Food

Scallop Bisque

The weather’s turned chilly and I’m in my kitchen making soup. That’s very common around here: colder weather means soups, stews, and freshly baked bread or muffins. Last night’s supper was no exception: it was a quick scallop bisque.

I started with a pound of frozen sea scallops,

Food

Cooler Weather Means Bread!

As summer comes to an end, my kitchen moves into cooler weather mode. This means baking: in the fall and winter I make most of my family’s bread here at home. Cooler weather means bread!

Making bread need not be a difficult task.

Food, Local Harvest

Old-fashioned cucumber & tomato salad

Think about how people lived through hot summers before air conditioning was common: cold suppers, supper on the porch, cooling salads, and lots of lemonade and iced tea. This still sounds good, right? Try this old-fashioned cucumber & tomato salad – a summer classic.

Food

Rare Roast Beef from the Instant Pot

Once in a while, I get a complete surprise in the kitchen. As I’ve accumulated experience, this happens less often, but it does happen, and so it was this week. Against all my expectations, I learned how to produce rare roast beef from the Instant Pot!

Food, Pantry Cooking, Tools & Equipment

Slow Cooker Rolls for Summer

Edited from a 2014 post and still relevant! Slow cooker rolls are just what you need for summer.

My idea of a perfect summer meal is a great salad and home-baked bread. But who wants to turn on the oven on the hottest days of the year?

Food, Pantry Cooking

English Muffins

Why did “pantry cooking” ever become associated with deprivation? There are lots of wonderful foods you can make from simple pantry ingredients: these English muffins are a fine example.

If you have flour, yeast, salt, and water –

Food, Pantry Cooking