Venison Parmesan: Best Venison Comfort Food
Venison Parmesan is one my family’s favorite meals! It’s the first meal using venison I really loved. Making it was a pleasure…
Fern Care: How to Keep Ferns Healthy and Green
Fern care can be tricky. Have you ever watched in dismay as a beautiful, fluffy green fern turned yellow? I have, and…
5 Tips for Making No-Knead Artisan Bread
No-Knead Artisan Bread has crept into desserts, lunch, brunch, supper, appetizers, and, yes, even in breakfast. And why not? So, who doesn’t…
How to Butterfly and Truss a Venison Loin
If you are just beginning your venison cooking journey, then the title of this post may sound daunting. Maybe you started out…
Growing and Cooking with Herbs
Growing Herbs, the Original Medicine When I think about herbs, my mind wanders off somewhere beautiful, fragrant, and tasty—like this Herb Salad….
Loquat Jelly
One of the treasured fruits found in the South is the loquat, but it’s not very well known. I know it sounds…
Quick Pickled Peppers
If you’ve already eaten up all the pickled peppers in your pantry, but you’re craving some right now, here’s a recipe for…
Cleaning and Cooking Collard Greens
A Staple of the Southern Diet It seems that cleaning and cooking collard greens is a Southern girl’s transition from childhood to…
Homemade Sausage Ravioli Recipe
Have you ever heard that once you have made your own pasta from scratch, you never go back to the pre-packaged pasta?…
The Truth on Wives’ Tales, Myths, and Traditions on Choosing Ripe Watermelon
THE TRUTH ON WIVES’ TALES, MYTHS, AND TRADITIONS ON CHOOSING RIPE WATERMELON Earlier this month, I published an article on harvesting…
Everything Olive Oil
EVERYTHING OLIVE OIL …A land of oil olive, and honey…(Duet. 8:8), …thy children (shall be) like olive plants round thy table…(Ps 128:3),…
Healing, Cleaning, and Cooking Power of Lemons
The healing, cleaning, and cooking power of Lemons is amazing. I can clean with them, cook with them, preserve with them, heal…
Preserving Fruits: Fig Preserves
Preserving foods has been essential to human life for thousands of years. Even nowadays, it is only natural to want to preserve…
Canning and Freezing Your Harvest
One of my fondest memories was walking into my Granny’s kitchen with the fresh vegetables cooking on the stove and the meat…
When Braising Make Sure Your Temperature Is Low Enough
WHEN BRAISING MAKE SURE YOUR TEMPERATURE IS LOW ENOUGH Braising is a cooking technique in which the main ingredient is seared and…
IT IS “WORTH A GRAIN OF SALT”
COOKING TIP: To remove all “gamey” taste of venison, soaking it in a brine of salty water will remove all the blood…
How to Make the Perfect Scrambled Eggs
How to Make the Perfect Scrambled Eggs I have experimented time and again on the subject of how to make the perfect…
Using Fresh Herbs and Pairing them with Foods
Using fresh herbs and pairing them with foods is not a recent question, but one that has existed throughout the ages….
Arugula Pesto
Arugula pesto has become one of my favorite pestos to serve with meats as well as many pasta dishes. This pesto is…
TUESDAY’S TIP-PROPER KNIFE CARE
Knives, in my opinion, are the most important tool in the kitchen next to a cast iron skillet and proper knife…
Boost Flavor using Herb Butter
Often I boost flavor in dishes by using a dollop of herb butter. The dishes that I consistently seem to use herb…
Turkeys, Man’s Best Friend
Turkeys, Man’s Best Friend! Turkeys are incredibly friendly. We have two turkeys that follow us around as if they were dogs. They…
Earthen Oven
The earthen oven has been used for centuries throughout many countries. Though age-old, it is still relied on today in many professions…
Garden Vegetable Soup – Preparing and Canning
This is the best vegetable soup recipe you’ll ever try! My granny made the best soup around. I’ve never tasted any…