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  • Bread Pudding

    Bread Pudding

    I have been having fun watching StruggleMeals on YouTube. Tons of great ideas for cooking cheaply, using stuff many people might throw away, prepping, etc. One episode he made a bread pudding with stale bread. I love rice pudding and tapioca pudding so thought I’d give this a try. Any custardy thing gets my vote!…

  • Ground Chicken: Cooking for One

    Ground Chicken: Cooking for One

    Cooking for one can be challenging if you like to cook. I don’t want to make a lot of something and then freeze it. I don’t mind eating a serving of leftovers for lunch or a dinner later in the week so I typically cut recipes in half or even quarters. Most ground meat is…

  • Wow. It’s been a few years!

    Wow. It’s been a few years!

    Hey, whomever is still out there reading. I’m going to start to post again I think. It’s been a few years, to say the least. Life has changed. My “girls” are both women, both married, one with a baby. One has moved away, one is still close. We all still talk about food and share…

  • February 2021 Menus

    February 2021 Menus

    I started watching Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients: Quick and Easy Food show on television and am really enjoying it. So much so that I bought the cookbook near the end of the month! I’m not necessarily in a hurry when I’m cooking these days but it’s nice to have so many fast and easy recipes…

  • January 2021 Menus

    January 2021 Menus

    A couple of new cookbooks I was exploring this month, including JapanEasy and Half Baked Harvest.