A few months ago I acquired a Camp Chef Woodwind WIFI 36 Pellet Smoker. I cook and bake a lot, but I am not much of a BBQ grill using type of person. I have a serious aversion to using charcoal and many years ago when I wanted to BBQ,… Continue reading
I recently picked up a bag of pots that someone was getting rid of. Inside the bag was what I though was a metal trivet. After much searching I figured out that it was a pelmeni mold – also referred to as a Russian ravioli maker. I’ve finally gotten around… Continue reading
After my apple picking trip and tasting the freshly baked biscuits with apple butter at the onsite BBQ food truck, I was inspired to make my own apple butter. Earlier this year I decided to jump on the Instant Pot bandwagon and now I’m trying to find uses for it.… Continue reading
One of the great joys of mine is being able to create meals with fresh ingredients. I started gardening some years ago and it gives me great joy to be able to harvest fruits and vegetables and enjoy the freshness as I eat them. Growing up in Trinidad it was… Continue reading
I’ve been making pasta, though not as much as I’d like, for the last few months and came across a post on Facebook Marketplace for a pasta drying rack. I reached out to the seller and lo and behold they were selling more than just the rack! The seller was… Continue reading
I always get one early Christmas gift from my mom since I pick it and order it for myself during Black Friday sales. This year there was an amazing deal on the KitchenAid Pasta attachment that also included the Fresh Prep Slicer/Shredder attachment as a bundle so I jumped at… Continue reading
I’m working from home today because I woke up to water on my bedroom floor after a long rainy night. Ah well, that’s how it goes sometimes. Since I didn’t prepare anything last night for lunch today, I had to cook. Though I love cooking, I had no idea what… Continue reading
What do you do when someone gives you a pack of lo mein noodles? Cook it! I’ve never even tried to make lo mein before. I even try to avoid cooking shrimp because of my need to completely devein it, which takes me hours. I took care of deveining and… Continue reading
A healthy twist on a favorite from McDonalds is this sandwich. This is my rendition of the Egg McMuffin Sandwich. I’ve switched from using Thomas’ Original English Muffins to the Thomas’® Light Multi-Grain English Muffins. These muffins each have 100 calories with 8g of fiber, 5g of protein and less than… Continue reading
One treat I really enjoy making and eating is pizza. My daughter would eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner if given the chance. A friend gave me a package of pepperoni and my 1st thought was Pizza! It was the small silver dollar sizes which were just perfect for… Continue reading
