Simple Food. Good Ideas. Great Fun.
Don’t get me wrong, I really like Penuche or Brown Sugar Fudge. It was a staple in our house when I was growing up from mid-November until sometime in January. It was also the source of disappointments for both my sister and myself. My mom would start making candy and baked goods for the family and […]
Butter and Cream in Decatur, Georgia exemplifies everything that is wonderful about a local food business. Great food, friendly attentive service, and an immaculate store. They scratch make small batch ice cream at their store location. Not only do they make the ice cream base from fresh ingredients, they also make the baked goods and […]
This corn casserole can also be called a spoon bread because it contains an egg. However, only one egg. It is not the truly souffle-like spoon bread I had at a quaint inn in Virginia many years ago. It is laden with cheddar cheese…. absent from my inn spoon bread experience. However, it is very […]
It is time once again to get my herb garden in the ground. Unfortunately, it is the only thing I have had success growing in recent years since moving here. However, I am thankful that I have at least been able to grow a variety of herbs that I love. While I have the herb […]
Spring is finally here! It makes me think of celebrating the Irish and Easter, planting potatoes and peas, enjoying flowers and showers, gathering dandelion greens and watercress…wait what? Okay, it has been many years since I went on the fun adventure of gathering greens like dandelions and watercress from rural West Virginia with my mom […]
This old fashioned rhubarb cake is somewhere between a coffee cake, short-bread cake, and a sheet cake. It is good for dessert or breakfast. It is great when served warm with whipped topping/cream, ice cream, or doused in milk. As with most cakes, bring ingredients to room temperature before mixing for best results.
On a trip to the Badlands of South Dakota we stopped at Cedar Pass Lodge in the Badlands National Park where we had yummy Indian Fry Bread. It was so good that I purchased a box of WoodenKnife Indian Fry Bread Mix to try and make it at home. The mix had a long shelf […]
The fall seems to always bring out the desire in me for comfort food. Perhaps, the cooler temperatures have me wanting something more hearty than my preferred light summer cuisine. Perhaps, wonderful memories of fun family-centered falls of the past have me wanting my Mom’s cooking. Whatever it is, my husband must have some of […]
I believe the English muffin breakfast sandwiches I make at home are better than those I can buy at a fast food restaurant. Why? My sandwiches cost me less and I control what I put in them. The money saved may not be dramatic but it can add up. Locally, I spend around $2.00 at […]
My husband sent me to cooking school last weekend. Okay, so I had been wanting to go to one of the Taste of Home Cooking Schools for probably a decade or more, but I was never able to get tickets and/or not be teaching on the same night as the school before we moved. After […]
