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07-24-2011, 01:38 AM
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mondays I try to share a little something on cooking with food storage. This is a totally different spin on traditional beans and rice. Let's face it, who wants to eat the same old staples every day? I don't. I want variety. I want zip-booom-bah! I want a gorgeous sun kissed Polynesian man with ripped abs and a grass skirt. Okay. I'm kidding. I don't need the man. My husband <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"><a dir="ltr" href="http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/search/label/Ace" style="color: #652143; text-decoration: underline;">Ace</a></span> can pull off a grass skirt in a pinch. Enough about my hot husband.Let's talk beans. Quite some time ago I gave a beginners tutorial on how to cook a pot of beans from dry beans. I know there are some people out there who have no idea how to do that and they rely on the pre-cooked cans. Dry beans are a much cheaper option. If you missed that little hum-ding-er-of-a-good time-Tutorial...look <a href="http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2010/05/back-to-basicsbeans-101.html">here</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; line-height: 16px;">Were's starting today at the point were the 1 lb bag of small white beans has been soaked overnight in about a gallon of water and 1T of baking soda. The baking soda helps with what I'm going to call, "digestive issues"...(I think we all know what I'm talking about without saying the ugly word right?) I cook my beans in my solar oven with the black pot. These white beans work just as well in a crock pot on low for 4 hours. In Arizona, I use my solar oven like a crock pot almost year round...except for the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; line-height: 16px;">short rainy season and the few cloudy days we do have. I use a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="http://stores.homestead.com/EmergencySupplyFoodSt/-strse-1/Sunoven-Solar-Oven-Sun/Detail.bok" style="color: #612f10; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Global Sun Oven</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"> .</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666;"> It's my favorite appliance ever.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 lb <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="http://stores.homestead.com/EmergencySupplyFoodSt/-strse-220/Small-White-Navy-Beans/Detail.bok" style="color: #612f10; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Small White Navy Beans</a></b></span> (soaked overnight in one gallon of water and 1T baking soda, drained and rinsed)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/2 cup of my Chef Tess <a href="http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2010/07/peach-mango-jalapeno-jam.html">peach mango jalapeņo jam</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/3 cup <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;"><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Hoisin sauce</em></span> sauce</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/3 cup vinegar (your choice...but I love pineapple or rice vinegar here)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2 tsp sesame oil or 1/2 tsp liquid smoke</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8 oz crushed drained pineapple (optional)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/2 cup of chopped cilantro (optional)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Directions: Place the drained beans in a crock pot (or solar oven pot)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> add 1/2 cup dehydrated onion<b> or</b> 1 cup fresh chopped onion.</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Add 1/4 cup dehydrated chopped bell peppers or 1/2 cup chopped fresh bell pepper.</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Add 4 cups of water</b> and simmer on low for 3-4 hours. Solar cooker, same amount of time in direct sunlight.</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When they are cooked and tender they will look all steamy and hot-flash-invoking. See? I wasn't kidding.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Add my <a href="http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2010/07/peach-mango-jalapeno-jam.html">Peach Mango Jalapeņo Jam</a>. Yes, we ought to keep cases of it in our food storage. As it sits...this is what's left. I'm seriously in trouble too. Ace needs jam. It's like his own personal heroin. Well, that and his wife. She's pretty much a heroine. The " </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>:</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> mythological or legendary woman having the qualities of a hero"...not the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">opioid drug</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">...Please don't be confused. That's called</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> a "play on words" people.</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Then add the garlic, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, pineapple and fresh cilantro. Cook 5-10 minutes more if desired. I serve it up on a warm bed of jasmine rice with some chopped cilantro and fine chopped red cabbage...</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Prepare yourself for some happiness right there. It's really amazing. Not your regular pot of beans I dare say. Not by a long shot. Oh...and if you can get your significant other to sport a grass skirt while he serves this to you...even better. Ace wouldn't do it if I paid him.