Cold, cold go away!!

This winter has sucked the will to live right out of me! There is still a pandemic, I am still an essential worker, Oklahoma got record breaking low temps and more snow than we knew what to do with! Thanks to the hubs and Mom for gifting me gadgets for Christmas-An Instapot and Air Fryer …

Enchiladas Gone Wrong

Quarantine cooking is a real thing! Not only are we having to rely on our pantry, we are having to make what we are able to buy go as far as it can. To this end a rotisserie chicken is perfect, you can have chicken and some sides as one meal, take the rest of …

New Chicken Stock makes Green Chili Soup

You guys!! I have figured out how to make what I think is the best soup in the world! I am pretty sure that we have talked about this soup and where it comes from but just in case; there is a restaurant here that does mystery dinners, you get to dress up as your …

Lasagna!!

Ya'll! This lasagna was magical! It took all day and used just about every dish in my cupboard but it was absolutely worth it! I already had noodles in the pantry so I only needed the filling ingredients. I wanted to add a fresh component since I was using canned sauce and I had my …

Essentially

Being considered an Essential Worker basically means 50 hour weeks at work, creative shopping trips so I can keep as many of my people at home as much as possible, discovering so many local restaurants via delivery, a new way to make chicken stock that I can't wait to tell ya'll about as well as …

I am sorry

I know that I said I was cooking things and that I would share them but what had happened was, I am considered "essential" so I have been working 10 hour days and then Netflix released Tiger King so in between work and naps I have been lost in a sea of "I met him!!" …

What condition my condition was in..

I work at a grocery store so I know what the shopping situation is like these days. Limit one of this and probably none of that, this isn't that but it's close. We are all on the same struggle bus but let's not panic! We are ready for this! We know that our freezers are …

Oven-Roasted Chicken Thighs

Chicken is on the menu this week so I got curious to see what the meat bible had to say about chicken. They have over 100 pages of things to say about chicken. We are taught everything from how to understand the way it is labeled to how to prep both a whole bird and …

Pot Roast revisited

I did not actually find the cut of meat I was after. I guess this butcher calls things whatever he wants. I may have to go to the official meat market and take a photo of what I am looking for. I also discovered that my Dutch oven is missing. I don't know how a …

Marinated Venison Tenderloin

Let's start with the specs: 1/2 cup Olive Oil 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce 2 tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar 2 clove Garlic (smashed) 1 tablespoon Ground Black Pepper 1 teaspoon Smoked Paprika I mixed all this up in a bowl then scooped it into a zip top bag and put the tenderloin in and smooshed it all around so the whole loin was covered and I let …