This weekend we attended a backyard birthday BBQ for a good friend. It was a “bring something to share” kind of potluck event, and I wanted to make sure I didn’t bring the same Buffalo Chicken Dip, Spinach Artichoke Dip, or Deviled Eggs that I’ve done before. Then I remembered this fantastic and unusual dip… Keep Reading
When you forget the yeast
. . .your bread doesn’t rise. Yes, adding the yeast is necessary to make the bread rise, and forgetting is a bad, bad thing. *Sigh* What to do? Sometimes life is full of more accidents than successes-and sometimes you are just happy to salvage things. On Monday I did my regular routine to bake two… Keep Reading
Recipe: Venison Parmigiana
You all know I am always looking for new and different ways to prepare venison-after all we have a couple of deer worth in the freezer! This recipe is simply a takeoff on a classic Chicken Parmigiana (or Parmesan). The combination of Venison with spaghetti sauce is always a winner, the flavors balance each other… Keep Reading
Recipe: Roasted Green Beans
Sometimes I just SWEAR that I’ve posted a recipe before. I mean I’m so certain that when a real life friend asks me about it I tell them to just search on my blog to find it. So when Karen, Yankee Bill’s “Work Wife” ( Hi Karen!), said she couldn’t find the Roasted Green Bean… Keep Reading
Reader’s Question: Cooking Venison
Dear Jenn, I have a Venison question. Can you tell me how to cook it? My husband keeps getting it from his friend so we have an entire shelf of it in the freezer but I have no idea what to do with it. Lara Well Lara, one of the great things about venison is… Keep Reading
Menu Plan 1/11
Welcome to another crisp, cold week! The menu plan this week doesn’t have to take too much into account. We do have the regular 2 weekly sessions of Wrestling for Princess-which means I have to be able to feed her by about 4:30 so she can be at wrestling at 6 (she can’t wait till… Keep Reading
Quick & Easy Halloween Treat~Halloween Hands!
Need something for a classroom full of kids, but don’t want to spend a fortune? Why not try making Halloween Hands? All you need is some popcorn, candy corn, plastic disposable gloves & bag ties: Need some more last minute ideas? How about these! Witches Hat Cookies (super easy & cute-no baking!) Eyeball Cupcakes Spider… Keep Reading
Recipe: Big Dog Kahlua
In the last few weeks I have posted my recipe for Homemade Amaretto and Homemade Bailey’s Irish Cream. Just to round it out I figured I better also put up my recipe for Homemade Kahlua. This recipe came from our good friend from Army days-Randy. He would have all our friends save their dark glass… Keep Reading
Hamburger Birthday Cake
After seeing several pictures online, I decided to create a Hamburger birthday cake for Buddy’s 6th birthday party. Well, we had already had a small immediate family cake for him~this was for the “friends are invited BBQ Birthday Party”. This cake came out so cute! It would be perfect for any BBQ or even say… Keep Reading
Recipe: Tuscan Linguine
The summer is a time for lighter meals. Although I’m of Italian descent (my maternal great grandmother was straight off the boat from Italy) and love pasta, somehow heavy hot red sauces full of meat just don’t sound appealing in the heat of the summer. Last summer I found this unusual light recipe for Tuscan… Keep Reading
