mmm mmm Red Beans and Rice Monday

oh yeah babe...got this recipe from www.nolacuisine.com

http://www.nolacuisine.com/2005/09/19/red-beans-rice-recipe/

and it rocks! I doubled the recipe to ensure lots of leftovers for the week. It smells so good! I just mushed up some of the beans in it to make it creamy. Oh my gosh! We don't have french bread! I must call for back up! Scott to the rescue!

Well beware of my house for the next few days because as the old rhyme goes...beans beans good for your heart...you fill in the rest! LOL!

::UPDATE::
oh man was it good! we got some full bellies now!

A truly mediocre dining experience

For lunch today, my sweetie and I decided to go to Famous Dave's since we have not been there in a while. Let me start off to say they have the best Bread Pudding dessert on this planet. There were a lot of short comings today though. We went about 3pm, which is a prime time to go without crowds, you know in between lunch and dinner. First there was a wait even though it was not crowded. Then when we were brought to our table they gave us a cruddy aisle table where people had to squeeze past us to get down the aisle. We asked for a booth and were moved. I ordered a cup of chili which was pretty good, but why oh why does anyone think that one package of saltines would suffice? I guess I am high maintenance in that area. I ordered a early-bird combo platter (it has less meat that the other version). I got the wrong side which was rectified. The corn muffin was burnt and the corn on the cob smelled like pee. Weird. I would not suggest the garlic mashed potatoes. They were sub par and I truly believe a 5 year old with an Easy Bake oven could make better. I suspect they are boxed or something, they seemed "institutional". So, it will probably be a long time before I eat there again. Unless I have a bread pudding emergency that we can get take out! LOL! As far as ribs go, Chili's and Logan's have better. I do remember about 5 years ago when we first had Famous Dave's, it was very good. I think they are lacking now. Do they need Gordon Ramsey to go crack the whip? Maybe not a bad idea!