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One-Pot Cooking- A New Cook Book

If you’ve been reading my blogs and recipes you know I’m a no fuss cook, so when I saw a book titled One-pot Cooking how could I possibly resist? Along with the book came a copy of the March issue of Super Food Ideas magazine, which has been around for over 10 years and has a wide readership. I admit I didn’t even know it existed. But the Mexican Chicken Bake on the cover is enough to make me think it will be good too. As a bonus to Super Foods Ideas One-pot Cooking which tells me it has ‘ … Continue reading →

Warm Up With Chili

Fall is one of the best times of the year to make chili. After all, nothing beats digging into a piping hot bowl of hearty chili following a marathon leaf-raking session. Chili is also great to serve up during Sunday football tailgate parties. Regardless of where you serve this highly versatile dish, the preparation is a breeze. My favorite chili recipes are delicious, nutritious, and will help warm up the coldest autumn day. See for yourself: EASY CROCK POT CHILI Ingredients: 1 can pork and beans 1 can kidney beans 1 can pinto beans 1 can black beans 1 can … Continue reading →

A Tale of Three Chickens 2

If you missed the first part of this story, click here: A Tale of Three Chickens. Chicken number one got roasted on Monday, along with some onions and part of the large amount of carrots on which I also got a good deal. On Tuesday, I placed chicken number two in the crock pot to cook on low all day, while I simmered the bones from chicken number one in the stock pot. The crock pot chicken just fell off of the bones, making it so easy to divide. Chickens numbered one and two got married in the form of … Continue reading →

What on Earth do I do with Chard?

Our adventures in the Botanical Gardens on Thursday proved to provide quite the amount of blog fodder. I wrote about planning to have a healthy lunch in my mission possible journal in weight loss. I wrote about the twins’ tantrums in the baby blog. And now I’m writing about the bounties from gardening class in the food blog. One of the side benefits of having my kids in a gardening class is that my kids harvest their own produce. Every week we abound in good fruits and vegetables. Fresh garlic, cherry tomatoes, basil–you name it–they’ve brought it home. I’m generally … Continue reading →

Top Ten Staples to have on hand with recipes

I have always thought that if you have staples on hand, you can make anything. Staples are basics that you can keep in your cupboard to use to prepare a dish. I think that everyone’s list of staples are different. It all depends on the diet that you are on, or your health issues. If you have the right staples, you should be able to prepare a dish even if it’s not on your menu. This is a list of common staples to have on hand: Sugar, flour, salt, pepper, milk (dried or fresh), oil, butter, bread and canned vegetables. … Continue reading →

Tofu?

I had a friend once who was – for the most part – a vegetarian. We used to lunch together quite often and she explained it was not necessarily by choice, but if she ate meat too much, it made her physically ill. She had me try fried tofu once and it was…like eating nothing. But I think that was because it was simply fried tofu. When I dipped it in a bit of soy sauce, it wasn’t so bad. If you have tried tofu before, but you did not enjoy it, try one of these tasty recipes! Baked Tofu … Continue reading →