Remember when I went to Austin to speak at BlogHer Food (and my husband came with me and had himself a vacation?)? Well, I won a prize from one of the vendors who helped sponsor the event. As it turns out, it wasn’t a prize but rather several prizes! The National Pork Board had a… Continue reading Pork Passion Prize Winner!
Tag: scratch kitchen
Cooking with Cast Iron
The majority of cooking in my kitchen is done with cast iron pans. Cast iron pans are great to cook with because they’re versatile, inexpensive, and long lasting. Cast iron cookware is my favorite for scratch cooking but it does need seasoning, which is easy to do and once the initial work is done, it’s… Continue reading Cooking with Cast Iron
Potato Salad That Eats Like a Meal
I know potato salad is supposed to be a side dish but this little fact didn’t stop me from making this potato salad into a meal. Potato salad is so good, but I’ll be honest with you – I don’t usually like to make it because it’s one of those dishes that is a lot… Continue reading Potato Salad That Eats Like a Meal
Carrot and Kale Salad
Kale is one of those vegetables that I love to grow. It’s hearty, tasty, and can easily survive a winter in my garden. My sister has planted it in her garden and it grows well there, too, and she lives in Alaska! I usually sautee kale with onion and minced garlic and then splash it… Continue reading Carrot and Kale Salad
How to Cook with Dried Beans
I usually cook about 2-3 pounds of dried beans every week. That’s the equivalent to about 10-12 cans of beans a week but keep in mind, we’re a family of 4 BUT still - we eat a lot of beans! Whether we eat beans for breakfast, lunch, after school snacking, or dinner, they taste great,… Continue reading How to Cook with Dried Beans
Asian Shrimp Noodle Salad
I like the food I cook and eat to have lots of color, lots of health, and lots of taste. Whenever we have a meal that consists of brown rice, roasted cauliflower, and oven roasted whole chicken, it all tastes great and is healthy but it all sort of melds together in a shade of… Continue reading Asian Shrimp Noodle Salad
Monthly Meal Plan
Even though I meal plan every week (for many reasons – here are 11 reasons why I do it), I don’t meal plan for a month at a time – I’m only sharing it once-a-month here. With a busy family schedule and teenagers who are always springing a “Oh, didn’t I tell you???” on their… Continue reading Monthly Meal Plan
How to Make Chicken Broth
Remember when I told you that if you roast a chicken at home you can feed your family 3 times? The first night, you enjoy the homemade oven roasted chicken. The next night, you dine on a simple curry chicken salad. Then, you make homemade chicken broth and use the broth in a soup. Or,… Continue reading How to Make Chicken Broth
So Simple Curry Chicken Salad
Whenever I cook a whole chicken for dinner, the next night’s dinner is always something with leftover chicken (if there is any with two teenagers!). This is one of my favorite uses of leftover chicken: chicken salad sandwiches with vegetables and curry. It’s good on a sandwich but you can also just serve a scoop… Continue reading So Simple Curry Chicken Salad
Oven Roasted Whole Chicken
When there’s a sale at my local grocery store, I like to stock up. New Season’s Market recently had their whole, organic chickens on sale and I bought several to freeze and roast later. Oven roasting a whole chicken is easy to do, tastes great and once you follow these steps, you’ll never want to… Continue reading Oven Roasted Whole Chicken
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