I just love this dill pickle recipe given to me by my friend Jill. I like to call them Jill Pickles.This is the first time I had ever made pickles, and the beautiful thing about these little dillies is that… 1) it’s a really easy pickle recipe. 2) You can make one jar if you…
Easy Bread Recipe
This easy bread recipe is life changing. Life. Changing. I had tried for quite some time to become a bread baker, with frustrating results. Whether you’re an expert at baking bread, or a total novice like I am, this recipe is going to impress you. It rocks our world, and you won’t believe how easy…
Scone Recipe: Oatmeal Scones with lemon poppyseed
In my quest for the perfect scone recipe, I discovered this lovely Scottish variation using oats. Think oatmeal cookie meets scone. The oats add something homey and filling, and make this recipe a healthy breakfast choice. So I should feel no guilt whatsoever about piling them high with lemon curd or jam, right? Right. Today,…
Bacon Cheeseburger Rice
Feast your eyes on this super easy ground beef recipe…it’s a new family favorite recipe! This, my friends, is bacon cheeseburger rice. It’s goo-ood. And easy. Thanks to my friend W.R. for a new favorite main dish!Here’s what you need: One pound of ground beef, browned with a chopped onion. Ketchup, yellow mustard and BB-Q…
Keeping Lettuce for Two Weeks
The alternate title for this kitchen tip is “The World’s Largest Salad Spinner.” In the summertime, I’m all about salads. I love them year round, but there is something so refreshing about cold, crisp lettuce in the heat of summer. I’ll often make one dish meals centered around a huge bowl of salad, and just…
Strawberry Jam Recipe
This strawberry jam recipe is seriously delicious and way, way too easy. No one but us needs to know how easy this is, OK? The local strawberry picking places are open now, and the berries are delicious! But fresh strawberries spoil quickly, and we always pick way more than we can eat in one day. This is a…
Cooking Disasters: Salvaging Burnt Beans
Just so you know…these are NOT black beans. Ahhh, the smell of burnt on beans that permeates my whole house. So, so stinky. I’m the worlds worst at getting sidetracked and letting the water cook out of beans. Bad, naughty housefrau. After all that soaking time, and tender loving care I put into my beans, I…
Ice Cream Cake Recipe
My oldest boy requested this ice cream cake recipe for his birthday dinner. It is the same ice cream cake that I made for him last year. But that’s not surprising, since this is the same kid that wanted to be a firefighter every year for dress up day at school for four years in a…