Do you love the enchilada sauce at your local neighborhood cantina? Well from here on out, you can make it yourself! Yes, because a delicious restaurant-style enchilada sauce is now at your fingertips...
Have you made this sauce yet? Marcella Hazen's Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter? Easy, quick, delicious, and only four ingredients. Who needs jarred sauce when you can make a sauce this easy and this delicious?
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Sunday, July 20, 2025
Resourcing for free! For Homestead Sunday #10
Welcome to Homestead Sunday, where we share what we have learned, what we do on a regular basis, and what projects we are building, rebuilding or working on. Who are we? We are a three generation family living on six acres in South Eastern Texas.
And while we have only been in Texas a short time, we have had the homestead mentality and lifestyle for quite a few years. Starting out with our time living in Montana. And, although we are not experts in any way, I hope that what we share with you with this series is helpful, as well as inspirational for you and your own homestead journey. Or even with your own home and yard in the suburbs. Because to homestead is an much an action as it is a lifestyle.
Friday, July 18, 2025
Cucumbers, from the garden. growing cycles and recipes.
Cucumbers have never really been my favorite food, until now! I don't remember them being served too often when I was a kid either. More like an after thought. When something more was needed on the table for dinner, so, how about a bowl of sliced cucumbers? As a kid, I actually thought they were, well, boring. But then again...
My daughter Jessica is a gifted crafter, artist, and a wonderful mother, along with being a fine cook! Largely because she is always willing to try something new both, in and out of the kitchen. And always, without fail, it turns our wonderful. Just like this pesto! Come and take a look at Jessica's Homestead Pesto, because this is what we made today.
How to Make Sugar-Free Snipped Dates, a naturally sweet and the perfect topping for oatmeal or even cold cereal in the morning. Easy and delicious, Sugar-Free Snipped Dates sweeten without adding refined sugar to your morning. Plus the nutrition of dates, can't be beat!
Are you looking forward to the upcoming BBQ/grilling season, or maybe your family is like our family. And you live where you can grill the year round? If so, you will want to make up a batch of Our Favorite Dry Rub, and from there all you need to do is to light up the grill, and cook your favorite cuts of meat!
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot July 18, 2025
Hello and welcome to another great weekend!
And what better way to enjoy it, in full, than with a visit to Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot! for July 18, 2025.
What makes this link-up special is that we encourage you to link up not only your current posts and good ideas, but also the great stuff in your archives! Yes, let's all show some love for those great posts resting in the archives, until you share them again.
This will NOT be my usual Monday morning post. There will not be a recipe or a quick antidote about how I came to find/enjoy/learn about the recipe being shared. Why? Because I lost a few books in the great broken pipe flood of 2022 in Wyoming. And one of the replacements is quite special. Come and read the rest of the story...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Mustard Oregano Chicken or Chops
Everyone needs a meal that is easy to put on the table because we all have a few busy days, most weeks! Mustard Oregano Chicken or Chops, is the perfect "freezer pantry" recipe. And your family will love it! Simply thaw, grill, or bake, and dinner is ready. Freezer pantry recipes are like money in the bank, and a great investment of your time...
We love this Cranberry with Thyme Vinaigrette. It is fresh and delicious! Hands down, homemade salad dressings are fresher and more creative than store-bought. Plus you know exactly the ingredients used in your salad dressing...and none of them are artificial.
Date and Walnut Bars, are chewy and delicious! Plus they only call for 5 ingredients! These light and chewy cookie bars are a true classic. If you are a fan of dates and walnuts baked together, you will want to get a pan of these in the oven right away...
From time to time, one must dust, discuss, and donate when too many books are in the house. And that was my job today. But I could not help but, take this one home, especially when I opened the pages...which contained the promise of a bit about the previous owner.
Welcome to the Book Review Linky, a sharing link-up for books! We are so happy that books are once again, back in fashion! And a great way to keep them front and center is to share a review of what you have read, if and how you enjoyed it and if you would recommend the book to a friend!
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Grilled Chicken Feta and Strawberry Salad with Lemon and Honey Vinaigrette.
How about a beautiful Grilled Chicken, Feta and Strawberry Salad with Lemon and Honey Vinaigrette for your dinner tonight? What would you think about a salad like this when camping? While it may seem difficult, it was easily prepared...but then again, if this can be made and served at camp, think how easy it will be to whip this up at home!
Monday, July 14, 2025
Quick Pickled Onions
If you are looking for a beautiful, deliciously fresh tasting condiment to add to your homemade pantry, there is no better recipe than this one for Quick Pickled Onions! Nothing is prettier than this jar of rose-colored bits of flavorful goodness looking back at you from a lighted refrigerator when you open the door! And you will enjoy them more than you ever thought you might...
