I was at a friend’s house a few weeks ago waiting for our small group gathering to begin and picked up an appetizing cookbook from her side table.  After leafing through it I asked where she had gotten it because I wanted to get one.  The next time I saw her she had bought a [...]

A while back we purchased part of a pig.  And while we’ve been working our way through the chops, bacon and roasts I had about 15 pounds of fresh pork sausage just sitting in my freezer.  I can only make biscuits and gravy so often…
I wasn’t sure what to do with the abundance of pork [...]

My girls are big fans of Chinese and Asian influenced foods. I’m not sure if it’s because of the chopsticks or what, but the mere mention of “Chinese” for dinner makes them giddy.
This recipe was very easy to make and is quite good served cold, too. If you happen to be grilling chicken [...]

I’m not really sure why this recipe was titled the way it was – which is to say without mentioning peanuts in the title- as I don’t think the noodles are so much sesame as peanut-y. So I modified the title a bit.
I also made a couple of changes, which I will point out [...]

I got this recipe from Everyday Food magazine. They have it set as a make-ahead-and-freeze-it meal. Personally I’m not a fan of cooking and then freezing veggies. They just aren’t crisp enough. And after making the recipe as it was written I made a few adjustments to it.
This recipe is really easy to throw together [...]