So, what do you do with all your leftover mashed potatoes? Make a quick meal out of them. After all, most of the work is already done. Meal #1: Make […]
Category: Main Dishes
(with a Salted Water Roll or Other Bread Mix or with a Recipe) Consider making your own hamburger buns or sandwich rolls for that next picnic or family outing,. They […]
Make Your Own Hamburger Buns and Sandwich Rolls
There are lots of breakfast pizzas. We like this one. It’s a twist on the breakfast sandwiches that you get at the drive-through, a combination of eggs, ham, and cheddar […]
Country Breakfast Pizza Recipe
There are lots of recipes online for various potato casseroles. The most famous of the potato casseroles may be a Shepherd’s Pie. It’s a great way to use those leftover […]
Easy Meal: How to Make a Shepherd’s Pie
The best part about these cheesecake bars is that you can do them your way. What flavors do you think your family will love the most? Mix and match flavors […]
Scrumptious Cheesecake Bars
Stuffed pork chops are one of those foods that is easy to make for the family on a busy day and impressive enough that you can present to company. Stuffed […]
How to Make Stuffed Pork Chops (with Recipes)
(Includes how to make a sandwich wrap) Last weekend Merri Ann and I went hiking with our 9-year old granddaughter, Anna. It was delightful. Anna and Merri Ann took pictures […]
A Lunch for a Mountain Hike
One of the hottest trends in food right now is the new sea salts. Salts bring flavors alive. The new salts are purer but have trace minerals that our bodies […]
How to Use the New Sea Salts in Your Cooking
New Twists on a Familiar Theme -Alice Osborne The familiar theme? Salads served up in a salad bowl. The new twist? Layered, sog-free salad in a canning jar! This isn’t […]
Mason Jar Salads
Pizzeria Meatloaf Ingredients 1 ½ pounds of lean ground beef 2 large eggs 1 small can tomato paste ½ cup bread crumbs 1 can olives, chopped ¾ cup chopped red […]
Mini Meat Loaf Recipes
Image by VisitIdaho.org Last weekend we took our first trip into the mountains of the spring. It wasn’t long, a three hour loop up to Mesa Falls, through Island Park, […]
How to Pack for the First Road Trip of the ...
Ol’ Bill really did think out-of-the-box on this one! Meatloaf recipes always have a filler, usually rolled oats or bread crumbs. This one has crushed nacho cheese chips. Clever. It […]
Taco Bill’s Out-of-the-Box Mini Meatloaf Recipe
These cheeseburger mini-meatloaves are worth standing in line for! (And order a side of fries to go with it.) If your kids like going to burger places with playgrounds, they’ll […]
Stand-in-Line Deluxe Cheeseburger Mini Meatloaves
By Dennis Weaver These are really simple to make. It’s simply a brownie baked in a pizza pan and then frosted and decorated with drizzles. 1. Bake the pizza. We […]
How To Make A Brownie Pizza
This is the recipe that Merri Ann used for Easter dinner mashed potatoes. It’s a combination of several recipes that she found on line with her own simple seasoning. Good […]
Merri Ann’s Crock Pot Potatoes
I may have the most fun job on the planet! I’m a food explorer. I have an office just down the hall from the test kitchen. I don’t do all […]
Seven Kitchen Breakthroughs I Love
Includes Notes on Other “Essentials” Ovens drive me nuts! The temperature is all over the board. In my experience, they’re not very precise even when new. But the mechanics of […]
Bread Essentials: Oven Thermometer
Three Things that Every Bread Baker Should Have and Why Baking bread is not hard but it pays to know the essentials and the science about baking. We’ve written a […]
Three Essentials for Bread Bakers
By: Casey Archibald I remember my grandmother; she always smelled like a perfume called Beautiful. She spent hours trimming her rose bushes on hot summer weekends, she had a big, […]
Chicken Pot Pie: A Timeless Comfort Food Classic
Dennis Weaver This article is adapted from How to Bake: The Art and Science of Baking, Chapter 3. If you would like a free downloadable copy of this chapter, click […]