There is a tale-telling tickle at the back of my throatSaying a germ has been busybeing a lousy old bloke. Soon I’ll be laid upwishing I had a remoteI’d press the fast-forward’til my voice doesn’t croak. -An oldie-goldie poem by myyoungerself I had plans to explain some fascinating project of mine today, but alas, my […]
Recipes
Famous Vegetable Beef Soup
This soup has great fame and lasting power in our house. I created it as a 20-something year old new housewife throwing random things into a pot in my old yellow kitchen. I knew not then what I was creating. It was only a decade or so later that my son declared my fame. My […]
Ron’ s Oven-Fried Chicken
This is a main course that is easy and can be simple and filling for supper when served with Crispy Parmesan Potatoes and a side of broccoli, or dressed up with twice baked potatoes and Caesar salad and served to guests. I remember when my husband came in from the wood shop on a gloomy […]
Whole Food Crispy Parmesan Potatoes
Sometimes you just need that go-to oven potato recipe that you can scale up to help feed a crowd. This one is a favorite with kids and husbands alike! I enjoy my bready-crunchy foods as much as the next American girl with Italian roots, but as we are raising our children in a world with […]