I too find this sudden popularity interesting...I grew up with my grandparents and parents canning all of the veggies we ate. As my grandparents grew older, and they sold their farmette, we don't c...

I cooked with rhubarb for the first time - I made a rhubarb-strawberry crisp based on a Joy of Cooking recipe. It was delicious (although a bit runny), and I already have some "tweaks" in mind for ...

I am a teacher, so I have lots of those magnet men hanging around my house. I often use one of them to clip my recipe to the stove hood - especially recipe cards.

I had always made beef roast in the slow cooker, and it's definitely good; but as a rule, I don't brown my meat before dropping it into the slow cooker (it just dirties one too many pan for me). An...

I am going to tackle Baking Bites' homemade Samoa Girl Scout cookie bars. I bought the stuff 2 weeks ago, and my dad (who loves Samoas) is coming to dinner on Sunday.

In the baking front - King Arthur's Fiori di Sicilia - a delicious creamsicle like flavoring. I have used it in angel food cake and also in brioche - YUM! On the cooking front - Montreal Stea...

I echo the canning your own produce! I have grown up with canning tomatoes, green beans, and this year we added peaches to the mix as well. My grandparents had a small farm, and a garage dedicated ...

I too am a teacher, and my newest addition to the breakfast-on-the go is baked oatmeal. I bake it on Sunday mornings, and then cut a hunk, pack it up, and reheat it once I get to work. I don't add ...

I too have to second the marshmallows - YUMMY!!! I have made them 3 times in the past 10 days they were so popular at my house!

I too echo 101cookbooks - wonderful, healthy recipes~ another good site is http://www.danispies.com She is a dietitian who has some good recipes for a v...

I did a CSA for 2 years, about 3 years ago. I opted out for 3 reasons: 1. Too much of some things, not enough variety, and the waste that has been mentioned above. 2. The price of gas meant the CSA...

Something wasn't working right earlier, but now I can post a comment. My favorite holiday dish/ dinner is Christmas Eve. It's always very low key - cold shrimp, lasagna sometimes, roast beef and tu...

I echo the comments of slicing (or dicing) the peppers and freezing them in the amount you would use - I often add mine to sweet and sour chicken, or another dish where they are cooked. Another ide...

Crock pot to the rescue for the mashed potatoes. I have used it for mashed potatoes and also for my mashed sweet potato casserole with good results!

Thanks for the recipe - I think it's nearly identical to what I have made in the past. I will have to try it and compare! Thanks again!

I have been reading, enjoying, and learning a lot from this site for over a year now. I have been making much of what my family eats from scratch, and we enjoy it so much - it tastes so much better...

I love ice cream, but I can't imagine Ms. Lukins giving ONLY 10 recipes for it. For daily cooking ideas, I would love ten new ideas for chicken - which I find very versatile, but could always use a...

There is a type of apple I have only seen at one orchard here in PA - they are called Nittany (after Penn State who helped create them) - they are so crisp and sweet and AWESOME. When I can't get t...

My "go to" favorite is a pork loin and saurkraut, served with mashed potatoes - a PA Dutch tradition, but my new favorite is a ham with brown sugar, dry mustard and cola - let that cook all day and...

It's so funny that this post comes up today. This morning we used up our paper napkins, and I thought to myself "I should just use up some fabric I have in my craft room and make us re-usable napki...