Once in awhile I browse Pinterest for recipes. (Follow us here!) I've found some tasty dishes. This is one of them from Closet Cooking: Chicken, Mushroom, and Wild Rice Soup. I have declared this the Season of Soup! And the kitchen magic continues. I've been wanting to make this soup recipe for a few weeks now, and yesterday we picked up some wild rice blend, brown button mushrooms - ... continue reading...
Planning Our New Year’s Eve Dinner (2019 into 2020)
I'm not exactly sure when we started our New Year's Eve Feast for Two, but we have been doing this for quite a few years now. When we were a "younger couple," we would go out. For a few years we did the "NYE Packages" of dinner, dancing, hotel room, breakfast the next day, etc. We are not a fan on driving on NYE night. (My brother used to refer to it as amateur night - drinking reference.) So, ... continue reading...
Mid-November Pause & Planning
October - December is my favorite time of year. September is pretty good, too. Maybe that's odd because we love to garden so very much. Seedlings are started inside in March, we're moving plants into the garden in May, and enjoying the garden's progress through June, July and August - with the big harvest starting in September. But it's the fall and winter months when I feel like I'm most at ... continue reading...
Counter ‘Kraut!
I started making sauerkraut a few years ago, and I love doing it. This post will give you some info on making your own sauerkraut, but also makes a point to mention this as a very low effort, high reward activity. I like those kind. Fermenting is fun, nutritious, and best of all, easy. All it takes is a little work upfront, some patience, and an appetite for wonderfully sour, pungent ... continue reading...
Sneak Peek: Sour Dough Bread Experiment
Mr. Gordon has been working on a batch of sour dough bread. Yesterday, he baked a couple of loaves to accompany some soup. Now, I'm not sure if he's going to post up about his experience or recipe soon, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek. Nice and dense and tangy - perfect with the veggie and venison soup (made spicy with homegrown Joe's Long Cayenne Peppers) we had for supper last ... continue reading...