This coming Saturday is an exciting day for me! It’s National Can-it-Forward Day and the way I want to can it forward is to give away my new canning eBook for a full 24 hours on that day. I want to share the joy of canning with everyone. As I’ve told you in the past,…
Recipe
Pina Colada Poke Cake
A few weeks ago I made a Banana Pudding Poke Cake from Brandie over at The Country Cook. Mr. Picky-eater had never even heard of a poke cake at the time. Since, I have made 2. He loves them. At the grocery, I was standing in the cake and pudding mix aisle trying to decide…
Another Goal Met!
NANO-CANNING: Specialty Jams, Jellies, and Marmalade My second Nano-Canning eCookbook has been released! I’m really proud of this one because it marks all the work I’ve done creatively, scientifically, and photographically over the last few months! It has Nano-Canned versions of all my most searched jams like Dreamsicle and Strawberry with Black Pepper. It also has new…
Pepperoni Logs
Are you looking for a portable and tasty dish to make for Super Bowl night or any other party? I believe this will be perfect. It is so easily made and while you could cut them in half for appetizers, you could serve them whole on a buffet. You just can’t be them for good…
Squash Casserole
The other day I was reading one of my favorite blogs and the recipe of the day was squash casserole. The pictures reminded me of how my nana’s always looked and my mouth began watering for some! I commented that I wanted to make some of that! I promptly forgot about it. Saturday I went…
A Smokin’ Gift for Dad: Smoked Cheese
Unless the dad in your life is a vegan, they are going to most likely really love this! Tonight is the first game of the NBA Finals between the OKC Thunder and the Miami Heat. The Thunder may not win but we are winners at this house! We had my restaurant style chicken wings (recipe…
EBook Raffle to Get in Gear for Canning Season
The farmer’s market is beginning to fill with natures bounty. It’s time to get canning! The contest is over but you can still get NANO-CANNING: BASIC RECIPES AND INSTRUCTION [Kindle Edition] at amazon.com! To help you get in gear for canning season we am going to raffle off 2 copies of NANO-CANNING: BASIC RECIPES AND INSTRUCTION [Kindle Edition]. But since my…
Carne Asada Nachos
Top Girl came over last night to help me with some bloggy stuff while her husband and Rocket spent time with his parents. The weather was cool, rainy, and dreary so some warm comfort food was in order but working full time prevents a long-involved recipe and prep so as I drove home, I went…
Dehydrating Peppers after Smoking Them
If you read this post, How To Smoke Peppers The Easy Way, you will learn how to smoke all kinds of peppers. I smoked some this weekend in fact. I now want to show you how to dehydrate them after smoking. Dehydrating offers the longest possible amount of time you can store the item. This…
Meatballs Recipe
I can honestly say that I don’t hate cooking anymore and I even enjoy it most of the time now. In order to reduce heating the kitchen each night after being gone for nearly 12 hours, I decided to make my famous meatballs and then freeze them. I already can spaghetti sauce each summer so…