Me being me, doing what I do. Cooking, growing, canning, travel, books–whatever floats my boat that day!
I hadn’t planned on a pork loin series. But then I made it 3 different nights in the last week. 3 different ways. 3 different flavors. 3 different yummy meals. Why not share all 3? The other night I didn’t have much time to think about prepping dinner before I had to run out the …
I didn’t intend on this being a 3 part series. But here I am, updating this to be the first of 3 pork loin recipes. Stay tuned for more! In my last blog entry I tried out the new recipe format. I really like it! Only one problem. I don’t always use measurements. The sauce …
Quick and easy granola bars with melt in your mouth flavor profiles
Warning: I am using a copycat recipe. If you have ever tasted Marge’s Chicken and Mushroom Wild Rice soup at Grand Casino, you understand. It is simply the best wild rice soup. I could not make it better if I tried, other than I used chicken thighs I cooked myself to get fresh stock, instead …
Once again, it’s been a while since I have posted. I am starting to feel back to normal on writing. The trick now, is finding time to write. I have truly missed it. We are finally home for a while. I also started another part time job. It’s not much, but I do like the …
Hey all. Sorry, it’s been a long minute since I posted a blog. Things have been…tough, to say the least. Two weeks after I returned from Oregon, we headed back to care for my mother-in-law during hospice. We are home now, and not quite the same, that is for sure. Losing a loved one is …
I know I can always chop and freeze onions. And I will with the rest. But I wanted to do something else, make the onions the star of the show somehow. I was talking to an older gentleman, Vern, at work about this. Vern is a regular customer and has become a good friend to …
Holy onions batman! We were LUCKY enough to get ahold of about 30 pounds of whole, fresh, onions. By get a hold of, I mean the Plate Licker dropped off another haul for us. In addition to the mound of onions he also brought a flat of tomatoes. You guessed it, that means another Saga. …
As promised, and only a day late, here is the result of our latest Chopped Challenge at home. Basket ingredients, as you know, we Cactus Paddles, Mango and Walleye. Disclaimer—this was only semi-successful. We found out none of us enjoy cactus. At all. If you like cactus, then you’d probably really like the entire dish. …
I know, easy. Kabobs are something anyone can make. This is true. But I wanna take a hot minute to talk about how versatile kabobs can be. After such long winters, we need to spend every minute we can outdoors when nice in Minnesota. And right now, it is about as perfect as it gets. …