Archive for the 'Retro Kitchen' Category

Egg Salad

I feel the need to start diversifying my diet by trying new food items on Mondays… Specifically meatless new menu items. While tomorrow is kind of off the cuff, here’s what I have on the menu. Breakfast – Oatmeal with Cinnamon and half & half with a couple of scrambled eggs with Veggies. Lunch – Egg Salad Dinner – Lentils
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Welcome to the From Scratch Club Folks

Hey Everyone, If you’ve wandered over here from the From Scratch Club Site, welcome.  I’m excited and blessed that I won the Vegetable Soups Cookbook. I’m looking forward to receiving it in the mail in a couple days and maybe it’ll give me some options for the cabbage that’s currently in my garden. Since From Scratch Club is about making
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Chicken and Noodle Soup

The first day of February has kicked off with a raging blizzard over most of the upper midwest and brisk, crisp winds that have dropped the temperatures here in Houston. Since these chilly temperatures are going to stick around for the next few days, I think a nice big pot of chicken soup is in order. [Note: When I make
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Soul Food

Today’s Reverb10 Prompt December 26 – Soul Food -What did you eat this year that you will never forget? What went into your mouth & touched your soul? (Author: Elise Marie Collins) I try not to think of food as anything other something that sustains me. I believe that the ideas of “soul food” or “comfort food” are misplaced. Food
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Fig Preserves

Last weekend’s new recipe project: Fig Preserves from Bayou Woman 11 half pints are in the cupboards.

Two New Keepers in my Cooking Repertoire

One of my goals this year is to try new things in the kitchen. The first thing I tried happened yesterday after I got my milk allotment at the local farmers market. While I’ve had yogurt before, I’ve never made my own yogurt. My goal with this experiment was to see if it was worth my time and effort to
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Looking at Dairy Options

Tonight I am in Dairy heaven. For in my fridge, I have two half gallons of Jersey Milk from a local farmer. They look something like this: This, my friends, is what real milk looks like. Not that smooth, white milk you find in most grocery stores. That milk has had most of the good stuff pasturized out of it
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