Keeping Life Creative

This one is fun. Think taco meets pizza. The original recipe came from Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures. The following is my adaptation. Black Bean Pizza pizza crust, unbaked 1 cup diced tomatoes, partially drained 1 TBSP taco seasoning 1 can diced chilis, drained 1/2 lb. browned hamburger 1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed sliced olives shredded cheese Puree tomatoes and mix with taco seasoning. Spread on crust. Top with chilis,

On Friday I did some freezer cooking which included cooking up the four bags of frozen cranberries I had. I made a simple cranberry sauce that was so easy and turned out so good we were looking for excuses to eat it (like on bread, or by the spoonful!). Today we used some of the sauce to make a sweet and tangy chicken sauce in the Crockpot. Sorry for the

Taco Soup

I recently got a bunch of  ramen I got for free (yay coupons!) so I made one of our favorite main dish salads with some of it. Chicken Oriental Salad 1 small head cabbage, shredded (or bag of coleslaw) 2 packages Oriental flavor ramen noodles slivered almonds (I like to toast them) 4 TBSP sesame seeds 2 chicken breasts, cooked and chopped 3/4 cup green onion, chopped Mix ingredients together

Sometimes when we have bananas that look like this: We like to make this: And then treat ourselves to this: Just a little piece of YUM on a rainy afternoon :). It’s actually my grandma’s banana bread recipe, I just bake it on a sheet pan and frost it with cream cheese heaven frosting. Banana Cake 1/2 cup butter (or oil) 1 cup sugar (or Splenda) 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups mashed banana 1

I wanted to try these as soon as I heard of this recipe–low fat, fiber-packed chocolatey brownies, made with pureed beans.

Chicken Salsa Chili