by Admin | Apr 16, 2022 | Main Dishes
Whole, roasted chickens are an easy and beloved meal once you get over the trauma of wrangling a raw chicken. Confession: I had an extremely hard time handling raw meat until I was in my mid-twenties. My experience was limited to boneless, skinless chicken breasts and...
by Admin | Apr 15, 2022 | Sides
This recipe started out on a smaller scale as a way to keep small batches of cooked, simply seasoned chicken on hand for my one-year-old. He started eating solids while I was working on recipes for this book and he developed a taste for slow-cooked meat and...
by Admin | Apr 14, 2022 | Soups Stews Salads
This chili gave me grief for a while. At first it was missing something, and I couldn’t figure out what it was. A friend of mine and her husband tried it out for me and tinkered with it. After some tweaks, they entered it into a chili cook-off and won second place—in...
by Admin | Apr 13, 2022 | Soups Stews Salads
The barbecue sauce in this recipe may make you wonder “Am I eating chili or brisket?” If you’re particular about the ingredients in your barbecue sauce, try making your own! You’ll find a few recipes in the Pantry Basics chapter (shown here). For this chili I’d...
by Admin | Apr 12, 2022 | Soups Stews Salads
My Grandma LaRue proclaimed many times over the years that she was a horrible cook. Although I got the impression that she would have rather been sitting at her sewing machine than in the kitchen, I liked her cooking. Her sloppy joes (and chocolate cake) have been a...