April 2011
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January 2011
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Homemade Applesauce
Ingredients:
Mix of apples (at least 3-4 pecks for decent yield)
Cinnamon
Sweetener (optional)
Instructions:
Wash, core, and quarter apples
Place apples into large pot with 1/2 cup of water and put over medium heat
Boil apples down until soft and falling apart.
Remove from heat
Run contents of the pot through a food mill
Let milled apple sauce cool completely
Season with cinnamon and...
Tapatio Hot Sauce
You will quickly learn that I put some form of spicy heat on just about everything I eat, most of it in the form of hot sauce. Tapatio Hot Sauce is actually one of the more recent additions to my hot sauce rotation. And it has been a great addition.
What do I look for in a hot sauce? I’m not one of those goof balls who picks a hot sauce that only brings pain to the table. Yes, I prefer a...
Bluegrass Red: Kentucky Hot Pepper Sauce
I hit the bottom of the bottle on this one this evening and decided that this dead soldier definitely need to be eulogized. This was some terrific hot sauce. I managed to use it over everything from scrambled eggs to tuna salad and this goodness handled everything I threw at it.
I’m often a little weary of these “indie” hot sauces; I’m always happy to try them, but they...
Quickie Recipe: Cajun-y Sausage, Beans &...
So, I’ll try to make these more formal in the future, but since I cooked this in a serving size that served as an entree for one, and because changing the amounts of the ingredients here and there don’t matter much, the ingredient amounts will be a little loose.
Ingredients
For the “Rice”:
head of cauliflower
salt & pepper to taste
“Dry” side:
1/2...
Cinnamon Burst Cheerios
I desperately wanted to like this cereal. I went to the store specifically seeking this cereal. I have been super-excited about the cereal since I first caught wind of its existence. I like Cheerios. I like the flavor of cinnamon, both natural and artificial. I did not like Cinnamon Burst Cheerios.
This concoction looked perfect on paper, and really, there’s only one problem with this...
Wellshire Turkey Kielbasa
I have become a huge fan of this Wellshire products; especially their turkey kielbasa. Up until very recently I was a bit of a purist in regards to things I would allow to be referred to as sausages, burgers, etc. in my presence. Well, I’m a convert. You can put whatever meat in a burger/sausage/etc and call it whatever you want if you’re making stuff that tastes this good.
Plus,...
Special K - Multigrain Oats & Honey
In general, I have been a big fan of every flavored variety of Special K that I have tried. I have to say, what we have here is not only the best Special K I’ve ever tasted, but has instantly become one of my favorite varieties, period.
Many times, I find that many of these flavored variations of basic “health” cereals end up being too a little too busy from a...
Aquaphor Healing Ointment
For whatever reason, this winter has been an absolute disaster on my hands; they have tried to maintain a level of dryness and cracked-ness that has left me in a miserable state. No amount of traditional lotions put a dent in the problem, and I was simply unwilling to put something so heavy on that I felt like my hands had a constant coat of lard on them.
Based on a friends recommendation I...
Pure Protein Bar - Chocolate Peanut Butter
I’ve recently added these back in to my daily regimen as an afternoon snack. Because I buy them in bulk at Costco, I’m really only working with 3 of the 9 available flavors — although I do sneak the others in on occasion. This afternoon I blindly grabbed the Chocolate Peanut Butter variety, so that’s the review you get.
Of the 3 flavors I rotate through, this one is...
MorningStar Farms Spicy Black Bean Veggie Burgers
So, I’ve been adding these little gems into the rotation quite a lot lately and I must say, I’m pretty impressed by them. I tend to prepare and cook a lot of my own food, but this in one of those pre-made items that I happily let share the plate.
What I like:
taste quite good
can be prepared relatively quickly
have a good calorie/nutrient
What I don’t like:
multi-step...