I found a recipe for a meatball dinner many years ago, and have modified it over time to meet the preferences of my family. It's comfort food for sure, and makes the house smell terrific. It's a good weekend night meal, which you can make in advance and either refrigerate or freeze. It's almost a … Continue reading Easy Weeknight Meatball Casserole
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Cooking from scratch: healthier, cheaper, and a great creative outlet
How to Make The Great Fox Pines Beef Stew
Beef stew was a favorite thing in our family growing up. It took a little meat, usually something that needed a long cooking time to make it tender, a cheap cut of beef. Or whatever my mother had left int the freezer from a slaughtered cow. Daddy had a specific way to eat it - … Continue reading How to Make The Great Fox Pines Beef Stew
Make a quick dessert from leftover cake and pudding!
My mom was always stretching food, and never wasting anything. Once in a while (once every GREAT once in a while), there would be left over cake. So this trick works with any cake - frosting, no frosting, any filling. Sheet cake, layer cake, bundt cake. Cake that's slightly dry or starting to get stale. … Continue reading Make a quick dessert from leftover cake and pudding!
Fox Pines Pumpkin Pudding
I have fond memories of helping my mother cut up (with a hatchet!) the Hubbard squash she grew each year in the garden. If you've never seen a Hubbard squash, read this. They are huge, and can make dozens of pie from just one squash. And we always had more than one! My mom used … Continue reading Fox Pines Pumpkin Pudding
Make a Posh Farmhouse Bread Pudding
Bread pudding was a dessert my mom always made on the farm. On the practical side, it was inexpensive to make for a large family, it used up stale bread, and it was easy to make. from ingredients always on hand. On the down side, as much as I loved it,, it was commercial white … Continue reading Make a Posh Farmhouse Bread Pudding
Just how many kinds of flour are there?
Flour is really a pretty generic term, even though we most commonly use it to mean white wheat flour. At it's most basic, flour is a powder, finely ground from roots or grains. It can be made from many things. Native Americans made flour from acorns! My mom only had one kind of flour, and … Continue reading Just how many kinds of flour are there?
Easy ways to Peel Garlic & How to get rid of the Smell!
I love garlic. It's very good for you, with antioxidants and several vitamins. Recently some studies have shown garlic can help with high blood pressure, colds and flu, cardiovascular disease, to aid in lowering blood pressure. It may even assist in preventing dementia and cancer! Good enough, for me, let's throw it in every thing! … Continue reading Easy ways to Peel Garlic & How to get rid of the Smell!
Making Homemade Chicken Stock from Scraps
Homemade chicken stock is so much better than boxed or canned. First, note there is a difference between stock and broth. Broth is usually made just from meat, and tends to be a lighter color. Stock is made from bones, has a darker color , feels thicker because of the collagen that breaks down from … Continue reading Making Homemade Chicken Stock from Scraps
How to Make Homemade Pierogies
Today suddenly turned into a pierogie day. I didn't really plan on spending hours today making them, but that's okay. I'm happy to be doing it on a cold blustery day when I plan on staying in anyway. Pierogies are like little dumplings, pasta dough filled with mashed potatoes and cheese. They can also be … Continue reading How to Make Homemade Pierogies
Easy, sort-of-healthy Cinnamon Rolls
Christmas morning deserves something special to go with the salted caramel coffee. Most of the time we eat pretty healthy. So I decided to take an easy cinnamon roll recipe and make it a least a little healthier. I used half white whole wheat four (all whole wheat would not form enough gluten to rise … Continue reading Easy, sort-of-healthy Cinnamon Rolls