Ghanaian Peanut Soup

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These are the days we crave soups, stews, chilis – anything to ward off the winter chill (OK, I admit it was a balmy 60 degrees this past weekend in Philly but I’m still bracing for those frigid temps that I know are coming.) Anyway, my sister’s co-worker is Ghanaian and his wife shared the [...]

The Recipe Redux: Black-eyed Peas and Bacon

Bacon and beans

Black-eyed peas brought us a fair amount of luck in 2011. These ‘magic’ beans just appeared in our garden this year; and as coincidence would have it, this season we had the most bountiful garden in our gardening history! While our home-grown supply of black-eyed peas has long since been turned into salads, soups and [...]

Food Fun Friday: Gardening Surprises

"Beans" growing in my garden

 The seed packet said simply “Beans.” The kids and I were curious if they would be green beans or yellow beans.   But the “Beans” seemed to have extra large seeds inside and dry, papery thin pods outside. We were surprised by what we found inside.