From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Crustless Salmon Spinach Quiche

October 29, 2009

I love salmon. I know a lot of people don’t like it, but I grew up in northwest Oregon. Salmon is everywhere in that part of Oregon. The town I grew up in now has a yearly salmon festival. How could I not like it? Fresh salmon is my favorite and my mom always cooks [...]

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Breakfast Pizza With Artisan Bread In Five

October 28, 2009

Long time readers will know that I love the book Artisan Bread In Five. The Artisan Bread In Five Blog is one of the sites I read regularly. I get so many ideas from reading their site.
When I read their post about breakfast pizza using the basic dough, I knew I wanted to try making [...]

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Real Butter and Unsalted Or Salted

October 27, 2009

I have received several comments and emails over the last couple of months about butter and what I use. I thought it would make a good subject for a post since the holidays are coming up and more of us will be baking.
I have used real butter for a long time. I did occasionally buy [...]

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New Blog Design

October 27, 2009

Do you like the new design? I have been wanting to update my site and organize my categories better for awhile. I finally had Joy at FiveJs do a whole redesign on it. I think she did a great job. We are still tweaking a few things, but the main part is done.
If you are [...]

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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

October 26, 2009

This is my favorite chocolate chip oatmeal cookie to make. I love this recipe. It is so good and it is semi healthy because it has oatmeal in it. Cookies are healthy if they have oatmeal in it, aren’t they?
This recipe is adapted from an oatmeal cookie recipe that I found on allrecipes. Although the [...]

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Ground Beef Fried Rice

October 26, 2009

I recently bought 50lbs of rice. Yes, I said 50lbs of rice. I think we might be eating lots of rice in the near future. At the time 50lbs seemed like such a great idea. We have been eating a lot of rice recently and since we don’t live close to any stores I like [...]

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Menu Plan

October 25, 2009

Yesterday I cooked one of our hams. I had three hams in my freezer that I needed to use up before we butcher this years hogs. I love having our own pork, it is great. However, I get tired of ham. I know many of you would love to have lots of ham, but we get four to [...]

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Easy Homemade Cheese Bread

October 22, 2009

Bread is one of my favorite things to make, so I am always looking for new bread recipes. Homemade bread tastes so much better than store bought bread. Not only does it taste better, but it is usually cheaper to make my own bread.
When I saw this recipe in a cookbook my sister gave me [...]

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Staff Lunch Time Again

October 22, 2009

I fixed another staff lunch today. I did not have a lot of time this week, so I sent a pretty simple meal. I made my Chicken Taco Soup and sent it in a crock pot to cook all morning at the office. I also sent some tortilla chips and salad. (sorry forgot to take [...]