Pork Roast: Part Two
When faced with a whole pile of leftover pork roast, quite often, I don’t know what to do with it. Many times, it just sits in the fridge until it turns grey,and...
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Erika
Cook Once, Eat At Least Twice
Several weeks ago, our local grocery store had a ridiculously low price on pork products. It was all 99 cents a pound, regardless of the cut you bought, so we picked up...
A Simple Pot of Beans
I am finally getting really comfortable maneuvering my way around a pot of beans. After convincing myself that I wanted to learn more about beans, oh, about a year ago, I think...
Taking Care of A Cake Craving- The Easy Way
The other day Andy and I were catching up on some old DVR’d tv programming, and watched The Amazing Race from a few weeks ago. One of the challenges this week was...
Don’t Be Fooled By Its Appearance
These Snappy Salad Cups are the second recipe I took to my homemaker’s meeting the other night. I had been racking my brain (tough gig, I know!) trying to come up with...
Cooking With The Sugar And Spice Homemakers
Last night I had the distinct pleasure of cooking for a lovely group of women in my community. I was both excited and nervous to put together a presentation for these women,...
Just For Fun
Well, happy March! Maybe one of these days winter will melt away and we will find spring here somewhere! We haven’t really been home much the last few days, so there really...
Continuing The Quest For Homemade
I’m really excited about this one today. A few weeks ago, you may remember that I put together a homemade strawberry syrup. This was really borne out of a desired to utilize...
Banana Cookies
Last week found me in the kitchen, staring down a pair of brown bananas. I am one of those people who prefers to eat bananas when they are on the green side. ...
Curious About Plastic
Can we talk for a minute about plastic? We’ve gotten addicted to the Planet Green channel, and are constantly thinking about how we can incorporate more of what we see there in...
Tired of Beans Yet?
Last week I was really in the mood for beans I guess, and I have one more recipe that I want to share with you. Because this bean recipe was spectacular in...
Back To Basics: How To Cook Dried Beans
So why would anyone want to use those bags of dried beans when there are cans upon cans of perfectly good beans just down the aisle? Well, I’ll tell you, there are...