So to add a little balance to last week’s cupcakes, here is a lovely main dish salad recipe. With the weather starting to warm up, this would be a perfect way to keep your kitchen cool. You will need: 2 … Continue reading
This not a healthy recipe. I’m just going to come right out and say that. There is no organic raw cane sugar, no whole whole grain flour or honey to comfort your conscience while eating these. But if you’ve read … Continue reading
My dad frequently tells me about my grandma taking him and my aunt and heading out the three of them to forage for dandelion greens. Where, and how, I’m not exactly sure, but she would gather enough that when they … Continue reading
One of the most treasured possessions in my vast collection of cookbooks is a vintage copy of Farm Journal’s Freezing and Canning Cookbook. While canning has been around for generations, this little volume was published just as freezing was becoming … Continue reading
“Would you be steppin’ into the parlor? The house may belong to my brother, but what’s in the parlor belongs to me.” “I will then. And I hope that there’s a bottle there, whoever it belongs to.” ~ The Quiet … Continue reading
Chuck roast and carrots was my very first experience with pressure canning, the experience described here. As I mentioned before, I realize cutting my canning teeth on such a project was not very practical. It would perhaps have been wiser … Continue reading
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a little something sweet and simple. Enjoy! Pots de Creme 2 c whipping cream 4 oz dark or semisweet chocolate chips 1t instant coffee powder 6 large egg yolks 3T sugar Position rack in center of … Continue reading
I haven’t always been a fan of canned chili. To me the words “canned” and “chili” conjure up images of something heated over a camp fire and loaded with spongy bits of processed meat food. It wasn’t until I saw … Continue reading
As I mentioned previously in this post, one of the items on my Christmas list this year was a set of Tattler lids. And sure enough, my husbie, thoughtful person that he is, rewarded me with not just one, but … Continue reading
Monday night is soup night at our house. I usually make a huge pot that gives us enough leftovers for lunch through at least part of the week. Since I don’t typically buy “lunch food” like deli meat, we rely … Continue reading
“As we rose to go, she opened her wooden chest and brought out a bag made of bed-ticking, about as long as a flour sack and half as wide, stuffed full of something. When Mrs. Shimerda opened the bag and … Continue reading
…made with spelt flour You’ve probably seen it, that cookbook that boasts a homemade loaf of artisan bread in just five minutes a day. If you are like me the first time you saw it you were skeptical. However, upon … Continue reading
Perhaps the title of this post should be something more along the lines of “relatively good for you” cookies, because I’m not sure a cookie of any sort is always “good for you”. Let’s just say then, that if you … Continue reading
Happy New Year! I hope that 2013 brings you and yours many wonderful blessings. A few days ago, I took the meaty bone leftover from our Christmas Eve ham and used it to cook up a big batch of black … Continue reading