Asian Chicken Legs
Back in my college days, chicken wings were a dietary staple for my friends and I. You could buy a big family pack of wings for a few bucks and eat well for days. Of course that was before wings became trendy and every restaurant in the country started selling them. It was also before ...
Crockpot Beef Tacos
You may not have heard, but it’s been crazy hot in Nashville lately - way too hot to do alot of heavy duty baking and roasting. Even though I don’t want to heat up the kitchen, we still love a roasted chicken or juicy pot roast from time to time. Enter my handy dandy crockpot. It’s been a ...
How to Cook Butternut Squash – Sausage and Butternut Squash Dressing
How to Prepare Butternut Squash Butternut squash is probably the easiest winter squash to prepare. I avoided it for a long time because I thought it had a hard outer shell like spaghetti squash which I have filed under “not worth the work”. When you cut it open. the flesh is bright orange and smells a little like ...
Shaking Beef
For most of life my life I’ve never really cared where my meat came from. As long as it’s hermatically and hygenically packaged and reasonably priced, I didn’t question it. “All Natural” and “grass fed” were foreign terms and price was often the determining factor when it came to choosing our purchases. A couple of months ago ...
A retro recipe for Friday – Chicken a la King
If I haven’t mentioned it, I’m an estate sale junkie. To be more specific, I love old kitchen stuff – refrigerator dishes, cookbooks, dinnerware, etc. At one point a few years ago I had a room full of cool things I had bought with the intention of selling them on eBay. Unfortunately that room ...
Cherry Tomato and Basil Pizza
Cherry tomatoes are so sweet this time of year you can eat them like grapes. There are always several vendors at our local farmers markets that sell the packages of mixed varieties so you can try types may not ordinarily buy. While they’re great raw, a little heat can really bring out their flavor. The star ...
Slow Cooker Korean Style Shortribs
Slow cookers can be a wonderful thing when used correctly. Having a hot meal waiting when you get home from work or running errands is such a stress reducer. I’ve had several slow cookers over the years and I haven’t gotten enough use out of any of them. I have a slight fear of leaving things cooking ...
