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I tried Honey Garlic Pork Chops last night for dinner. The marinade was very good, though the chops turned out rather tough. Because I baked them? Because of the less than sterling quality of the meat? I don’t know. But the kids didn’t seem to notice and snarfed it right up! I had cold leftovers cut [...]

“We’re having cauliflower” I told Ezra.

“Cauliflower?!” and his eyes light up, “I LOVE cauliflower.”

True story. My kids love cauliflower. The secret is that I only ever make “Cauliflower Deluxe,” with it, a recipe from my mother, that she got from someone else who claimed that it was a Weightwatcher’s recipe. I’ve always been skeptical of that [...]

I baked a loaf of no-knead sourdough bread (for sandwiches for Parish meeting tomorrow), an apple pie (also for Parish meeting), and an apple tart  (to celebrate the end of Tax Season and to take to Rose and David’s for dinner tonight) today. Ezra told me, “You’re like a bakery, Mom.” [...]

I was alerted to this recipe by Mystie  last spring. I think she send me the link to this time-saving tweak, as well. When I told my mom about making yogurt a couple days ago, she asked for the recipe, so I thought as long as I was retyping out my own variation on the recipe I [...]

Judah grew pumpkins this year. That is, he planted several pumpkin plants, several sprouted, two survived and those two bloomed wildly all summer, finally producing one pumpkin each.  Considering that both plants were attacked and destroyed by powdery mildew, I think we can be thankful to have a whole two. When I mentioned to Judah that [...]

Do you like your cookies flat and crispy at the edges? If so, this recipe is NOT for you! I like my cookies soft and poofy, barely done. I tried this recipe from Cooks.com and have been using it ever since. From what I’ve read it sounds like the softness comes from using half shortening, half [...]

This recipe is new to me: I tried it just this week when the Meyerdierks came over so that the Mikes could discuss Sunday School business. There isn’t much I like more than really good Fettuccine Alfredo at a restaurant – especially if it includes seafood, but plain is good, too. However, I’ve never been able [...]

Internet recipes are a gamble. Sometimes they’re really great. Sometimes they appear to have been added by someone who… well, doesn’t cook.  I thought I’d do a blog “series” on internet recipes that I’ve tried that we really like. It’ll be a short series. Not because there’s not a lot of great ones out there, but because [...]