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  • Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

    Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

    I really like the flavor of this barbecue sauce but you can also use a bottle of store-bought sauce if you’d like.  I’ve found that the sauce tends to get watered down after cooking in the slow cooker so I like to reserve some and mix in at the end. My girls like these plain…

  • Crockpot Rump Roast

    Crockpot Rump Roast

    Here’s an easy recipe for a crockpot rump roast. Serve it with mashed potatoes and a green vegetable the first night, then plan ahead for how to stretch that beef roast into different meals.

  • Potatoes Romanoff – Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

    Potatoes Romanoff – Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

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  • Cooking with Bulk Ingredients: Potatoes

    Cooking with Bulk Ingredients: Potatoes

    Periodically, potatoes go on sale around here for as cheap as .89 for a 10 pound bag. I’ve heard they get cheaper elsewhere but that’s about the lowest I’ve ever seen them here. Cooking with bulk ingredients like potatoes can be challenge. With some flexible ideas about how and when to serve them so they’re…

  • Making Soup from Leftovers

    The other night I made some sautéed green and yellow squash for dinner, minus the tomatoes plus some red peppers. This is a standby vegetable dish for me, being very flexible and loose. This time I used onions, garlic, green zucchini, yellow crookneck zucchini, and some sliced red pepper. Mmmm…. but I made too much.…