever you feel like and have around).

bring to a boil.  Turn down and simmer for about 2 hours.

Start rice in the last half hour.   Enjoy.

crin’s variation of the moosewood’s restaurant quick cornbread—

Take aprox two tablespoons of white vinegar put it into a 1 cup measuring cup and fill the rest with milk.  Let sit for ten minutes (you can use buttermilk… but who buys that?)

melt 3 tablespoons of butter. (more tastes good too)

in a bowl crack one egg

add two pinches of salt

add one pinch of baking soda

add aprox two teaspoons of Baking powder

and add one spoonful of honey (you can have more if you like it sweet)

add in the milk & butter

Mix

add in 1 cup cornmeal and 1 cup flour

MIX

spoon into a greased muffin pan & bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

YUM

rice and beans is GREAT stop making it seem dismal

p.s.  Mortal kombat background creation is lame.  I don’t want to put people parts on the wall of a kitchen/butcher stall.