Last week I had the privilege of serving as the kitchen of the week over at Happy to be at Home. On my last day I prepared a Maple Brined Pork that is quite popular in my house. A reader asked about the brining process, so I thought I might share a little more about [...]
What can I do with so much chicken?
If you’ve been following along over here you might know that we cooked fajitas for lots of friends the other night. Well, check out how much chicken we had left over: Yes, that’s just the chicken we had left over. We decided to go ahead and grill it all in the event that Gustav headed our way and [...]
It all started with a loaf of bread…

If you are a regular here, you might know that last Sunday I bought a breadmachine. Since then I’ve made two blueberry loaves (one a miserable failure), one loaf of white bread and one loaf of wheat. This morning I made pizza dough, using a recipe from the Organizing Junkie. Once the dough was ready, [...]
I CAN do it!
Some of you may have read of my kitchen calamities on Sunday and efforts on Monday. Well, I have happy news to report from the kitchen: First, I’ll report on the crockpot: As the pork was simmering, my blog was, too. And fortunately the Organizing Junkie was reading. She suggested I shorten the cook time. [...]





