I don’t know about you, but I love skillet suppers in the summer. Any excuse NOT to use the oven while still serving up a hot, delicious meal works for me. With this particular chicken supper, some steamed rice and a toss salad is all you’ll need to make the meal complete.
Summer’s Awesome Gift – The Tomato Salad
Have I mentioned we have a lovely garden? Summer is a great time to feature the bounty of our garden. This salad was the perfect vehicle. Every year, we plant four or five different types of tomatoes – variety is the spice of life after all. This year, we planted two very different heirloom tomatoes – The Russian Bull’s Heart and the Cherokee Purple Tomatoes. One was for Hubby’s heritage, the other mine.
Texas Filet Mignon with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
What is it about a good cast iron skillet that makes for the best seared food? Nothing, and I mean nothing beats my cast iron skillet when it comes to searing steaks. I’ve had the same set of skillets for over 45 years. No body is allowed to mess with my skillet!
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Beefy Ground Beef-Red Potato Vegetable Stew
As a lady of leisure, I should not be cooking anything that comes in a can or the freezer or any of a dozen other modern conveniences. Oh yeah, right! Cooking from scratch is fine and it has its place.
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Old Bay-Larger Maryland Steamed Blue Crabs
Confession time – I’ve never personally tried this recipe. It’s in my collection in the hopes that some day I’ll have access to live blue crabs. And when I do, that I’ll have what it takes to cook ’em live. To those of you that can get ’em and cook ’em, how I envy you!
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Blue Plate Diner-Style Salisbury Steak
Those of us in the United States and parts of Canada are familiar with the term “Blue Plate Special”, especially if you frequent diners and roadside cafes. We understand the meaning, even if we don’t know the history.
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Are you a big-box store shopper? There are some great deals to be had in the big box department, but you need to shop smart. Some deals really aren’t deals. And some purchases are so big that it becomes ridiculous. I mean, how many folded paper napkins can one family need? I ask because I believe our recent “score” is at least a year’s worth, if not a life-time supply.
Seasoned Crock Pot Roasted Potatoes
Crock Pot cooking is awesome on so many levels. When cooking a lot of different dishes, utilizing your crock pot leaves the oven free for other things. When doing a big backyard grill-fest, using your crock pot keeps everything simple without heating up the house. Crock pots are for every season and every reason.
Roasted Cod with Tomato Cream Sauce
Have you ever noticed that when it comes to eating things that were once alive, be it warm or cold blooded, we tend to eat creatures less attractive or that appear stupid. While there are exceptions such as deer or rabbits, for the most part this is true.
Ro-Tel Spicy Beef and Bean Burritos
Not that long ago, we took a much needed family vacation. While we were away, a friend cared for our garden. Being a gardener himself, he had no need for our crops. He simply came and watered. The pepper plants went nuts! We came home to more peppers than we knew what to do with.
Italian Chicken over Pasta is My Kind of Joy
Good morning all! Hope you are having a wonderful summer thus far. I remember as a kid, summers seemed to last forever and a day. Now, the heat just drags on for an eternity. The fact that we spent ten wonderful days in the Pacific Northwest with the rain and the cold and the fog only to return to the valley with its 100+ sizzling heat might have something to do with feeling drained. I would move to the Northwest in a heartbeat. Hubby prefers a little more sunshine. I blame it on the fact that he isn’t a tea drinker. To me, there is something wonderful about a damp morning and a hot cup of tea.
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A Walk on the Beach
Have you ever looked at your vacation photos and impressed yourself? Every now and then, things just seem to fall into place for that “wow” shot. I’m not going to bother you with a lot of facts, backgrounds and such. The photos need to speak for themselves. All of the pictures were taken in a single day as Hubby, Kiddo and I took a stroll together on the beach at our hotel. Nothing is staged, what you see is how the beach appeared that day. You can call it God, Nature or whatever you like as the hand that placed things “just so”. All I know is that everywhere there was simplistic beauty. Hopefully, I’ve saved the best for last.
A Farewell to Oregon
As all things must come to an end, so it was with our Pacific Northwest Vacation Holiday. The weekend in Florence was all that remained. Oh but what a great weekend! There was just enough time to do a little shopping in the historic section of town, to enjoy leisurely suppers surrounded by family, to raise a glass of good cheer and experience the warmth of loving hugs.
Mesquite-Rubbed Smoked Tri-Tip
When Hubby, Kiddo and I attend street fairs and festivals, there are two types of good-eats we are drawn to. Street Sausages from Lockford and Smoked Tri-Tip Barbecue Sandwiches. When given a choice between the two, the Tri-Tip generally wins out. Let me explain.
Smoky Grilled King Crab Legs are Delicious!
I guess it’s all these photos I’ve been sharing lately of our recent Holiday Vacation to the Pacific Northwest that has my mind occupied with bounties from the sea. Okay, so these Crab Legs actually hail from Alaska. While it might be a stretch, Alaska is about as far North as you can get. And I love the Pacific Northwest.
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