Rhubarb! You irresistible scamp! How I love your saucey tartness! Rhubarb has been used for centuries as a sort of health tonic. The benefits touted include everything from aiding digestion to preventing Altzheimers! (I’ll take two please!) We have a couple of venerable old plants that yield an abundance of the crisp, tart stalks. The…
Tip the Refrigerator Soup
“…no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.” Julia Child I have a secret. You know one of the best teachers? Doing without. Yep, the old adage “necessity is the mother of invention” was born, I think, in the kitchen. At a time when money is low, or there’s no time to run…
Everyone’s Nutty About Slab Pie!
Is there such a thing Foodie FOMO? I think I have it!! As much as I think about and read about and experiment with food and recipes, I totally missed the boat on slab pie!! What?? How did that happen when there’s a BOAT load of great ideas for slab pie everywhere?? 🙃 It’s such…
GB’s Candy Bar Poke Cake Recipe
I decided to see just how easily I could bang out a great tasting poke cake that’s quick! And, I wanted it to taste like the popular candy bar with the name that actually rhymes with quicker. 😉 So chocolate, caramel and peanuts, right? I mean, does it get any better? I also happen to be…
Here’s Apple Pie You Can Eat With Your Hands!
Apple Pie Recipe. Eat it With Your Hands and Lick Your Fingers! Ah… Glorious Fall is in the air!! Don’t you love it? As I drive around the countryside I see apple trees everywhere groaning under the weight of a bountiful crop! And when I look at apples I see dessert!! Years ago my sister-in-law…
Hit the Dinner Jackpot with Chicken in Your Crock Pot!
Slow Cooker “Crack Chicken” Recipe Some dishes just take on a life of their own. I assure you there’s no crack in it, but “Crack Chicken” is the nickname for a recipe that’s been circulating on social media for awhile now. True to it’s name, it’s practically addictive. Best of all, it’s a Trifecta of easy,…
Corn and Black Bean Salsa Recipe
Corn and Black Bean Salsa Recipe Both our daughters, Karen and Beckie, inherited my love of cooking and feeding their family happily. It’s still sweet corn time in Nebraska for another week or two so take advantage of this delicious season. Labor Day means picnics and gatherings and this is sure to be a home…
Vanilla Poke Cake with Salted Caramel and Buttercream
Vanilla Poke Cake with Salted Caramel and Buttercream A while back we enjoyed dinner with my husband’s sweet Aunt Marvel at a very fancy country club. We had a fabulous dessert, an equally fancy multi-layered vanilla bean cake with salted caramel and buttercream icing. It was incredible but clearly a lot of work! Here’s the…