This is no exaggeration. Once you try this you’ll be hooked. Make for company or holidays or just a leisurely weekend meal. If you’re lucky you may even have leftovers. 5 lb. beef bottom round roast 4 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar 1 tsp. kosher salt 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper 2 Tbsp. [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I hope you and your loved ones eat well from my version of the Irish classic. Put the Celtic Women CD or perhaps the soundtrack from The Brothers McMullen in your disc player while you prepare this. Remember, if you don’t care for the cabbage, just skip that step. Enjoy! 2 [...]

Ah, another easy slow cooker recipe.  Wow. 2 lbs. (or 2 14 oz. pkgs.) mini smoked sausages 28 oz. bottle barbecue sauce 1 1/4 cup water 3 Tbs. Worcestershire sauce 3 Tsb. steak sauce 1 tsp. garlic powder Place everthing in your slow cooker, mix well, simmer for 6 hours.  Yes, that’s it.

Mincemeat may not be everyone’s favorite ingredient, but you’ve gotta try these bars. The shortbread base and crumbly topping enables the center filling to be something that folks are surprised about. Everybody in my house eats them. You may need to soften up the mincemeat by placing it in a bowl and microwaving it for [...]

May your stuffing be tasty, May your turkey be  plump, May your potatoes and gravy, Have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious, And your pies take the prize, May your Thanksgiving dinner, Stay off of your thighs!

Here is our 2010 Thanksgiving Meal.  We don’t watch sports on this day, instead we hang, chat, nibble, watch the Macy’s Parade, and I begin to play holiday music.  Have a fantastic Thanksgiving, and blessed be! Divorce Court Turkey  Gravy Mashed potatoes All American Bread Stuffing Corn and broccoli Spanish Rice & Beans Cranberry Sauce [...]

This will also become your best apple pie recipe. Just wait till you taste it! 2 unbaked pie crusts About 6 med-large Granny Smith apples, peeled and chunked 1/2 cup sugar A pinch (1/8 tsp.) kosher salt 1-1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch or flour 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon A pinch (1/8 tsp.) nutmeg 1 tsp. pure vanilla [...]

Apple sauce can be made at anytime of the year because apples are always available. But I wait until the temperature drops into the 50′s or very low 60′s; to me that’s the perfect time and around here that happens in early October. Give it a try. Ask the kids to join in. 16 large [...]

These should be called “The Disappearing Party Sausage” because that’s just what will happen once you bring these out! 2 lbs. fully cooked mini smoked sausages (Perhaps Hillshire Farms) 1 8oz. bottle French or Catalina dressing 1 8oz. bottle Russian or Thousand Island dressing 1/2 cup packed light or dark brown sugar 1/2 cup pineapple [...]

Here’s what we’ll be having for our Thanksgiving meal. No soup this year, and the desserts will be simple. But what never changes is the turkey recipe, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving in the DVD player and the Christmas music – gotta have it. Good cheer to all! Divorce Court Turkey – (See Poultry Category) Gravy [...]