Sunday Cooking Extravaganza. :-)

Since yesterday was one of those "watch football for most of the day" days (ah, the playoffs!), I did a couple of long-cooking things that made entirely too much food. Good thing there was still a plenty of space left in the freezer.

Item 1: Pinto beans with bacon and sausage (using the "red beans with meat" recipe in Bittman.). These would have made an perfectly wonderful meal on their own... they are delicious.

Item 2: Lamb stew with coconut milk (recipe from The South American Table). This Colombian dish was cool because it used standard stew ingredients in slightly different ways (e.g. adding the herbs at the sauteeing phase). The addition of sugar to the stew (and not using any acid in the stock) was also a deviation from my normal practice. The result is different and very, very good. I definitely can no longer say that I don't like lamb. :-)

Item 3: Dessert was ice cream with peaches (frozen) and a quick chocolate sauce (~ 1/2 c. heavy cream, 1 Tbs butter, 2 Tbs each of unsweetened and sweetened chocolate).