Category Archives: How to Cook

I mentioned in my last post that Olivia & I made pumpkin pies. We started by taking a couple of small pie pumpkins and cutting some slits in them simply by sticking a knife into each one a few times. … Continue reading →

Can you tell it’s fall? Two food posts in one week! My family’s tummies are so happy. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but one of my go-to cookbooks is the More-with-Less Cookbook. If the cookbook police came around and … Continue reading →

We had our first frost last night, but haven’t yet succumbed to turning on the heat in our house. But I love this time of year when I can run the oven, the crockpot, the stovetop, and whatever other heat-generating … Continue reading →

I told you I was going to tantalize you with pork recipes, and an ulterior motive of selling the hogs we’re taking to the butcher next Monday the 28th. So far it’s working, because we’ve sold 2 this week! So … Continue reading →

Ground pork is an under appreciated meat. I only just recently started cooking with it myself. It makes great maid-rite type sandwiches. It’s real tasty in place of ground beef in all kinds of Italian dishes. And I like to … Continue reading →

We will be butchering hogs soon! Choose either March 17 or March 24 butchering date. So many good things to fill the freezer – ham, bacon, sausage patties (I’ve been eating these every day for breakfast this week), pork roast … Continue reading →

Another day, another day off school. And then the predicted storm totally missed us. The good thing to come of it was that the girls’ dance classes were cancelled, so I had time today to cook ribs and blog about … Continue reading →

I’m not that into football, unlike my husband and son. Somewhere about Friday night Matt asked, “What are you making for the Superbowl?” “Superbowl?”, I replied. “Is that this weekend?” So I set about trying to come up with Superbowl … Continue reading →

The bonus dish, not the kahula pork. Read on. I wasn’t going to post this recipe. Monday I was lacking inspiration, flipping through my recipe collection, and came across this recipe for kahlua pork. I’d made it before, quite a … Continue reading →

Wee Hughie was dying. Tenderly, his wife Maggie knelt by his bedside and asked, “Anything I can get you, Hughie?” “No,” he replied. “You must have a last wish, Hughie?” asked his wife. Faintly, came the answer. “A wee bit … Continue reading →