Middle-aged mom and dad blogger who write about entertainment, cooking, gardening, photography, travel and more from Seattle.
I love cooking in bulk. As a vegetarian it allows me to cook meat for my husband 1-3 days a month and then not have to deal with it again for weeks. I’m always looking for great Freezer Cooking books and I have a few criteria for what makes a OAMC cookbook worth purchasing. When [...]
I’m picky about the cookbooks I buy. There’s NOTHING worse than buying a book to find only one or two recipes I’ll try. When I started bulk cooking a few years ago I went to the library and checked out every OAMC/Bulk/Investment Cooking Cookbook I could find and then used the information to select a [...]
I know that traditionally Jambalaya is spicy hot, but my husband is not a fan of hot stuff. So this Jambalaya in mild with just a tiny kick of cayenne, which makes it more family-friendly. It also means that with the addition of hot sauce, one family member can have his/her Jambalaya red hot, while [...]
My husband likes rice with anything. This is actually a different version of Spanish Rice than I usually make because I had different things on hand. First, I had crockpot shredded beef to use up so I threw it in. Because it’s made with basic ingredients that lend themselves well to any recipe, I was [...]
I’ve been cooking with the kids since they were babies. In the beginning I gave them food to play with on their high chair table. Later the oldest seemed to have a real flair for cooking gourmet with little encouragement, while the youngest stayed with easier fare and a lot of pushing. They’re adults now [...]
