Nov 24, 2011 | dressing, Food, Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day No, we’re not doing the traditional feast. It will probably just be the two of us. So, no huge turkey; no pies; no sweet potato casseroles. But we ARE going to make some corn bread dressing with chicken using Rachel’s recipe. I began...
Nov 23, 2011 | Food, Meat
Chinese Pork Ribs I picked up some “Chinese” pork ribs at the Foodarama with the intention of cooking them in the crockpot. Just about every recipe I’ve seen calls for pork ribs to cook for 8 hours or so. I cooked these on low, and they were done in...
Nov 22, 2011 | Food, Seafood
Pan Seared Salmon We buy frozen salmon fillets at the Walmart. They come in one pound packs each containing four individually wrapped fillets. I thaw out one or two fillets (in the wrapper) under running cold water in just a matter of a few minutes. Easy, convenient,...
Nov 21, 2011 | Food, Veggies
Crock Pot Pinto Beans Years ago Sherry gave me a book entitled Adventures in Mexican Cooking; Ortho Books, 1978. (Ortho was a division of Chevron Chemical Company, of all things.) In it was a very simple bean recipe that called for just 4 cups of beans; 8 cups of...
