Cooking, Creating, Baking, and Farm Life
Cooking, Creating, Baking, and Farm Life
If you ever need a quick and versatile, easy light dinner, pot luck item, or fun side dish, the Barn Biscuits are for you! Simply grab a can of quick refrigerator butter biscuits, shredded cheese, and pepperoni. Cut the biscuits up, add in the cheeses and pepperoni, roll into 6 balls, and pop into a muffin tin and into the preheated 400* oven for 10 minutes. It really is that …
These two words ” Chex Mix” are a spiritual and emotional journey for me every time I make it during the holidays. Chex Mix was the foundation of my childhoods family Christmas celebration. The family has a special glass bowl, that is only used once a year for the Chex mix. Somehow the bowl was always kept full, there was a sneaky elf that always was topping off the bowl, …
Somedays I just want to switch things up for breakfast, so I put down the oatmeal and fruit and crave a hot, hearty, budget friendly breakfast meal. I also wake up hungry as a lion each morning, so clear a path to the kitchen, I’m coming in hungry and ready to cook! Because I am a fresh vegetable addict, and I happen to luv eggs, I decided to get creative …
Until I was made aware of brining my Thanksgiving day turkey many years ago, I suffered from that dried out , some what inedible piece of Turkey meat. A good 2 day brine is the secret to success for a flavorful, moist turkey from breast to legs. The leftovers are amazing as well, as this meat is full of so much moisture it never dries out. A good Brine recipe …
I am not going to be shy about my love for mashed potatoes with garlic and butter anymore! There is nothing more satisfying than a nice heaping serving of garlic buttery mashed potatoes on my plate, even if that means sacrificing plate space for other side dishes; dirty mashed potatoes with win every time. I highly recommend using the Red Potatoes for this dish, the Red Potatoes have a thinner …
I must have eaten 8 of the spinach dip phyllo cups, slowly one at a time as I found myself on Christmas morning standing at the appetizer table just staring off into space, The original plan was to make Mushroom Wellington and not these wonderful Spinach Phyllo cups, the original plan called for sheets of phyllo dough for my creation.  You see I am a procrastinator, and I was out there …
Remember when I posted the Italian soup base recipe earlier this year? Well the tortellini and meatball soup with fresh spinach is just what you need to make with the Italian Soup Base. I made this dish the same day as eating it with my crock pot, as I wasn’t quite sure what time we were going to eat, so I started it in the morning and by the time everyone …
To chili or not to chili that’s the question on this cold and snowy winters day. I am one of those people that like to eat chili only in the fall and winter, for some reason I just don’t crave chili in the spring and summer. My chili recipe sustained me and my daughters thru many a cold night when they were growing up. We would have chili one night …
I most always have a craving for fresh peppers, red onions and cabbage, I like to use them in stir-fry, soups, and now this amazing recipe for the cabbage and sausage dish.  This dish will fill you up with a warm hearty meal, right when you need it the most. The cabbage and sausage dish is a quick and easy meal to make, I mean if cooking last minute is …
Recently I had my daughters over for a nice Saturday afternoon lunch so we could put the phones down and sit and chat face to face. I invited them over intending to make Potato Latka and pork tenderloin with applesauce, which sounds delicious, but all I saw was a vision of myself standing in the kitchen slaving at the stove.  I decided two things, that I didn’t really want to …
When I am planning my weekly grocery shopping list and corresponding weekly meals, there are times when I just need something new and unique to spice up my daily life a bit. You see I happen to luv vegetables in any shape or cooking method. One of my favorite things is to purchase the pre packaged broccoli slaw from the grocery store, add in minced garlic, red pepper flakes, grated …
There is nothing as comforting as a good old-fashioned tater tot casserole. I have found that as the days shorten and the cold comes around again for another cycle, I start to crave hearty comfort foods. Tater Tot Casserole is super easy and budget-friendly; it can literally become the best leftovers ever, and by the time the end of the week rolls around, I have had my fill of this …
