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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?

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Substitute whole wheat for all-purpose flour

So here we are, sheltering at home during the Spring 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic, and of course I want to bake. So do lots of other people, which then means that the grocery store is gasp! out of all-purpose flour. And bread flour.

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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 –

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Sausage Hash

Hash is an old-fashioned dish. You can make hash from leftover roast of any kind, and cooks like my grandmother never needed a recipe: just cook onions, potatoes, leftover meat in a pan, moisten with gravy, milk, or cream, season,

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Cooking from the Pantry

Are you staying safe at home? We are under Stay At Home orders (see news of novel coronavirus), and we’re not going out to the shops. There are a lot of us in this situation, so I thought I’d talk about cooking from the pantry.

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Oat and Wheat Bread

It’s been cold, cold, COLD! During the frigid polar vortex days I wanted to bake all the things, all day long, so I could hang out in a warm kitchen. I made soup; I made stew; I made oat and wheat bread.

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Escarole Soup with Beans & Sausage

So far this month, we’ve had cold & grey weather – gloomy, but no rain or snow. According to the weather forecasters, that’s about to change. We’ll have a chance to put on our snow boots, test out the new electric snow thrower,

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Chasseur Sauce for Leftovers

Lots of people end up with refrigerators chock full but still can’t seem to pull a dinner out of it. Let’s say you’ve got 2 chicken breasts leftover from yesterday, or maybe a bit of cold beefsteak (but not enough for the whole family),

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Flourless Chocolate Cake for 2 #choctoberfest

Let’s say you love chocolate (I do!) but you have no self-control. Or you have a small family (I do!) and don’t like eating the same dessert three nights in a row. Or you’re looking for a gluten-free treat to share with one lucky friend. (Jason,

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Carrot Ginger Soup

This past spring, my husband and I embarked on a vacation voyage with Viking River Cruises. The food they served was simply marvelous, and I’ve been trying to recreate some of those flavors ever since. This carrot ginger soup is an example.

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Irish Brown Bread Small Batch

As I’ve mentioned elsewhere in this blog, I’m downsizing in my kitchen. As much as possible, I’ll make a small batch of something, because most of the time I’m cooking for only two people.

I’ve found my go-to bread!

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Meatball Soup Two Ways

I get it, really I do: we’re busy. We’ve just survived September, which for families with kids often means getting used to new schedules, new carpooling arrangements, and new homework struggles. The weather is changing, too: crisp and chilly one day and hot the next.

Pantry Cooking

Slow Cooker Rolls for Summer

Substitute whole wheat for all-purpose flour

English Muffins

Sausage Hash

Cooking from the Pantry

Oat and Wheat Bread

Escarole Soup with Beans & Sausage

Chasseur Sauce for Leftovers

Flourless Chocolate Cake for 2 #choctoberfest

Carrot Ginger Soup

Irish Brown Bread Small Batch

Meatball Soup Two Ways

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