Pinto Bean Fudge

Several people have requested my recipe for bean fudge and so here it is. It is one of the only ways I can get Kendrick to eat beans, but I don't really think it counts because of all the sugar.

Puree in a food processor:

• 1 1/2 cups warm pinto beans, drained

Melt:

• 3/4 cup butter in microwave.

Stir into the butter:

• 1 Cup cocoa
• 1 Cup chocolate chips

Return to microwave for a few seconds until the chocolate chips are melted. Do not over cook or the chocolate will burn.

Stir the chocolate mixture into the beans and blend well.

Add:

• 1 Tablespoon vanilla

Gradually mix in:

• 2 Pounds of powdered sugar

Stir in:

• 1 Cup chopped pecans (Optional)

Spread in a buttered 9x13 pan. Refrigerate and enjoy.

I prepare this recipe in my food processor.

Menu 2

So far so good, everyone is loving the food, except of course my picky child. I am hoping that by only having food storage in the house, he will eventually accept it.


Today's menu consists of:

Breakfast

• Wheat Berries
• Canned Fruit

Lunch

• Quesadillas
• Carrot Sticks (from the garden)
• Canned Fruit

Dinner

• Vegetarian Burgers
• Rice
• Beets (From the garden)
• Juice

VEGETARIAN BURGERS

• 1/2 Cup bulgur or cracked wheat
• 2 Tablespoons plain yogurt
• 1 Cup boiling water
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 1 Small onion, minced
• 1 Garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 Teaspoon pepper
• 2 Tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
• 1 Egg
• 1/2 Cup bread crumbs
• 3 Cups cooked garbanzo beans
• Olive oil
  

Place wheat in a 1 quart bowl and cover with the boiling water. Let rest for 30 minutes. Drain.

Place wheat with all the remaining ingredients

except the bread crumbs and oil food processor.

Puree to a smooth paste.

Shape 1/2 cup of mixture into a patty

and coat with bread crumbs.

Repeat with remaining mixture.

Chill for 1 hour.

To cook, heat oil in a skillet over medium heat,

add burgers and saute for 7 minutes.

Turn burgers over and cook on the other side

for about 3 minutes or until lightly browned.