If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Anyone else find it challenging to cook with little ones in the house? I’m past that stage since my kids are older, but not so far past it that I’ve forgotten the challenge. Recently a Casual Kitchen reader asked...
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(Psst: don’t forget to go enter this drawing to win a $100 Cooking.com gift card from Country Crock.) A whirlwind session in the kitchen this morning produced: 7 quarts of sliced peaches 3 quarts and 2 pints of applesauce 1 peach pie (for the freezer) 1 leek/eggplant quiche (lunch today) 2 apple pies (1...
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I’ve been raving about the pickle recipe that I got from Foodie With Family. I decided to make a video to show you just how easy it is. Four of five pounds of pickling cucumbers should be enough to fill 4 quart-size canning jars. Since you don’t have to heat-process this recipe, you don’t...
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Do you ever wonder how you can encourage your family to eat better, and really enjoy it? Recent USDA guidelines suggest that half your dinner plate should consist of fruits and/or vegetables. I was recently invited by Country Crock to make over a meal that is a family favorite at our house in a...
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I don’t know about you, but I get happy when I discover a recipe for something that I can make myself for less money (and/or better quality) than in the grocery store. Here are a few recent ideas that I’ve tried or am planning to try out soon: Dishwasher detergent –this uses my beloved...
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(First posted at myrecipes.com) Awhile back my sister brought me a batch of coffee beans fresh from Ethiopia. She’s doing medical mission work there, and on trips home is happy to support my passion for Ethiopian coffee. The coffee she brings me is green. I’ve tried different ways of roasting it. It’s possible to...
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This morning I spent some time on the Azure Standard website stocking up on the healthy goodies that tend to be more affordable there. This time around my list included honey, split peas, wild rice, coconut oil, cornmeal, wheat germ, sesame seeds, peanuts, barley, and pinto beans. I like that you can order organic...
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Want to walk into your kitchen and feel like you’ve walked into a spice market in another country? Then I have a seasoning recipe for you! I can’t remember where I first heard of this spice mix (pronounced: ross el hun-OOT), but it originates in Morocco, a country in northern Africa. From what I’ve...
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We’ve had only TWO cherry tomatoes so far this year, but today we picked many cabbages, plus good quantities of cucumbers, peppers, beans, peas, and raspberries. Hooray for summer produce! Tonight in a bid to use up some of that produce I made my own tweak on shepherd’s pie: –a layer of shredded cabbage...
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This it THE BEST thing I’ve done with raspberries in my life, bar none. To get a true picture of the moment I snapped the above picture, imagine half a dozen faces around the table intently watching, waiting to gobble this goodie down. Then, surveying the 9 x 12 pan, my 13 year old...
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