Black Bean Brownies

I felt like baking tonight. After reading a bunch of recipe ideas, I decided I wanted brownies. After reading several brownie recipes, I decided to make my riff on Chocolate Covered Katie's Black Bean Brownies. I've made them a couple of times before, and they are good!

Pulled Chicken with Green Chili Mac-n-Cheese

I had about 16 ounces of leftover barbecue sauce from 4Rivers Smokehouse, so I decided to make pulled barbecue chicken. I needed a side dish, so I also made Green Chili Mac and Cheese in my pressure cooker.

Mediterranean Pepper, Olive, and Pastrami Pasta

I had a lot of turkey pastrami left over from the weekend, and somehow found a Mediterranean Pasta with pepper, onion, and olives recipe. This works as either a warm pasta dish or a cold salad - my version served 2 for dinner.

Green Chili Queso

As part of the taco bar theme for Ben and Brandi's open house, I made Green Chili Queso.

Fresh Strawberry Mini Pie

Alex's favorite pie is fresh strawberries in a chocolate cookie crust. I've made this for years, since I went strawberry picking with Libby years ago. This is a mini pie version suitable for potlucks and parties. (I made it for Ben and Brandi's open house.)

Cowboy Caviar

Cowboy Caviar - perhaps also known as Southwest bean salad. My friend's bother Mark made a big batch for a party a couple of weeks ago, and shared his recipe with me.  I made up a big batch for tomorrow's open house for Ben and Brandi.

Hawaiian Pizza (with a Sourdough Crust)

We had some fresh pineapple, and some deli ham, and they came together in Hawaiian Pizza.

Watermelon Feta Salad

We bought a large watermelon to share with Ben and Brandi. They had to leave before we ate the watermelon. So we had watermelon feta salad tonight to go with our leftover pizza.

Chocolate Cherry Focaccia

Time for a potluck dessert -- I decided to make another sweet sourdough flatbread. This one is a Chocolate Cherry Focaccia. It uses the about same base dough as my recent Apple Cinnamon Flatbread, but I did not make up the dough the night before.