This easy crock pot recipe for Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings produces dumplings that are light as a feather, in a rich and savory broth. And you get to brag that you made it from scratch! The recipe for old fashioned Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings, from the America’s Test Kitchen Slow Cooker Revolution …
What if you knew you had a recipe for homemade apple pie that was totally excellent? A recipe that produced an apple pie that was perfect in its simplicity? Meet. That. Pie. This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking one of my links, I earn money, at no extra cost to …
Slow Cooker Tortilla Soup, ladled over the tortilla chips, and garnished with queso fresco and cilantro, is amazing! A. Ma. Zing. This easy slow cooker recipe is on my family’s list of Fall/Winter Go-To Recipes. This recipe requires a little prep work, but that’s all done on the front end. This recipe DID came …
Easy Basil Pine Nut Pesto Recipe : A bit of butter gives this recipe amazing flavor! This is the best pesto I have ever had, whether served to me in an Italian restaurant, or purchased from a store, or homemade! Basil: The One Thing I Can Grow We don’t grow much here in the …
Getting your mojo back can be oh, so delicious, and easy! It’s hot. Dang hot. I need to get my mojo back. But it’s too stinkin’ hot!!! Can you relate? Can I get an Amen, somebody??? Here’s a recipe for grilled pork tenderloin. With mojo sauce. Specifically designed to help you get your mojo back! …
This is the fourth and final in a series of posts on making whole wheat bread from freshly ground whole wheat flour, and this post contains…. the recipe! And it’s the recipe, I’d guess, that is what the admirably long-suffering readers of my other three posts have been beyond patiently waiting for! Because in my …
Since my dear husband’s heart attack, we’ve been searching for desserts that are a little lower in the dreaded “b” word. That word that used to bring joy and meaning to my existence. Buttah. I have a long and sordid history with butter. If you can believe this, in my childhood, I used to eschew …
We’re smokin’ in the Boonies, again. Started smoking last night at midnight. Seriously. A mighty fine sign indeed. And, yes, we cleared this with the dietician. Our friends who typically hold their 4th of July bash on the 4th of July have thrown us and themselves a curve ball this year: they have a fabulous …
Here is the promised recipe for Butt Rub, that goes on Boston Butt/Pork Shoulder before you put it on the smoker. My dear husband, the Big Bison, found the recipe on line, and he has no idea where he found it. We altered it, anyway, to suit our own tastes, by using smoked paprika instead …
And Barbra Streisand would tell you that makes me one of the luckiest people in the world. (Don’t miss the dreamy eyed look that Robin Williams gives her at the beginning of this song!) Gosh, she has a lovely voice. Unfortunately, I don’t think that what Barbra had in mind in that song was exactly …
It’s 72º outside right now in the Boonies! Can grilling season be far behind??? If you’re a vegetarian, or object to hunting in general, you might want to click away now. This post isn’t for you. I do eat meals that are vegetarian fairly often. In fact, I did so last night! So please, stop …
I don’t have a good photo for potatoes, so, here’s a phreebie photo from my porch. Enjoy. Boonie Sunset: You can click to make it bigger. I’m pretty sure I promised you a recipe for potatoes to go with your corned beef on St. Patrick’s day, right? If you’re in a hurry, and don’t have …
First order of business: no, I haven’t forgotten about the coffee bean giveaway. But we’ve hit a little obstacle in the bean roasting process. Our gas grill, which was down to only working on the spare burner, finally gave up the ghost. May it rest in pieces, preferably somewhere other than my patio. So, we’ve …
Remember many years ago when Baby Jessica was stuck in a well? Remember how all America waited with bated breath for her to be released from her confinement? Or, more recently, remember those Chilean miners who were trapped in a mine in Chile (where else would you expect to find a trapped Chilean miner, I …
Only someone who has listened to a lot of Neil Diamond would get the reference in my title, today. But my junior high days were filled with James Taylor, Loggins and Messina, and early on, thanks to my girlfriend George and her passion for the song “Kentucky Woman”, Neil Diamond had to be listened to. …