July 5th, 2011 at 8:21pm |
Lisa’s mom lives 1 climate zone north of us, so she still had some good rhubarb. My rhubarb was sort of worthless this year, so this will be the first crisp I make. I reviewed a bunch of online recipes, and none of them were quite right. I like my desserts sweet, and I like [...]
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February 10th, 2011 at 9:04pm |
I love pork. Ham is my favorite food, but there is hardly any type of pork that I won’t eat–ok pickled pigs feet don’t count. Pork steak has the advantage of often being very cheap, probably due to the seemingly unlimited number of hog confinement lots in Iowa. It was on sale at HyVee last [...]
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December 28th, 2010 at 1:42pm |
In some ways, I am a “go with the flow” person–at least I like to think so. My mother truly liked everybody–a quality I have come to appreciate more and more–and I hope I can emulate her at least part of the time. One thing I like to really plan, and plan with a vengance [...]
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October 15th, 2010 at 5:56am |
I’ll eat anything with ham in it. Ham is my favorite food. This is a fall/winter recipe, and old-school (not healthy). But it reminds me of Grandma. Make as directed on package: 1 24-oz bag of frozen Reames egg noodles (no substitutes!) While that is cooking dice 1 ham steak (I use Cook’s brand) into [...]
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September 8th, 2010 at 7:29pm |
I think this might be the recipe for the Iowa vs. Iowa State game: http://www.clemsongirl.com/2009/10/tailgate-breakfast-recipe-french-toast.html . The other choice would be bacon-egg-cheese stuffed bagels.
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