March 2008

Freezing Meals

March 31, 2008

My tip today is about freezer cooking. I do my freezer cooking a little different than most I know. I have read quite a few freezer cookbooks. Most talk about freezing 30 meals in one day or something to that extent. I did do that at one time, but have adapted my freezer cooking to [...]

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Meal Planning Monday

March 30, 2008

Here is this weeks meals. I cooked a ham on Saturday so I am trying to use up. Yes, I know most people ate ham last week but since we raise hogs, ham really is not a treat for us. I am trying a new recipe for split pea soup. I will post it, if [...]

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Cooking Today

March 29, 2008

We have quite a bit of ham in our freezer since we raise hogs. I decided to cook one of the hams up today. We had some for dinner and I will take some tomorrow for our church dinner. I made some potatoes, 40 minute rolls, and corn to go with it. I made extra [...]

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Peach Cobbler

March 29, 2008

Adapted from Paula Deen

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Big Beautiful Muffins

March 28, 2008

We really like muffins in our house and I like variety in my recipes. What I like about this recipe is you can use the basic muffin recipes and add whatever extras you want to it. Frozen blueberries or raspberries, chocolate chips or my favorite cinnamon chips. I think the yogurt gives them a very [...]

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Oatmeal Cookies

March 26, 2008

We have been making these oatmeal cookies for years. They are a simple and yummy cookie.

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Martha Stewart’s Cookies Cookbook Update

March 23, 2008

Yesterday I made my first recipe from my new cookie cookbook. It is my first recipe to try out of it so I can’t give a full review of the book yet. But if the other recipes are anything like this one I am going to enjoy this book. We loved these cookies. I love [...]

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Sourdough Bread

March 22, 2008

Today I made sourdough bread. I have several recipes I make with sourdough. This is the easiest recipe I have found, it comes from Bob’s Red Mill. I started my own starter using the recipe from King Arthur Flour. We really like it. Sorry I did not get a picture. Bob’s Red Mill Sourdough Bread [...]

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Making Birthday Cakes

March 21, 2008

This week was my son’s birthday, and he wanted a Lego cake. I do not really enjoy decorating cakes. I would much rather spend my time making the cake taste good then making the cake look cute. My kids however, love to have a neat cake on their birthdays. I am too cheap to spend [...]