sounds yummy
Two other options:
Quick-cooking method:Use 3 cans of beans instead of dry beans. Rinse beans thoroughly before adding to crockpot and decrease broth to 3 cups. Cook for about 4 hours.
Vegetarian version: Leave out the chicken and substitute vegetable broth for the chicken broth

ready in about 920 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • minced garlic
  • dry white beans
  • sour cream
  • whipping cream

Makes about 2.5 dozen; the winner of best cookie is the Lemon Crinkle Cookie by Lauren Brennan from Hood River, Oregon.

ready in about 20 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • whole egg
  • lemon zest
  • fresh lemon juice
  • ⅛ teaspoons baking soda
  • powdered sugar

(slightly adapted from Perry’s Plate); Makes about 30 2-inch cookies

ready in about 25 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • ground or whole flax-seed
  • almonds

companion to the Soft Sugar Cookies

ready in about 15 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • confectioners’ sugar
  • Sprinkles

Delicious! Supposed to be like those cookies at grocery stores. You know the ones: decorated in the colors of the upcoming season or holiday, glaring at you from behind their clear boxes in the bakery, deliciously fluffy and impossibly sweet…

ready in about an hour
ready in about an hour and 15 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • applesauce
  • unsweetened cocoa
  • Cooking spray
ready in about 20 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • fine-grain sea salt
  • finely chopped fresh chives
  • freshly grated Parmesan or Gruyere cheese
  • extra-virgin olive oil
ready in about 15 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • 3c Almonds
  • 1c sugar
ready in about 50 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • Brussels sprouts
  • good olive oil
  • freshly ground black pepper
serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • 2. 1/4 cup water
  • 3. 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4. 1 cup whole-wheat couscous
  • 5. 1 1/2 cups frozen peas
  • 6. 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
  • 7. 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
  • 8. Salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 9. 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese