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What We Ate: Dinner #2
Night One: This night I used the instant pot to make one of my favorites: porcupine meatballs! They’re not actually made from porcupine, of course, but the kids love to act shocked at the name every time we have them. I paired them with mashed potatoes and corn. This was a total comfort meal as…
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Basic Bread Pudding
I did not grow up having bread pudding, but after I’d been a homemaker for a few years and I was staring at my budget spreadsheet, it became a staple in our house. Anytime I have a bread end, an extra hamburger bun, a stale bagel…I cube it up and stick it in a big…
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Master the Spatchcock Method for Perfect Roast Chicken
Roasting a whole chicken is a great skill to learn and it’s not as hard as it might seem. I’m a huge fan of the “flattened” chicken method, or spatchcock method. The first thing I do when I’m going to roast a chicken is to mix up my seasoning. Equal parts garlic powder, salt, and…
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Preservation: Mustang Grape Jelly
Remember a few days ago, when I wrote about picking Mustang grapes? Well, we got 8 pounds. Within two days I had seven jars of grape jelly and 6 cups of grape juice for fresh drinking. Now a bit of transparency: grape jelly isn’t my favorite. I have always been fully in the strawberry jam…
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How To Fold a Burrito
The other day, I shared how to cook beans in the pressure cooker. I wanted to share our favorite way to enjoy beans: the humble but scrumptious bean burrito! The best and easiest way to make refried beans is to simply put the whole beans in a pot and mash them with a potato masher.…
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Instant Pot Beans
Beans are just about the most versatile of budget foods, and I’ve pretty much nailed down the easiest way to cook them. Pre-instant pot days, I would soak them for 48 hours, changing the water every 8-12 hours until the beans were nearly sprouted, then slowly cooked them for 12 plus hours. Now I can…
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Basil-Pecan Pesto
This recipe is summer to me, through and through. It freezes beautifully, so you can enjoy it in the bleak grey of winter as well, but something about a lazy, hot summer day ending in high-quality pasta coated in this pesto…it’s magic. My kids all adore this pesto, despite adamantly telling me they don’t like…
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A Texas Cottage Garden
I’ve waited for this opportunity for years-the chance to design and nurture my very own English-y, cottage-y garden of flowers. Can’t you see it? A lazy summer morning spent tenderly weeding among the hollyhocks and zinnias, snipping a few stems to display on the dining table, happy bees gently buzzing around the roses. I have…
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A Nostalgic Independence Day
When I was a kid, my family would make the trek out into the woods of Arkansas every July 4th, way out past city plumbing and stoplights, to my great uncle and aunt’s farm. We would set off fireworks and eat homemade peach ice cream. I even distinctly remember my second cousins having a cannon…
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Basic, Easy Beer Bread
This is a family favorite for weeknight dinners, and I have been known to deliver this, warm from my oven, to neighbors and friends. It is always a hit and it’s easily adaptable, with only five ingredients. The flavor will largely depend on what kind of beer you use, so do try to pick one…
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