Category: How To
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High School Grad Party for 50
When you’re entertaining, you need to balance money, time and taste. I just had a grad night party for my eldest and I won’t say it was the cheapest I could have done, but it was reasonable and balanced the time I had available with the money I had available. My daughter wanted a “simple”…
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How to Roast Garlic
Roasted garlic is one of those things that seems to have some undeserved mystique about it. The mystique about the flavor is well-founded. It is deliciously soft and smooth and wonderful. But any mystique about its preparation is not. Set aside half an hour or so and know that you can roast garlic ahead of…
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Sausage, Fried Potatoes, and Fried Apples (and Onions)
I had bought some beef smoked sausage a while back when it was on sale and threw it in the freezer so I pulled it out for dinner tonight as time was lacking and children were hungry! I usually serve sausage like this or kielbasa with fried potatoes and sauteed apples. I had some older…
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Bacon, Onion, Parsley and Yogurt Omelet
Guest Post Hi, I’m Allison, Ellen’s youngest daughter. Tonight, my sister was out, so I decided to make dinner for my mom. It was my first time cooking a meal on my own, and mom enjoyed it so much that she told me I had to blog it. I decided that my meal was going…
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Soup from Leftovers
I made a soup tonight from bits and pieces and it turned out quite good. I had a tub of some leftover frozen squash and corn and lima beans in the freezer, which I incorporated. I had also frozen some leftover tortellini one night, thinking it would be good in soup. When I make chicken…