baked black beans...really weird. relative brought it back from overseas.

I'm jealous of you guys in New England...I'm in a John Irving reading phase -- eg, Hotel New Hampshire, Cider House Rules, World According To Garp, Widow For A Year, etc -- seems like a wonderful place I would like to visit some day, half-way around the world.

OK, to stay on topic -- cold pasta with canned tomato sauce (the wife is away for 2 weeks, she took the baby and our domestic helper) Any basic survival recipes (simple and easy), send them to me.

thnx Reks, I will try this one tomorrow night (I will survive on my own)

New England is win. Especially in the fall.

Hamburger, dusty-style (onions & garlic on a George Foreman grill)

leftover mac and cheese from last night.

Cajun chicken salad sandwich, w/lettuce, carrots, onions, cukes, and sweet chipotle sauce

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Pico de gallo and Tostitos Scoops.

Vegan Pizza from Pizza Fusion. Most vegan pizza tastes lousy. This one is very good: eggplant, fresh garlic and onion. My breath is probably awful, and my belly is huge from eating too much, but I'm very happy

Vegan Pizza from Pizza Fusion. Most vegan pizza tastes lousy. This one is very good: eggplant, fresh garlic and onion. My breath is probably awful, and my belly is huge from eating too much, but I'm very happy

Looks tasty!!

Cajun bait stew

I took some asian "paealla" mix, mussels, salad shrimp, oysters, and the worst fake crab meat ever. Cooked it in what's basically an etouffee mix. Butter, flower, pepper, salt, cajun spice mix, bell peppers, onions, celery, beer, worchestershire sauce, rotel tomatoes. Rice cooked with tumeric.

Cook it all, mix it together, serve. Looks nasty, tastes pretty good.

Baby back ribs rubbed with Famous Dave's Rib rub and sauce, corn, sweet potato & garlic bread.

Ice cream cone

Just built a giant fresh fruit salad...2 kinds of apple, pear, pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, nectarines, kiwi, grapes and mandarin oranges.

Then I made a sauce from sour creme, powdered sugar, lemon juice and Grand Marnier.

As per usual I over bought, so I'm sitting on 2 gallons of fruit salad. My neighbors will get a visit later.

Wishing I were your neighbors

It's kind of citrusy -- at first I was going to say Cheddar-Pineapple or Cheddar-Mango, but then I wanted to say lemon-lime, but the correct answer is, apparently, 'Mountain Dew'. They even tell you with the color on the packaging.

Cajun bait stew

I took some asian "paealla" mix, mussels, salad shrimp, oysters, and the worst fake crab meat ever. Cooked it in what's basically an etouffee mix. Butter, flower, pepper, salt, cajun spice mix, bell peppers, onions, celery, beer, worchestershire sauce, rotel tomatoes. Rice cooked with tumeric.

Cook it all, mix it together, serve. Looks nasty, tastes pretty good.

Dude, it's CAJUN. If it tasted lousy all you needed to do is add whiskey and more cayenne!

Dude, it's CAJUN. If it tasted lousy all you needed to do is add whiskey and more cayenne!

Spoken like someone not from the bayou

Had cheese and crackers with fruit, but no wine . Gotta workout after this

Spoken like someone not from the bayou

My sister-in-law is about as close as I will ever get to the bayou.

Besides, I am highly allergic to gator bites....

gator bites raise one hell of a welt

gator bites raise make one hell of a welt stump:)

Just built a giant fresh fruit salad...2 kinds of apple, pear, pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, nectarines, kiwi, grapes and mandarin oranges.

Then I made a sauce from sour creme, powdered sugar, lemon juice and Grand Marnier.

As per usual I over bought, so I'm sitting on 2 gallons of fruit salad. My neighbors will get a visit later.

Oh boy that sounds really good

Peter's Purple Chicken and couscous. (Peter's Purple chicken == marinating it in red wine while raw, then cooking it on the George Foreman grill.)