Category: Seasonal Cooking

  • Canning: Marmalade Season

    It is citrus season folks! That means, in our home, it is time to dry citrus peel and make marmalade for the coming year. That is just what I have been up to this past month or so. I dried citrus circles around Christmas and this past week I made marmalade with some blood oranges…

  • The Soups that are on Repeat in Our Home

    Since retiring from the food industry I have learned to lean on some other talented cooks and cut some corners. I love exploring and finding new recipes from my favorite food blogs. I share a lot of those blog links on my Blogs I Read page. I still do plenty of stuff from scratch but…

  • Anybody Else Craving Soup?

    Netflix recently added the Seinfeld series to their viewing docket. (no, I did not cancel my subscription) This was a show that Dan and I enjoyed early in our marriage. We have been quoting the show for many years. I can honestly say that I did not love every single episode and they took things…

  • Pumpkin Pudding

    This recipe is FANTASTIC and it is from an old high school friend, Carrie Lynn Baird.  She self published a cookbook called 30 Days In a Crockpot:  Recipes for the Crockpot when it’s all you got!  In her cookbook she quickly tells the story of how the book came about when she didn’t have a full…

  • A Thanksgiving Menu

    Today is the day I start the preparation for this menu for Thursday. Most of this is traditional for us and all requests from the children. When we have our oldest and his family with us we will also do a Field Roast meat substitute and a few more vegan dishes. We do a very…

  • Cream Scones… My Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Version

    I do a lot of varieties with this recipe. It is super easy to take out pumpkin and chocolate chips and add other things like dried fruit, orange peel and orange juice. You can make them savory by taking out the sugar, adding cheese and bacon or ham bits. The sky is the limit. There…