Pressure & Slow Cooker Beef or Venison Stew
November 13, 2009|Comments (13)
Nothing in the kitchen frightens our guests like a pressure cooker. In fact, a hissing pressure cooker could be set up at haunted houses in place of those masked chainsaw-carrying guys and people would be every bit as terrified. Tales of exploding pressure cookers are the stuff of legend. Example: “She lifted the lid and the last thing she saw was a bright light.” Fear not, I’ll include slow-cooker directions, too. Bring on the beef stew, baby. Read more
Stroganoff and Spaetzle, Go Together Like a Horse & Carriage
June 22, 2009|Comments (20)
This I tell you, brother, you can’t have one without the other. This hearty dish tops the list of favorites in our house. We say “Bah!” on the use of egg noodles with this dish and reach straight for the spaetzle (or spätzle or knöpfle or spätzli or knöpfli… depending on where you are from). All I can say is bring it on. Read more
Heavenly Roasted Guinea Fowl
April 28, 2009|Comments (14)
I don’t claim to be the world’s greatest cook but I am just terribly proud of this meal. The beans came from our garden and were canned in my kitchen, the potatoes were locally grown (we do not have enough room for potatoes in our garden patch), and the guinea came from our very own backyard. Read more
