This Just In – I Rock

A Spoonful of YUM! I couldn’t wait to try the Honey Lemon Jelly so as soon as the jars were cool I popped open the runt and dipped me a spoonful of yum!  Oh my goodness this is good!   And you’ll notice that it really jelled!  Woo-hoo!  I am so all about me right [...]

Honey Lemon Jelly – Small Batch Canning

In your quest to stretch your food dollar or bulk up your pantry don’t overlook the joy of small batch canning.  Rome wasn’t built in a day and being resilient doesn’t occur overnight. Small steps make great journeys grasshopper. Take this Honey Lemon Jelly recipe for instance.  Four simple ingredients combine to make a luscious tart [...]

A Lemon Pickle of a Day

In my carport. This is the view out our kitchen door.   That dumpster means that progress is being made on the roof.  Replacing a roof is never a warm fuzzy event, especially when there’s no insurance claim involved, but we got tired of seeing little brown spots appear in our new ceiling paint.  Strangely, [...]

Orange Marmalade Adventure – Destination Reached

Here it is, the end product of this journey. I would say for a first attempt things went ok.  I learned one very important lesson.  Don’t let concern for temperature outweigh the necessity of stirring.  If you look closely at the picture you can see little black specks.  Those are not vanilla bean pieces – [...]

Orange Marmalade Adventure

How to make orange marmalade: (Link to recipe in next post) Step1:  Get an orange tree. Step 2:  Get a lemon tree. Step 3:  Pick oranges. Step 4:  Pick the lemons. Step 5:  Gather ingredients. Step 6:  Wash and slice citrus. Step 7:  Put citrus in pot. Step 8:  Add water and bring to a [...]

Cheese Pie Recipe

Cheese Pie This was actually pretty good, a little eggy but good.  And simple, so simple.   Cheese Pie Recipe 3 cups of different shredded cheeses (I used 2 cups of cheddar/jack mix & mozarella) 1 medium onion, chopped 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 4 eggs 1 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard [...]

Steak Hash, It’s What’s For Dinner

Sometimes, well, usually when we have steak, we have one piece left over. Two days ago I cooked two club steaks. They were not the best steaks I’ve ever cooked but they were edible and as usual, we had a little less than 1/2 of a steak left over. Ok, I admit it was mine. [...]

Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

So simple. So delicious. So easy. This recipe is probably not too original although I didn’t get it from anywhere. I just got tired of those little frozen pot pies and put this together one day to see if it would work. The hubby loved it and the kids will actually eat it. So its [...]