Would you like a bowl of Black Bean and Rice soup??? Here's the recipe.

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Hello Sweet Friends,

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Hope you all had a Super Sweet

Valentines Day with your Honey or Honey's!

(Honey's being children or other's that you love)

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For those of you who couldn't... I am truly Sorry,

but hope you had a Good day in spite of it!!

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Well,  one of our Honey's is this cute lil

Chijuajua,  our grandaughter dog,  Rosie!

We got to have her for 4 days now,  and we

are loving it,  cause she just is the sweetest lil dog,

to humans that is,  but she becomes Miss Killer attack

dog to any other animal.  I truly think she believes

she is a German shepherd!

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Her mommy is coming to get her tonight, so

we will be dogless again.

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Think I just heard our cat Molly say "YES"  Finally!! lol

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As you can imagine killer attack dog and her don't 

get on too well.  Plus since Joey moved out a few

weeks ago with her daddy,  Molly has totally been

enjoying the run of the house,  and sleeping in sweet

PEACE!

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Can hardly tell what she is.  It was a cold day

and she was in about as tight a ball as you can get!

Could think it was a skunk!!

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This is what she looks like normally.

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OOPS,  Interrupted her nap with the flash!

She really is a pretty kitty,  when she isn't pulling

 her fur out!!  She has allergies and gets hot spots

or something,  It's wierd!

Go figure!!

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We had a lovely Valentine's day ourselves,

went to church and got a very Sweet Surprise,

Scott's girlfiend came to church with him for

the first time,  and the service was great as always.

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After church we went to get a "Chocolate Elvis",

then went and got take out from Olive Garden,

since we had our Valentine's Day dinner with

the kids on Thursday evening.  Came home ate

and took a nap,  then Scott and Megan dropped

by for a short visit,  they had come back from

a nice dinner at a place called "The Garlic",

they said it was really a nice place and the

food was excellent.  For those in the area

it is in New Smyrna.

We are gonna have to check it out sometime.

They ate outdoors and they have an outdoor

fireplace and heaters when it is cold.

So they loved it!!

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After they left we

 we watched a nice Romantic Comedy

called "Return to Me",  it has a pg rating and

I think a lil language, but we have a TV guardian

on our DVD so have no idea what they said.,

but it is really a Sweet movie,  that leaves you

wishing it hadn't ended yet!!

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We had seen it before and loved it,  but it has

been awhile.  We usually watch "You've got

Mail",  we love that too!  but couldn't rent it

at blockbuster this year.  Guess we are gonna

have to check online and see if they have it

and buy it!

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I just made a nice easy breezy soup for lunch.

I think you will enjoy it very much if you like

black beans.  I will leave the recipe since it 

is so easy.  I know all you girls up North that are

freezing would probably love something simple and

warm to eat, to help keep you warm.

I just love soup on a cold day!!

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Black Bean and Rice Soup

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2 - 15 oz. cans of black beans

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3 cups of water

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1/2 cup of diced onions

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1 envelope of  Good Seasons Italian dressing mix

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1-1/2 cups of instance brown rice, uncooked

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Directions

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Place 2 cans of beans undrained into sauce pan.

Add water, onions,  and salad dressing mix and

stir until well blended.  Bring to a boil on medium

high heat.

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Stir in the rice,  Reduce heat to low; cover,

 simmer 5 minutes.  I let it cook a few mins. 

longer just to be sure.

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Serve it up in a bowl,  add a dollop of light

sour cream,  some chopped fresh tomatoes

and cilantro,  and

ENJOY!!

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20 mins. total time

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Just had a bowl for lunch and it was De Lish!!

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This recipe was on the front of a Good Seasons

Salad Dressing Packet.

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I altered it just a bit,  cause they tell you to put all but

a half can of the beans into the blender; cover and to

blend till smooth,  then proceed with the above directions.

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The first time I made it I didn't catch it was to go

into the blender first,  so just did it with the whole

black beans and it was fine, and it is much easier.

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Well,  Chickies.........................

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Hope you have a Dandy Evening

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I will leave you with one more shot of our

lil Rosie,  just cause I think she is so cute!!

Humor Me!!  lol

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She is excitedly looking at grampy for her doggie cookie!!  lol

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We can never get a pic of her that her eyes look like

that,  if it was red I could take it out with photoshop,

but it doesn't work for gold or whatever color that is.

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Hugs and Blessings,

Nellie