2020 has seen me in the kitchen… a lot. Sometimes I’m happy with a long and complicated menu, and other times, I prefer a one pot meal. Like my pot roast, which I like to cook up using my enamel cast iron dutch oven. I don’t have some great story about my pot roast, it’s […]
Overnight Bread With Einkorn Flour
Overnight bread and no-knead breads have been around for a few years, having been made famous in a New York Times article quite awhile ago. But almost every recipe that I have seen that falls into either of those labels use exclusively modern commercial wheat and not the Einkorn flour that I have grown to […]
Sous Vide Glazed Carrots
Writing about sous vide glazed carrots is another one of those vegetable posts that my younger self would never have anticipated writing! During my childhood, teens and even twenties I did about as much as I could to avoid eating vegetables. And now, I’m doing my best to find convenient ways to include nutritious side […]
Bernedoodle Puppy – My First Weeks
My first week with a Bernedoodle puppy is in the books, and wow, I had forgotten how hard life becomes with a young puppy. Let’s just say there was a lot of crying, and not just from the puppy, but a bit of smiling as well. So that’s progress. This is not our first dog, […]
Chicken Pot Pie
I don’t know what other people think of when they hear the words Chicken Pot Pie, but I immediately think of frozen pies in a metal tin from the mid to late 70’s. And not really in a bad way, almost affectionately. Which is not to say that I want to find a few and […]
Silky Smooth Creme Brulee
I’m not sure this recipe is worthy of some drawn out story or explanation. Sometimes you’re just in the mood for a nice creme brulee, no matter how bad it might be for you. And if you ever find yourself in that circumstance, I’m here to help. Maybe I’ll take that first statement back, just […]
