When we were kids, Mom spent every Monday while we were at school cleaning the three-story house, washing all the laundry and ironing all the clothes. As you can imagine, that took a long time and was pretty tiring. It also didn’t allow much time to stand over a hot stove making a dinner that … Read More
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Bear Creek cheddar broccoli soup a hit
As embarrassing as this is to admit, we had this soup mix from Bear Creek Country Kitchens in our cupboard for more than a year before finally getting around to using it. It was one of those purchases that I think happens just as they are designed: the soup mix was in one of those … Read More
A whole lotta oink oink and gobble gobble
A few years ago, I wrote a “news” feature about what people do with their Thanksgiving leftovers. I was trying to be somewhat creative but really, it was something I could do to maintain a story byline count during a normally very dry week before the holidays. I wish I had access to that story … Read More
Grandma Susan’s bread
One of my favorite parts of being married is being able to talk about our family traditions from childhood and what we want to carry on as adults. John’s family has a tradition where they make a specific bread recipe the first time the temperatures drop into the low 30s (they lived in California at … Read More