The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
I love roasting chicken. It is one of the easiest ways to cook chicken, and gives one of the biggest payoffs in taste. You basically throw spices and herbs onto the meat, leave it in the oven, and come back in an hour and eat dinner. On top of that, these sides don’t take any […]
I seem to be in a real “try new things” kick when it comes to food this month. I suppose one wants to add something new every once in awhile to spice up one’s diet, get the creative juices going, and make dinner seem less like a bland “chicken-something” night. So far this month it’s […]
I haven’t done a recipe in awhile! This one has been on my to-do list of recipe experiments, as I love peanut butter. I’m talking about love as in I sit on the couch and eat it out of the jar like ice cream. Oh, and did I mention we don’t get ours in jars, but tubs? […]
My hubby was raised in Pennsylvania Dutch Lancaster county and comes from family that split from the Amish community generations ago. Thus it comes as no surprise that this recipe for Rivel Soup is a major comfort food for Karl. Personally coming from a background of both my parents being full-fledged Irish, this recipe had […]
Ah, Autumn. My favorite season of all. Time for pumpkins, bananas, apples, mums and sunflowers (and wondering how the heck another summer went by so fast!). Autumn is also a time when I start to get a hankering for comfort foods, and banana bread is no exception. This is my go-to recipe when I feel […]
