Food!

It is no secret that I love cooking. I love feeding people. I love food. I love creating things in the kitchen. I like flavor and pretty presentations. When I first started my healthy new me one of the hardest things was cooking. I thought I was going to give up my love. I didn’t know how to cook without butter and oil. One of my favorite dinners included an entire pound of butter.

These days I hardly ever use butter. I am still cooking with the same bottle of olive oil I bought last year. My big surprise is I still love cooking. I find it a whole new challenge and joy. All of my recipes are new and exciting. When I cook dinner now, I worry about taste, nutrient, fat, and calories. I want the people that I am cooking for to leave the table feeling good about the tasty meal they just enjoyed.

I don’t eat a lot of meat or dairy anymore. So, I cook a lot with my new favorite food- Black Beans. We have black bean tacos, black beans and (brown) rice, black beans and eggs, and one of my new favorite recipes poblano peppers stuffed with black beans.

Poblano Peppers Stuffed with Black Beans
1 can of Bushes Fiesta Black Beans
1 can of Black Beans (please look for the low sodium ones)
1-2 table spoons of garlic chopped (I love garlic)
1-jalapeno pepper chopped
6-poblano peppers with their seeds removed
Fresh cilantro
Preheat oven to 425 F. Spray the bottom of a pan. Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Stuff the mixture into the six peppers. Cook for about 20-25 minutes. They are done when the peppers are tender. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.
These are good by themselves but can become a nice dinner by topping with shrimp and served on top of rice.