Super Bowl-Cooking with my Nieces

Dave and I watched our nieces, ages 7 and 9, during Super Bowl, while their parents went away for the night for a little mini-vacation.  My sister-in-law has done an excellent job training our nieces in the basics of cooking, knife skills and clean-up.  (Extremely grateful for that last skill)  We decided to do a…

Leftovers: Venison Philly Cheesesteaks

Making a giant venison roast, delicious as it is, leads to just one problem–leftovers.  With just Dave and I in the house, we get a little tired of the same thing everyday, but we also don’t want to waste food.  So we have to be creative with making something new out of leftovers. Living in…

Venison Roast with Blackberry Sage Sauce

I received a large amount of venison from a family member who hunts. I know what you’re thinking, “poor Bambi!” I will counter that I know where this deer lived, basically what it ate, that it lived a full, wild life and that it’s life ended in a humane way. The meat will not be…

Brunch

First of all, I have to say that I pride myself in being a halfway decent home cook. Usually people, especially my lovely husband Dave, rave when eating food I’ve cooked. I also usually have no problem following and adapting recipes if need be, and I consider cooking to be overall an enjoyable experience. So…

Reluctant New Year’s Resolution

New Year’s Eve 2015-it’s that time again, New Year’s Resolutions. I hate them, but they can be helpful with getting my butt in gear and achieve goals. This year’s resolution was inspired by a gripe from my husband. A few weeks before New Year’s, the bottom fell out of the drawer in our china closet…