Confession: I’m not a big fan of soup. Specifically, I don’t think soup counts as a meal. As a first course, or with a serious sandwich or salad, maybe. But in general “soup for dinner” is a big rip-off. It’s like a n0-cheese egg white omelet, not really food. However, there is one soup that … Continue reading
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Kitchen Tool of the Week: ZOKU Quick-Pop Maker
Kitchen tools – we can’t live without them, but we can end up with a whole kitchen full of things that we can’t even remember using. I love a good kitchen tool or gadget, but I have a few rules they must follow: 1. They should be high-quality, made to last and work well. 2. … Continue reading
A Penny Saved: How to trim every area of your budget, Part 3
Welcome back! I want to share some more of my ideas on saving money with you. Today’s topic? Saving money on feeding your family. I love to cook, to use quality ingredients, and to try new and unusual (and often expensive) things. But my budget can only handle so much gourmet experimentation. I’ve learned a … Continue reading
Smoked Trout Spread
Prepare yourselves for yumminess. Today I’m going to share with you a great way to use one of my favorite local natural resources – Rainbow Trout. Of course, there are as many ways to prepare trout as there are cooks: broiled, grilled, steamed, pan-fried, stuffed, etc. I will happily eat each and every one of … Continue reading
Bacon – A Conspiracy and A Cookie
Welcome back! I’m a little ashamed of today’s post. I’m not one to go in for trends, be they music, fashion, or food. I’m also not a huge fan of bacon. I like the flavor well enough, but the idea of eating strips of meat that are 70 % fat (or more) just doesn’t appeal … Continue reading
Shamrock Cupcakes for St. Patrick’s Day
I had a brilliant idea yesterday. Shamrock cupcakes! Of course! St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite quasi-holidays, even though I’m more Scottish than Irish, and I can’t stand beer, even if it is green. I like having the right to pinch anyone not festive enough to wear green, and there is no better way … Continue reading
The Cure for What Ails Y’all, or Southwestern Chicken Soup
Greedings, Freds! ‘Scuse me, I need to go find a tissue…(cue elevator music)…Ah.Thanks for waiting. I’m feeling much better, and hopefully I sound like myself again. Each day I am surrounded by a vortex of black-hearted germs who would love to eat my soul, or at the very least my respiratory system. I barely get … Continue reading
Splish, Splash, I Was Takin’ a Bath…
Welcome back, friends. Today’s topic is a soothing, relaxing bath soak that you can make yourself to use in your own bath or give away as a lovely gift. Bubble bath, bath salts, milk baths and the like are a huge subsection of the bath and beauty department at every store. They’re also disproportionately expensive, … Continue reading
Some fruit, a frog and a marshmallow walk into a blog…
Welcome, friends! Today we are going to talk about fruit. And frogs. And fluffy marshmallows. Aside from the alliteration, you’re probably wondering what those things have in common. Well, in the real world, not much, I’ll allow. But in the kitchen, they can come together to make something wonderful. Oh, alright, the frogs aren’t really … Continue reading
Grandpa’s Italian Meatballs
Greetings, Friends! Today’s topic is Italian Meatballs. Now, I have a confession to make. In all the mutt-like variety of my genetic and ethnic background, there is not even a bit of Italian. I have no pleasantly plump Nonna, nor do I have relatives back in the Old Country. I do, however, come from a … Continue reading
