Re-runs 'From the Kitchen'

Yesterday, I participated in The Simple Woman's Daybook and I felt like such a bad wife and mom because I didn't have anything coming "From the Kitchen".

So, I decided to do a stand-alone edition of 'From the Kitchen', because I have something to share tonight!!

I am serving marinated beef patties with fiesta rice and green beans with new potatoes. It smells so good!

I make my fiesta rice by heating olive oil in my black iron skillet and grilling sweet onions, red and orange bell peppers, grated carrots and green onions until they're blackened and reduced ( I was going to say 'shriveled' but that just doesn't sound good, does it?). I mix the vegetables in cooked rice for the yummiest dish. And the smell is scrumptious!

Of course, new potatoes are good in anything. Tonight, I cooked them in green beans. Sometimes I add bacon or pork - sometimes, I just leave them fresh (unseasoned).

Anyway, now I feel better, because I have something really good coming 'from the kitchen'.