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Tag Archives: Cooking
Almost the End of November – Yet We Are Not on the Road – We Are Resting Up – What Do We Do – I Have Fun Cooking – Again – But I Have No Oven – Do I Need One –
How can I bake without an oven? I baked this cornbread on top of the stove in my iron skillet. The cornbread was good. Someday we may replace the dishwasher with an oven. I’ve been told there are little toaster … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Food, Memoir
Tagged bruschetta, Camping, Cooking, Cornbread, fried tilapia, Hit the road, November, Oven, Pickled Beets, Resting up, RV life, stir-fried vegetables, Traveling
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Steve’s Part – Grilling Pork Loin Chops and Peppers – My Part – Seasoning and Other Food Prep Like Boiling Potatoes – Teamwork Turns Out Delicious Meals – I Still Know How to Make a Mess in the Kitchen –
Oops. I published before I was ready. No sweat. The new cooking scheme for us: Steve grills. I wash and cut veggies and apply seasonings. I boil potatoes or whatever inside. He grills outside. I clean up inside Steve cleans … Continue reading
RV Stove Top Tiny Compared to the One We Had in Our Former Home – But It Works – Uses Propane Gas – I’m Learning to Cook on It – Chicken Soup from Chicken Thighs Is Simmering –
My husband Steve has a new upper denture. He needs foods that don’t have to be chewed until the transition is complete. It’s been a challenge, but he has found ways to eat even in restaurants. Today I’m cooking chicken soup … Continue reading
Have I Quit Cooking – Having Fun – Living Life – Making and Sharing Plans – What’s Going On – I’ve Been Quiet – Cannot Explain Why – Does This Happen to You –
My posting frequency has decreased. Several factors could have contributed to the reason for the season, but maybe they did not. And maybe the season is not over yet. My deceased husband Bill used to say often, don’t complain; don’t explain. I … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Thought
Tagged Baseboards, Cooking, Don't Complain, Don't Explain, Easy-schmeasy, Having Fun, How to, Infrequent Posting, Living Life, Make List, Making Plans, Posting, Quiet, Sharing, Washing baseboards
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Low-carb Breakfast for Me – Or a Light Dessert after Main Meal – What Could It Be – Old-Fashioned Egg Custard –
What have I found for breakfast these days when dieting is wise? Old-Fashioned Egg Custard from whatscookingamerica.net. Follow the link if you want the recipe. I made one substitution, half & half instead of whole milk. It’s creamier and has fewer carbs … Continue reading
Irish Soda Bread with Candied Cherries – Steve Wants Fruitcake – We Both Like Fruitcake – This Is Not Fruitcake – This is Irish Soda Bread – I Looked at Recipes for Fruitcake – Seem Complicated – I May Do it – But I May Purchase One Instead – Until Then We Have Candied Cherries in Soda Bread –
This Irish Soda Bread is delightful to taste buds and attractive to the eyes. I served this on Saturday. I used the same recipe from simplyrecipes.com. Instead of 1 cup of raisins, I used 1/3 cup of raisins and 2/3 cups of … Continue reading
My Brother Jeffery Is My Favorite Cook – My Adviser on the Subject of Cooking – I Miss Him – I Moved to Arizona to Meet Steve – My Husband – Now We Must Travel to Visit my Brother –
My brother’s motto concerning cloves of garlic in cooking is this: If one is good, ten are better. My brother Jeffery is an excellent cook. He could have been a chef at a fancy restaurant in my estimation. One time I … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Brother, Chef, Cloves of Garlic, Cooking, Culinary Career, Eating well, garlic, Garlic Cloves, One, Ten
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Chef John’s Chilled Sugar Snap Pea Soup – Easy – Fast – Delicious – My Second Batch of this Excellent Chilled Soup – It’s Good Hot too – I Tasted it before I Chilled It – Recipe Available at Allrecipes –
Today I prepared my second batch of Chef John’s Chilled Sugar Snap Pea Soup from a recipe I found on Allrecipes.com (both links take you to the same place). In addition to the list of ingredients and instructions, a video is available. Chef John will … Continue reading
Apple Crisp for My Sweet Hubby Who Misses Apple Pie – He Is Yearning for the Old Wheat Pastries that I No Longer Bake – He Always Liked Apple Pie – Apple Crisp Is Almost Apple Pie –
Shopping for groceries, I pushed a cart through the produce area looking for vegetables. I found celery, cabbage, broccoli, cucumber, and tomatoes, enough for a few days. I looked around for Steve, but I couldn’t find him. Just around the corner … Continue reading
Zucchini Bread Recipe – Successful Substitution of Gluten-free All-purpose Flour for Wheat Flour – Excellent Recipe – Delicious Zucchini Bread –
Steve and I attend a weekly prayer meeting in the home of one of our friends. There are usually ten to twenty attendees. This week we took these two loaves of zucchini bread to the meeting to share with everyone. I … Continue reading
Ravioli – Gluten-free – YES – After Seeing My Expensive Gluten-free Flour Land on the Floor – After Washing Flour from Between my Toes – We Finally Had Ravioli with Hamburger/ Parmesan Filler – Delicious – But No Confirmed Gluten-free Recipe Yet – Here Is What Happened –
