May 22, 2012 | Food, Veggies
Red Beans in the Crock Pot We have a routine we fell into around here for making chicken stock over the weekend; we time this not because it’s a weekend, but because our solid waste visits on Tuesday mornings. (Yes, we make cooking decisions based partly on what...
Apr 27, 2012 | Food, Seafood
Seafood Pasta Ingredients 1/4 cup chopped onion2 garlic cloves, crushed1 teaspoon butter1 teaspoon olive oil1/2 lb shrimp1/2 lb scallops1 (6 1/2 ounce) can clams, not drained1 1/2 cups chicken broth1 teaspoon basil2 tablespoons parsley1/2 teaspoon paprika1/4 teaspoon...
Mar 28, 2012 | Breads & Grains, Food, Seafood
Shrimp and Bread Stuffing We try to keep stock in our freezer at all times. When I’m out of shrimp stock, I purchase wild head-on shrimp; use the shrimp for whatever I feel like doing; and make a stock out of the heads. Just boil the heads with a chopped onion,...
Feb 21, 2012 | art, Food, painting
Before There Was TV Acrylics on 11″ x 14″ canvas...
Jan 28, 2012 | Breads & Grains, Dessert, Food
Banana Bread, Sherry’s Sherry makes a delicious banana bread. It’s from the old cookbook Lin Crutcher gave Sherry when we were married in 1971. (The inscription to the right is Lin’s note [RIP] to Sherry inside the cover of the book. Dang, she had a...