This Simple Carrot Salad is not only easy to put together, but it calls for basic pantry ingredients. Carrots are tossed together with apple cider vinegar and a touch of lemon juice, is tangy and naturally sweetened. Come and take a look, this salad is an easy way to round out any meal.
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Friday, July 11, 2025
Pete's One Pot Pizza Pasta.
This pasta dish is a made from memory recipe, and strictly by the seat of my pants! I have a deep fondness for the flavors of ground beef, sausage and black olives served together. And if it sounds like a pizza topping, well, that is exactly where this recipe began! But also perfect as a pasta dish...
Onion Island Salad Dressing, my husband's new favorite 1000 Island style dressing that we make at home. Perfect for the salad days of spring and summer, and any time of year. Especially when you are a year round salad eating family!
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 07.11.2025
Hello and welcome to another great weekend!
And what better way to enjoy it, in full, than with a visit to Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot!
What makes this link-up special is that we encourage you to link up not only your current posts and good ideas, but also the great stuff in your archives! Yes, let's all show some love for those great posts resting in the archives, until you share them again.
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Gingerbread with Chocolate Icing, from Laurie Colwin
Our meals have been a little boring these past few weeks. Partly because after a long day working outside in the garden, I honestly have not applied myself to cooking anything more than a simple plate of food for the two of us...so it is not surprising that it was time for something delicious! Something filled with flavor, something from Laurie Colwin...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Green Bean Soup, this soup is summer time in a bowl!
Green Bean Soup, might sound unusual or even plain, but...it is also easy to make, delicious, and light! Perfect for those warm evening for a light supper. This delicious recipe uses green beans from your own garden, or if not, from the local Farmers Market!
Monday, July 7, 2025
Jessica's Fruited Chicken Salad with Honey Poppy Seed Dressing.
Jessica's Fruited Chicken Salad with Honey Poppy Seed Dressing, is one of my new favorites! Fresh, delightful, not too sweet. Perfect any time strawberries are ripe and ready to harvest!
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Thursday, July 3, 2025
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 07.04.2025
Welcome to another great weekend!
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Seeded Whole Wheat Bread is another special variety loaf of whole wheat bread. Seeded, high protein, and perfect for sandwiches, toast or a simple snack of bread and butter. Also goes great with soup or a salad. Like all our bread recipes, it starts the day before...
I continue to see comments addressing the fears of using a new Instant Pot, on various social media groups. And honestly, not only do I understand, but I could have made that comment myself! It took a while, but the investment in learning to use my pressure cooker was priceless...want to know the two best secrets? Come on then and take a look...we are making Custard Bread Pudding!
Zucchini is almost always available in the marketplace. And as such it is commonplace to bring a couple home each time we run into town to stock up on supplies. It is also easy to get into a zucchini rut by cooking it the same way each time. But that is about to end, because you will love this fresh take on Zucchini with Tomatoes and Black Olives!
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Mediterranean Cottage Cheese Salad with Za'atar Tomatoes and Olives
Mediterranean Cottage Cheese Salad with Za'atar Tomatoes and Olives is light, refreshing, and delicious! Perfect as a side salad or even as the main dish for a light supper or meatless meal.
Asian Inspired Pork Roast is delicious and so easy to quickly get seasoned and into the slow cooker for a mostly hand off prepped dinner. Serve with rice and your favorite vegetable or a salad for dinner, and one the whole family will love.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
In My Kitchen July, looking back on June 2025
Happy July! June was a quiet month around here, with school getting out, and families traveling after big graduation events or simply being released from the daily school schedule. We even were the recipients of a wrapping on the house. Here in Texas when someone "toilet papers' your home as a prank, it is called a wrapping. And now it is July...and we are joining Sherry for In My Kitchen her monthly event where we all get caught up with one another, sharing all the kitchen activity from the month before!
Monday, June 30, 2025
Welcome to the Senior Salon Pit Stop #367
Welcome! The Senior Salon Pit Stop is now open!
We invite you to come and take a look at all the wonderful recipes, craft and upcycling ideas in the line up. Along with thrifting treasures and great family friendly articles also being shared today. I can guarantee that, you will be pleasantly surprised, with all the good stuff you are about to find…so I invite you to come and take a look. And while you are here to visit, I hope you have brought along some ideas of your own to share!
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Please Offer Some Wild and Open Areas on Your Property. For Homestead Sunday #9
Welcome to Homestead Sunday, where we share what we have learned, what we do on a regular basis, and what projects we are building, rebuilding or working on. Who are we? We are a three generation family living on six acres in South Eastern Texas.