I wanted ravioli. My gluten-free noodle recipe may also be used to make ravioli. But before starting, I needed to reduce the recipe to half. I wanted to make only enough ravioli for two. I began the process of creating … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Hee Haw Series, Humor, Memoir, Uncategorized
Tagged Between Toes, Carol Ann Hoel, Cooking, Disaster, Dough, Egg Noodles, Flour, Flour on Floor, Gluten-free Flour, Gluten-free recipe, Hee Haw, Humor, Ravioli, Ravioli Recipe, Toes
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Chicken and Dumplings for Two – Comfort Food – Made with Gluten-free All-purpose Flour – Expanding My Gluten-free Recipe Box –
I made these dumplings with Jules Gluten-free All-purpose Flour, which may be purchased at julesglutenfree.com. (It costs a small fortune, but it’s great flour.) The original recipe for chicken and dumplings came from allrecipes.com and called for wheat flour. I … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food
Tagged baked chicken, Carol Ann Hoel, carrots, Celery, Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken Broth, Chicken drippings, Comfort Food, Cooking, Dumplings, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Flour, Gluten-free recipe, Jules gluten-free all-purpose flour, Potatoes
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Pork Stew for Two – Using Pork Chops – One Skillet Preparation – Gravy Flavorful from Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms –
I made pork stew for two with pork chops. I used my cast iron skillet. It’s a great tool for stove-top meals that need to simmer without burning on the bottom. Any deep skillet or stove-top pan with a thick bottom will … Continue reading
A Breakthrough in My Cooking Desires – Sauces that Do Not Contain Starchy Carbs – Moisture in Foods Wins with Me – Sauces Make that Happen – But Most that I’ve Made Contain Starchy Carbs or High Calorie Cheeses – Today I Prefer a More Healthful Sauce –
I wanted to make a sauce for pork, moist and sweet, but the sweetness had to be healthful, which to me meant less sugar and more fruit. I have a sweet tooth like most Americans. When I first went to a Chinese … Continue reading
Quick Chicken Noodle Soup – Planned Broth from Drippings of Baked Chicken – Saved the Broth for Soup – Very Easy –
This chicken noodle soup was made from leftover baked chicken: We had guests over the night before, and I had baked two chickens. I sprinkled sea salt, pepper, and garlic salt on the chickens and added a cup of water … Continue reading
Homemade Egg Noodles – Made with Gluten Free or Wheat Flour – Simple to make – Noodles Added to My Chicken Soup from Savory Chicken Drippings Broth – I’m Learning to Cook with Gluten-free Flour – Good Meal Using Party Leftovers –
My carbohydrate craving took on a new form: Homemade egg noodles. I watched a video on allrecipes.com showing how to make basic egg noodles. I’ve made noodles a few times before, once with my granddaughter, when she was about twelve years. We had … Continue reading
Crepes – Gluten-free – My Recipe Perfected – These May Be the Easiest Crepes Anyone Could Make – Allergic to Wheat? Satisfy that Carb Craving with Gluten-free Crepes –
Someone served me a crepe a long time ago, before I could go online for a recipe. I really liked this simple, thin, little crepe that could be wrapped around fruit or meat or eaten all by itself. I knew I could … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food, Memoir
Tagged Apple-filled Crepes, Carol Ann Hoel, Chopped Apple, Cooking, Crepes, Crepes Easy, Easy Cooking, Easy Crepes, Easy Recipe, Gluten-free crepes, Jules Gluten-free Flour, Perfected Recipe, Quick Recipe, Ratio flour to eggs and milk, Recipe
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Chopping Onion the Way My Mother Taught Me – Easy – But Best with Small to Medium Onion –
Chopping onion can be effectively accomplished in several ways. I peel the onion first, at least the part of it I want to use. If the onion is large, and I only want a small amount of chopped onion, I’ll simply cut a … Continue reading
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Tagged Attractive chopped onion, Carol Ann Hoel, Chop Onion, Chopped onion, Chopping Onion, Cooking, Cooking Techniques, Food processor, How to Chop Onion, Large Onion, Medium Onion, onion, Small Onion, Technique to chop onion, Uniformly square pieces
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Potato Soup for Two – Simple – Easy – Quick – Delicious – Start to Finish – Forty-five Minutes –
Turn a potato into potato soup in forty-five minutes: 1) Chop a small onion, a few stalks of celery, and one peeled potato. 2) Saute the onion and celery in a combination of butter and olive oil. 3) Add the cut-up potato … Continue reading
Remodeling Day for Steve – Not Grocery Shopping Day for His Wife – Steve Was So Sweet to Marry Me – I’ll Gladly Raid the Refrigerator to Find SOMETHING to Cook –
Okay. I can do this. Ordinarily on the day I run out of produce, eggs, or anything that would hamper my cooking, Steve takes me shopping, but today I know his heart is in remodeling. I hear his saw buzzing as … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food
Tagged Acidic, Alkaline, carrot, Catfish, Cooking, Fruits, garlic, Ginger, nutrition, onion, Parsley, red bell pepper, remodeling, Rice Pilaf, Vegetables
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