One of the things that I had wanted when we first moved to the farm was a smoker. I still have dreams of a large wood fired smoker so I can do all sorts of things like a huge pork belly for bacon and large racks of ribs smoked to perfection but until I get […]
Recipes
Scandinavian Almond Cake
For me, nothing says Christmas like a little taste of Scandinavian Almond Cake. In Jamestown, New York we have a large Swedish population that celebrates Swedish Heritage. There is so much Swedish in our little city that we have a Swedish consulate, the King of Sweden has visited and everywhere you turn you can see […]
Brown Sugar Molasses Carrot Cupcakes
For Bruce’s 44th birthday, I made him Brown Sugar Molasses Cupcakes. (I hate spelling molasses.) He always asks for carrot cake but then changes his mind. This year he got his carrot cakes. I did mini cupcakes and bigger cupcakes. For us we’re watching our calories so the mini cupcakes are just right to fit into our […]
Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Bites
This summer, I’m all about the bites and cupcakes. Watching our calories makes me very conscious of every little thing I put in my mouth. Being on Noom for over a month has taught me that I can eat what I want but not always as much as I’m accustomed to and also that if […]
Gumbo
In the mid-1990s, I was fortunate enough to have traveled to New Orleans twice. They were both high school trips for, I hate to admit, marching band which I played the clarinet (quit laughing). We were a small school band that was able to march in a couple of the Mardi Gras parades, including the […]