Pioneer Woman at Heart

The weekend brought more rain and more cold weather.  We brought the tomato and pepper plants inside Saturday night (still in their flats).   And because the news forecaster mentioned temperatures as low as "freezing" we brought in my few porch pots.

The sunrise was beautiful for the kid's first day back to school.  Gorgeous pinks and blues everywhere.   Yesterday was an easy dinner.  I simply cooked up pinto beans with onions, then mashed them.  We enjoyed bean burritos with all the toppings.  Some ate it in a bowl, taco salad style.  I do try to serve some sort of bean once a week, and now I am on the hunt for salmon recipes that my kids will eat.  We need more fish in our diet. 

I'm sharing another healthy recipe .  Once again, from a library book.  I think the fa ct that this recipe includes sunflower seeds, which we do not eat enough of, is what interested me.  We didn't get to grow them last year, but did the previous year. As you know, I cook many recipes using lentils and bea ns.  I did use pre -cooked p into beans for this re cipe, and they are a softer than canned beans.  I did add an egg to this recipe to "bind" the burgers a bit better.   Either way, you could also add more organic brown rice too.  (Just as they went into the pan) These had excellent flavor, and the family once ag ain, devoured them.  Th ese would be perfect with anothe r vegetable side su ch as swee t potato frie s .  Yum!  Ho wever, I kin d of think the recipe title is funny - they really don't have a lot of "veg etables" in them.  Ma ybe they s houl d be called Bean Patties? These are crispy on the outside, ...