animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

grilling in january

It was another nice day, so I broke out the grill and cooked some steaks for supper. Mmm. Nothing like grilled food in January. I don’t know if I’ve ever grilled in January before. Of course, we’ve never had a January like this before either. In other food news, I …

lawsagna

Jacob is not a picky eater. I make quite a variety of foods. Some he likes, some he doesn’t like, but I’ve never seen him eat with as much gusto as he did last night when Brian made lawsagna. What is this “lawsagna”, you might ask? Well, it’s Brian’s mother’s …

beef & wine

Yesterday was a busy one. After I got off work at 2:30, my mom and I ran to Somerset to pick up a side of beef. After splitting the meat between the two of us, I crammed ours into our little chest freezer (I really need to get an upright …

ham-a-licious

My mom and I split another half a hog this year. I learned an important lesson last year–always order the pig a few weeks before the Cambria County Fair. This ensures getting a “fair pig” (in more ways than one). The ham and bacon came in last Friday. I baked …

peppers

I have found pepper nirvana and it is called ground chipotle pepper. It makes everything taste good. Especially bean dips. This evening, Brian and I consumed a recipe of hummus containing some of the aforementioned ingredient. Any time Brian eats a half a recipe of bean dip, you know it’s …