I know I’ve mentioned many times that fall is my favorite season, so I won’t go on about it too much now, but I just pulled out my fall decorations, and filling up my favorite little candy dish got me to thinking about my favorite fall foods.

One of my all-time favorite foods (if you can really call them that!) are candy corns and candy pumpkins. I’ve loved them so much that for my birthday one year, my best friend got me nothing but little bags of candy corn and pumpkins. I was in heaven, and thought it was a very …read more

When I was growing up, a dutch oven was pretty much just a large cast iron pot with a lid that we used when we went camping. The food was placed in the pot, covered with the lid, and then either buried in the ground on top of hot coals, with more hot coals on top and the dirt from the hole shoveled back on top to make a natural oven, or placed on top of coals with coals on top (unburied).
I’ve since learned that this style of pot and the method are called camping or cowboy cooking. Makes …read more

Growing up, Sundays always meant pot roast for dinner. Mom would prepare everything and get it in the oven before church, and then come home every hour or so (church was three hours long) to check on things and make sure everything was ok.

Walking in the door from such a long morning or afternoon was bliss: smelling the cooking meat, potatoes and carrots and knowing that within a short time we’d be eating it — there was nothing better.
My mom never got to know the joys of a slow cooker, which I know she would have loved, but I use …read more

Saturdays always seem to be the busiest day of the week and one of my favorite days to whip out the crock pot for some help. One of my most favorite things to make in it is pot roast because there are so many different ways you can make it, and so many different things you add to it!
I’ve used this recipe for several years and it remains one of our favorites, everyone always asks for seconds! I like to add about half a pound or so of baby carrots to the bottom of the crock pot before …read more

You’ve seen that commercial on TV where the boss gives the office just a few minutes for a lunch break and all hell breaks loose as everyone dashes around looking for food? I never paid much attention to it until I realized what it actually was – single serve heat-and-eat meals.
My biggest issue during the day, when no one else is home, is that I don’t bother making myself anything. I hate the thought of hauling stuff out to prepare and dirtying dishes and utensils when it’s just me. I love cooking for my family, but for one person …read more