</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mondays I try to share a little something on cooking with food storage. This is a totally different spin on traditional beans and rice. Let's face it, who wants to eat the same old staples every day? I don't. I want variety. I want zip-booom-bah! I want a gorgeous sun kissed Polynesian man with ripped abs and a grass skirt. Okay. I'm kidding. I don't need the man. My husband <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"><a dir="ltr" href="http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/search/label/Ace" style="color: #652143; text-decoration: underline;">Ace</a></span> can pull off a grass skirt in a pinch. Enough about my hot husband.Let's talk beans. Quite some time ago I gave a beginners tutorial on how to cook a pot of beans from dry beans. I know there are some people out there who have no idea how to do that and they rely on the pre-cooked cans. Dry beans are a much cheaper option. If you missed that little hum-ding-er-of-a-good time-Tutorial...look <a href="http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2010/05/back-to-basicsbeans-101.html">here</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; line-height: 16px;">Were's starting today at the point were the 1 lb bag of small white beans has been soaked overnight in about a gallon of water and 1T of baking soda. The baking soda helps with what I'm going to call, "digestive issues"...(I think we all know what I'm talking about without saying the ugly word right?) I cook my beans in my solar oven with the black pot. These white beans work just as well in a crock pot on low for 4 hours. In Arizona, I use my solar oven like a crock pot almost year round...except for the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; line-height: 16px;">short rainy season and the few cloudy days we do have. I use a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="http://stores.homestead.com/EmergencySupplyFoodSt/-strse-1/Sunoven-Solar-Oven-Sun/Detail.bok" style="color: #612f10; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Global Sun Oven</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"> .</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666;"> It's my favorite appliance ever.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1 lb <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #666666; font-size: 13px;"><b><a href="http://stores.homestead.com/EmergencySupplyFoodSt/-strse-220/Small-White-Navy-Beans/Detail.bok" style="color: #612f10; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Small White Navy Beans</a></b></span> (soaked overnight in one gallon of water and 1T baking soda, drained and rinsed)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/2 cup dehydrated onion (or 1 cup fresh)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/4 cup dehydrated bell pepper (or 1/2 cup fresh)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/2 cup of my Chef Tess <a href="http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2010/07/peach-mango-jalapeno-jam.html">peach mango jalapeņo jam</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3 cloves garlic (or 1 1/2 tsp granulated)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/3 cup <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px;"><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Hoisin sauce</em></span> sauce</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1/3 cup vinegar (your choice...but I love pineapple or rice vinegar here)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2 tsp sesame oil or 1/2 tsp liquid smoke</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8 oz crushed drained pineapple (optional)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Directions: Place the drained beans in a crock pot (or solar oven pot)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> add 1/2 cup dehydrated onion<b> or</b> 1 cup fresh chopped onion.</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Add 1/4 cup dehydrated chopped bell peppers or 1/2 cup chopped fresh bell pepper.</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When they are cooked and tender they will look all steamy and hot-flash-invoking. See? I wasn't kidding.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Add my <a href="http://cheftessbakeresse.blogspot.com/2010/07/peach-mango-jalapeno-jam.html">Peach Mango Jalapeņo Jam</a>. Yes, we ought to keep cases of it in our food storage. As it sits...this is what's left. I'm seriously in trouble too. Ace needs jam. It's like his own personal heroin. Well, that and his wife. She's pretty much a heroine. The " </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><strong>:</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> mythological or legendary woman having the qualities of a hero"...not the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">opioid drug</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">...Please don't be confused. That's called</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> a "play on words" people.</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Then add the garlic, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, pineapple and fresh cilantro. Cook 5-10 minutes more if desired. I serve it up on a warm bed of jasmine rice with some chopped cilantro and fine chopped red cabbage...</span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Prepare yourself for some happiness right there. It's really amazing. Not your regular pot of beans I dare say. Not by a long shot. Oh...and if you can get your significant other to sport a grass skirt while he serves this to you...even better. Ace wouldn't do it if I paid him.</span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There you go. Make some beans baby!</