3 tablespoons butter
Sliced leek whites from about 3 or 4 leeks
1 tablespoon flour
3 cups peeled, diced Idaho potatoes
1 quart chicken stock (home-made or store-bought)
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup heavy cream
Salt and white pepper
1 tablespoon chopped chives
• Melt the butter in a soup pot, add the leeks and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Dust the [...]

Take any chicken you have.  If you have a whole chicken or just pieces of leftover chicken parts like wings and necks and backs, that’s fine too. Never waste food.
There is a store across the street that sells a whole chicken that’s been stripped of its meat. There’s still plenty of [...]

Always a staple at our house.  It’s so delicious.
6 cups water
3 cups navy beans
Bring beans to a boil in a 4 quart oven proof Dutch oven, turn down heat and let simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Let stand for 1 hour.
Meanwhile: Preheat oven to 350
Add to bean and water mixture the following ingredients:
1 [...]

1 ¼ cups mashed bananas
4 eggs
1 ½ cups brown sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
½ buttermilk or sour milk
2 ½ cups whole wheat flour
1 ½ cups natural bran
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp. Salt
tsp baking soda
In mixing bowl, combine mashed bananas and eggs and beat well.  Add sugar, oil and buttermilk, blend well.  In a large bowl, [...]