Two Recipes

Obviously, I am already doing craptastic at my 1st Resolution of keeping this blog alive. But all I can do is sit here with my cup of half caff and right this wrong.

Now on to the subject matter of this post...

I tried out two new recipes lately that I'd like to share. The first being Ina Garten's Eggplant Gratin.

All I can say is WOW. If you need some serious comfort food, do this. The only thing I did different was cook the entire recipe in a small casserole dish, instead of two gratin dishes. If I use this method again, I will lower the baking temp a tad and bake it a little longer. By the time the center was brown and bubbly, the edges where a little blackened. But still delicious!

The second recipe I tried was Deb's Black Bean Soup. This easy, healthy, comforting, and cheap! Can't get much better than that. I made the toasted cumin "crema" with 1/2 light sour cream and 1/2 greek yogurt, which was all I had in my fridge. It was very tasty.

Next time I post a recipe I've tried, I will try to post some play-by-play pictures as I cook. But is won't be this weekend. We are painting our living room, and I promised my husband we could get pizza. That man will work for food.