Sometimes It Starts With A Mix
I have a confession to make this morning. And it’s about pancakes. While I do make my own homemade versions of pancakes from time to time, I have to confess that most...
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Budget-Friendly Ideas
How To Utilize Dry Stuffing Cubes
I’ve been kicking around this bag of plain, dry stuffing cubes since the beginning of November. I had bought them for a recipe for the paper, and ended up only using one...
The Easiest Sausage and Peppers
Here we have another quick and easy staple of our kitchen. Andy absolutely loves sausage and peppers. It’s one of those things that he seeks out if we go to a county...
Better Chops And Rice
Last week I had a craving. A craving for comfort in the form of a pan of rice and a pork chop. My original plan had been to cook them separately, and...
The Formula For Quiche
Every time I make quiche or a frittata, I am always reminded how delicious they are, and that I should make them more often. For one reason, eggs are a pretty economical...
Tuna Surprise
This one was a complete shot in the dark. I had been flipping through an older cookbook- one of those infamous church organization cookbooks-and I saw this recipe for Tuna Patties. I...
Apples In The Freezer
In my experience, apples are just one fruit that doesn’t freeze particularly well by themselves. I have a freezer full of other fruits, but the apples… well, I have huge bags of...
A Fantastic Turkey Meatball!
I hope you can stand two ground meat posts in a row. That had not been my original intention this week, but the apple bars I made were only okay, and not...
Playing Around With Budget Cooking
It’s the time of year for us where we really begin to hunker down. Andy is in the construction business, and when we’re under several feet of snow for several months of...
So Simple…It’s Ridiculous
It seems I’ve been sharing quite a few of these lately. One of the great things about blogging is that I make a conscious effort to actually chronicle what I cook. This...
Another Quickie- Extremely Easy Pork Roast
Trust me on this when I say this is one of the best ways to make a bone-in pork roast. That’s not to say there aren’t other great ways too- but this...
Simply Baked Fish
I’ve been meaning to share this recipe, because it’s really very simple. It utilizes pantry basics, and you can play around with it however you see fit. Growing up, on the rare...