If you've ever started dinner only to realize that you're out of one thing or another, then you'll know how easy it is to give up on dinner and just head for the nearest eating establishment. I mean, you're going out anyway, right? A well-stocked pantry is one of the first keys … [Read more...] about Stocking Your Pantry for Home Cooking: The Basics
Timesaving Secrets
5 Ways To Cook More Often
With our weekly menu on display for everyone to see, it may be hard to believe that we ever eat out, but we do. In fact, there are days when the fast food flows as I sit behind my computer and toil away, leaving no time for the things I enjoy, one of them being spending some … [Read more...] about 5 Ways To Cook More Often
Preparing for the Holidays
There's a turkey to purchase, a menu to plan, recipes to thumb through, grocery shopping that needs to happen and cleaning. Don't even get me started on the cleaning. Traditional Thanksgiving dinners can be a lot of work, and planning and organization go a long way to ensuring … [Read more...] about Preparing for the Holidays
Fresh Garden Pesto on Your Plate and in Your Freezer
Our initial reason for gardening, before we even owned our own home, was to make pesto. We had always enjoyed pesto, and at the time with Ole in graduate school, buying the often expensive jar of it at the supermarket wasn't something we were willing to do. And the "pesto pot" … [Read more...] about Fresh Garden Pesto on Your Plate and in Your Freezer
Bacon-Wrapped Tenderloin – The Prequel
Seeing as how my prior post about bacon wrapped tenderloin medallions glazed over a few steps, I will attempt to fill in these gaps for you. Tenderloin went on sale again and this time for $4.99/lb - what a steal! So, even though I had some of these goodies already … [Read more...] about Bacon-Wrapped Tenderloin – The Prequel
