Cooking from scratch: healthier, cheaper, and a great creative outlet
Autumn is here! And that means one thing to me - Soup Season! We eat a lot of soup, usually for lunch. It's so easy to just heat up a bowl, add some crackers or bread and I'm all set. Meat falling off the bone, ready to dice up for soup I had a ham … Continue reading How to Make an Exceptional Warm and Tasty Ham & Bean Soup
Rolls and bread were a staple in our farmhouse growing up. Not a meal went by when there wasn't bread on the table. Holidays always called for ready to bake dinner rolls. My favorite part of any dinner was the rolls smothered in gravy! Yeast rolls are so easy to make at home given a … Continue reading How to Make Light Fluffy Dinner Rolls
I received huge green bell peppers in my Misfits box last week. I mean big. More than I could just slice up to use in salads. We don't eat stuffed peppers all that often, but I thought these were quite large enough to make a meal out of. And although I have plenty of ground … Continue reading Stuffing Peppers with Sausage and Brown Rice
We love corn pudding. Most recipes use a can of whole corn and a couple cans of creamed corn. I have left over corn on the cob, cooked, and wanted to use that for a corn pudding. corn pudding is one way to use already cooked sweet corn Googling found several of the exact same … Continue reading How to Make Corn Pudding with Summer Corn on the Cob
My recent issue of Bake Magazine contains a recipe for Glazed Oat cookies. I love oatmeal cookies, and the infinite variations that they may contain. So of course I took the Glazed Oat Cookies and twisted it a bit to make it my own. First, the cookies contain 2 kinds of oats - that's healthy … Continue reading Healthy Double Oat Cookies
Peach pie is one of our favorite late summer desserts. The smell of fresh just ripened peaches can be intoxicating. So when the farmers market had boxes of peaches, I quickly scooped one up! Homemade pie crust can be mastered in another post, so feel free to use pre-made purchased crust if making pie dough … Continue reading How to make Peach Pie
Little bottles of spice ad herb mixes are so expensive. If you have a well stocked spice & herb cabinet, it's easy to make your own, like this Italian Herb mix. A few common herbs together make up a versatile mix for baking, adding to proteins or sprinkled onto salad. Most Italian mixes are a … Continue reading Make Your Own Italian Herb Mix
Upstate NY has at least two food icons - chicken spiedies and chicken riggies. Both are beloved by the locals. Today I'll introduce the spiedies...... and riggies when I remember to take pictures. Chicken spiedies are cubes of white breast meat, marinated 1-2 days in a lemony-garlicky-herby mix. Then just thread onto skewers and grill. … Continue reading NY Chicken Spiedies – a regional specialty
I haven't purchased a box of bread crumbs since I don't know when, because I make my own. I got tired of paying several dollars for, well, crumbs. Rather than throw away the leftover bread that's almost stale, or the end pieces no one wants to eat, I turn them into usable crumbs. Saving money … Continue reading How to make and use Homemade Bread Crumbs
The other day my husband asked for chicken and rice for dinner. So I'm thinking it needs to be a one dish wonder, not roasted chicken and a separate pile of rice. This dish turned out fantastic, and was super easy. For convenience I used a big cast iron skillet to saute the vegetables and … Continue reading Wonderful and Easy Baked Chicken and Rice