And while we have only been in Texas a short time, we have had the homestead mentality and lifestyle for quite a few years. Starting out with our time living in Montana. And, although we are not experts in any way, I hope that what we share with you with this series is helpful, as well as inspirational for you and your own homestead journey. Or even with your own home and yard in the suburbs. Because to homestead is an much an action as it is a lifestyle.
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Classic Pear and Chocolate Chia Pudding
Pears and chocolate come together deliciously in this easy to make Classic Pear and Chocolate Chia Pudding. Perfect to stir up in the morning and enjoy for dessert after dinner that same evening! While chia puddings are usually made individually we like a dessert where everyone can dish up their own portion. Plus this stores easily in the fridge....
This recipe for Everyday Pesto is one of the easiest things you will ever make in your in your kitchen! Put the ingredients into a food processor, pulse to combine and chop, then buzz to a chunky sauce. And in just a few minutes time, you have a beautiful green pesto that goes on and in, just about everything!
Whole Wheat Self-Rising Flour is an easy-to-make pantry mix you will want to keep around! There are countless ways to use this mix, from simple biscuits to a rich pan of Nutella Brownies...and it is so easy to make. Meaning Whole Wheat Self-Rising Flour will save you loads of time in the kitchen!
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot 06.27.2025
Welcome to another great weekend!
And what better way to enjoy it, in full, than with a visit to Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot!
What makes this link-up special is that we encourage you to link up not only your current posts and good ideas, but also the great stuff in your archives! Yes, let's all show some love for those great posts resting in the archives, until you share them again.
Black Bean and Mango Salad! Who knew a can of beans and a piece of fruit could result in such an enjoyable salad? Seriously, you must make this salad! It ticks all the boxes, delicious, easy to make and perfect for that mango you bought and now needs to be enjoyed...
My hubby loves chocolate whether it is, candy, cookies, or ice cream! When it is time to bake but time is short, this Fruit and Nut Brownie Bread is the one to bake. A loaf of rich fruity, chocolate-y quick bread, to slice and serve as needed. With a texture that will remind you of cake brownies. The chocolate lover in your family, will thank you!
Do you know about garlic scapes? The scape is the green shoot growing above the ground that will be trimmed off, sending all the plant energy back to the in ground garlic bulb. And when they hit the market, you must get some, before they are gone! As soon as you see them, you will want to make this Fresh Oregano and Garlic Scape Pesto...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
How to Prepare A Lacinato Kale Tossed Salad, easy prep with delicious results.
I have become a fan of Lacinato Kale in my salad bowl. For me, a salad with a bit of "chew" as well as enough structure to hold onto the dressing is my favorite choice in salad greens. You will probably find a few other names for this type of kale such as Dinosaur Kale, and Tucson Kale. My local market offers it as Tucson Kale.
Cinnamon Flats, a tender cinnamon flavored cookie you will want to bake and enjoy the year round! While they are delicious, you really must start with the Cinnamon Extract...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Pork Steaks Braised in Milk, a dinner idea!
Cooking
almost every meal we eat, is my usual kitchen style. Often requiring a bit of
creative license to use what we have and keep on hand in the pantry. When eating dinner,
my husband will often turn to me and say, "are you going to blog this?” That
is how a dinner idea came to be...not always a recipe,
but too good, not to share.
Today we have Pork Steaks Braised in Milk.
Monday, June 23, 2025
French Lentil Salad, the delicious taste of springtime, anytime!
French Lentil Salad is a taste of springtime! Yes you read that right, this lentil salad with fresh vegetables and a light vinaigrette is light, delicious and the perfect salad to make right now!
Whole Wheat Carrot Chia Bread, is so easy even your favorite little kitchen helper, can have a helping hand in the making! Start this delicious loaf in the ABM, and finish in the oven, if desired!
I Wonder if this has happened to you. You purchase ingredients for a recipe and when you go to use them, they are now too overripe to be used, yikes? Since I enjoy the creative challenge of cooking with what I have, that overripe piece of fruit became a delicious vinaigrette! Come and take a look at our Chunky Fruit Vinaigrette...
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We invite you to come and take a look at all the wonderful recipes, craft and upcycling ideas in the line up. Along with thrifting treasures and great family friendly articles also being shared today. I can guarantee that, you will be pleasantly surprised, with all the good stuff you are about to find…so I invite you to come and take a look. And while you are here to visit, I hope you have brought along some ideas of your own to share!
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Tagine of Chicken and Olives, another delicious Instant Pot meal.
Looking for something a bit different, the whole family will enjoy? If so, you will want to make this Tagine of Chicken and Olives, a delicious old-world flavor in a quick-to-fix pressure cooker (Instant Pot!) meal...
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