A love for creating recipes, cooking, and sharing tasty food
I use this multi-purpose dry rub on everything – from sprinkling on ribs and chicken, to seasoning a meatloaf and a roast. Note, that I don’t add sugar to the mix as I find its not necessary for 99% of
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I recently attended a bread making class (sourdough), and wanted to continue making a variety of loaves. I pulled out the ole bread machine and then remembered that I had this recipe for no knead bread. Sourdough bread is basically
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With it being harvest time, the markets are full of the most amazing looking vegetables. When I saw a bag of fingerling potatoes, they were coming home with me one way or another. The first meal with them I made
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I went on a jam creating kick this summer and wanted to continue with the streak of preserving, by making canned fruit. The Hubby’s mom used to preserve bucket loads of fruit at summers end and he prefers canned fruit
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I love crabapples. With their tart snap and their crunchy texture, I always wish that they came in large apple size. When my sister offered to give me all the crabapples on her tree, I immediately said yes. What I
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I had quite a few citrus fruits left over from making jam and cooking fish. The Hubby and I enjoy a good bourbon cocktail and I asked him to pick out a recipe that would use up the fruit. He
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I should name this post Adventures in Jamming! I must admit I went on a bit of a jamming bender this year and I don’t think it will be stopping any time soon. There is such a wide variety of fruits
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Nothing beats a big bowl of fresh homemade roasted vegetable salsa. This has a nice fresh flavor, and can be made as hot as you want by using more or less jalapenos. The Hubby and I both prefer a less
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This past weekend, Saturday was a cool summer day, full of rain. When the weather is gloomy, I always get in the mood for a roast. Besides a tender roast beef, I love cooking lamb. Lamb and beans is not
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I was in a sentimental baking mood today and decided to make a dessert from my mother-in-laws’ recipes. I had the Hubby go through her squares and bars recipes and he picked out seafoam squares. My mother-in-law was a very
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I made blueberry maple jam using this recipe a few years ago and when I ended up buying 5 lbs of early blueberries this week, I knew it was time to make it again. I use Bernardin’s No Sugar Needed
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