a little food blog
A simple chicken soup becomes something special when you add homemade dumplings to the mix. Bonus: your slow cooker does most of the work. Is it still okay to use a slow cooker? I feel a bit antiquated even writing the words “slow cooker” in the age of the Instant Pot, but this is where…
Baked with the traditional cinnamon, chai spice snickerdoodles also feature flavors of ginger, cardamom, cloves, allspice, and pepper. Give them a try for twist on a classic cookie! After enjoying an autumn that flew right by and a lovely Thanksgiving last week, I’m ready for some holiday baking. Who’s with me? Snickerdoodles are one of…
A mini meatball skillet is the recipe you need when a budding chef says, “Let’s cook together!” Sometime in the mid 80s, I received my first cookbook: the Better Homes and Gardens New Junior Cookbook. I don’t remember cooking a lot from it, but I do remember looking through its pages a lot. The personal…
Wildly unpopular yet especially delicious, homemade tuna noodle casserole deserves a spot in your dinner rotation. This from-scratch recipe has no cream of mushroom soup and perhaps more importantly, no peas! I know. This week it’s all about turkey, and I show up with tuna. What can I say? I wanted comfort food, so tuna…
