This particular manilla envelope I grabbed addressed to my grandmother from Florida’s Department of Natural Resources was stuffed full of newspaper clippings. I had no idea what was in it, but if someone took the time to cut them out and keep them all these years, they might be important. I needed to peek.
Posts Tagged ‘recipe’
A discovery better than food.
Posted in Grandma's recipes, tagged crock pot, slow cooker, Cook, recipe, military spouse, grandma's recipes, Sweet potato, cook books, newspaper clippings on February 22, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Finding grandma’s recipes
Posted in Grandma's recipes, tagged Bird feeder, Cook, crock pot, grandma's recipes, Grandparent, military wife, recipe, slow cooking on February 15, 2012 | 32 Comments »
I visited my dad this weekend on the farm where I grew up. My grandmother’s house droops in shambles, full of mouse poop, a former shadow of itself on the now deserted farm. Empty and haunting, I remembered movement and the smell of constant meals wafting from her stove, served on the grey table at [...]
Homemade Pear butter
Posted in Dessert, tagged crock pot, homemade preserves, military lifestyle, miltitary spouse, Pear, Pear butter, pear butter in the crock pot, recipe, slow cooker, slow-cooker recipes on October 22, 2011 | 6 Comments »
We had all these lovely pears off the tree in the backyard, but they took forever to ripen. We did eat a few here and there, and they tasted fine, but I had to find something to make with them. I didn’t want to waste them! Matt suggested, “How about pear butter? I love apple [...]
Roast, carrots and potatoes—Matt’s mom’s version
Posted in Meat AND veggies, tagged Better than Bouillon, carrots and potatoes, comfort food, crock pot, French onion soup, Jamie Oliver, military spouse, military wife, organic beef base, pot roast, recipe, roast, rump roast, slow cooker, slow cooking, southern cooking on August 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“My mom makes it like this.” “Well, my mom makes it like this.” “Yeah, but your mom hates to cook and my mom doesn’t.” Hmm….who won that argument? We always make things the way my mom made them because I’m the one in the kitchen making it! I posted how my mom makes a roast [...]
Barbecue Chicken sandwiches
Posted in Chicken, tagged BBQ, BBQ chicken, chicken thighs, comfort food, crock pot, crock pot chicken, Jamie Oliver, military spouse, military wife, recipe, slow cooker, slow food, Worcestershire sauce on August 6, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Michelle and I posted this on our Cook Me A Story page a while back. It was the first thing I ever showed her how to cook in the slow cooker and the one that hooked her. Great for back yard barbeques/potlucks! Kids LOVE it, and it’s fun for them to make because teaspoons fit [...]
Roast, carrots and potatoes
Posted in Meat AND veggies, tagged comfort food, Cooking, Cream of mushroom soup, crock pot, French onion soup, Jamie Oliver, military spouse, military wife, Navy, Navy wife, recipe, roast, roast carrots and potatoes, rump roast, slow cooker, slow cooking, southern cooking on July 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I’m a “meat and potatoes” girl myself. I’ve heard that line from my mother my entire life. In high school, I experimented with soufflés and quiches. No one in the house ate my food, mostly because it wasn’t meat and potatoes. Frustrated and heart-broken, I remember tossing entire freezer-burnt concoctions in the trash. 18 years [...]
Carrot cake in the crock pot
Posted in Dessert, tagged apple sauce, Betty Crocker, Betty Crocker Super Moist cake mix, cake mix, Carrot cake, carrots, Cook, cream cheese icing, crock pot, Crock pot cake, Dessert, egg whites, food.com, Ice cream, Jamie Oliver, low-fat, military, military spouse, military wife, Navy, Navy wife, Paper towel, recipe, slow cooker, slow cooking, slow cooking desserts on June 12, 2011 | 9 Comments »
My aunt Pat asked if it was possible to make cake in the crock pot. I looked it up and honey, it’s been done! I would never have thought….. I chose the cake I like most–carrot and found a “low-fat” recipe on food.com by Purdy Good Cook. I looked around the kitchen and said, “Let’s do [...]
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G.I. Crockpot-cooking with a military wife
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