A few good recipes

Here are a few GREAT recipes that I've tried lately and we've LOVED!  If you haven't ever been on ourbestbites.com, you've got to check it out (I wish they were paying me for saying that).  We've loved everything we've tried, but at this time of year I love making soup.  Their Baked Potato Soup and Black Bean soup are really good and we also like the Tortellini Sausage.  This morning when the post office worker (is that what we call them now, when I was a kid my dad was the "mailman" and the female version was the "mail-lady", but now a days we have to be all PC...) knocked on the door, she almost burst in following the yummy smell of the tortellini sausage soup.  I had sausage simmering with garlic and onions.  I gave her the recipe, since it wasn't done and I couldn't share any!

Also I took Cranberry Salsa to a party this weekend and it was a big hit.  I couldn't decide if I liked it better just with tortilla chips or over cream cheese with Ritz crackers.  It's not only yummy, but beautiful in color for the holidays!  Yourhomebasedmom.com is another site with fantastic recipes!

One that's not on a site are these yummy Sesame Green Beans.  I bought a huge bag of beautiful (yes beautiful, long and skinny) organic frozen green beans and I was so excited to find a recipe that my kids would LOVE.  I mean LOVE, like we scarfed one batch down and I quickly made another.  They are that good!

Sesame Green Beans

2 teaspoons sesame oil

2 teaspoons canola oil

1 box (10 ounces) frozen green beans, thawed and drained

1 Tablespoon soy sauce

1 Tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

In a large, heavy skillet, heat sesame oil and canola oil over medium-high heat.  Stir in the beans.  Cook beans about ten minutes or until the beans are slightly browned.  Stir in soy sauce.  Transfer to a serving dish and top with toasted sesame seeds.

Last, but not least if you love Starbucks caramel apple cider like I do, try ourbestbites.com's version, it's yummy, especially on a cold night!