The New & The Old 2022

I hope everyone had Happy Holidays and you’re looking forward to the rest of 2023! Here’s where every year I blather on about myself and post my top 10 recipes of the past year. This year, Chance and I closed the year out quietly, much as we started it.


Cook's Illustrated Big Beautiful Muffins

Cook’s Illustrated Big Beautiful Muffins Shortcut Method

At our house, we’ve been wild crazy about these Cook’s Illustrated Big Beautiful Muffins for as long as I can remember. So much so, that even though I have a few other muffin recipes on my site, I rarely venture beyond making these Cook’s Illustrated Big Beautiful Muffins Shortcut Method or their sister recipe, which … Read More


Birria de Res & Birria Tacos

Birria de Res & Birria Tacos

Birria de Res & Birria Tacos have been trending all over the place in the last couple of years and for good reason. If they’re not on your radar yet, Birria de Res is a classic, a Mexican “stew” of beef, slowly cooked, earthy, rich, fragrant, and just a little spicy. And the tacos made … Read More


Blanching & Freezing Beans

Blanching & Freezing Beans

One of the best vegetables to freeze, as far as quality when it comes out of the freezer, is beans and I love Blanching & Freezing Beans. It doesn’t matter what kind: green beans, snap beans, or wax beans. It’s also super simple to grow beans, but that’s a whole ‘nuther thing, so no worries … Read More


Coronavirus Pantry Stock Up – Best Purchases

I’d like to post something a bit different today. Everyone that knows me knows I keep a well-stocked pantry, and at home, I doubled up on many things, slowly throughout the summer of 2020. Had I stayed at home in Minnesota instead of taking off to Georgia last August, I know I would have been … Read More