https://www.russiabeyond.com/russian-kitchen/335231-lazy-kuban-dumplings-strumby-pelmeni-recipe Confession: lazy was what caught my eye. 😜 This wonderful dish gives the opportunity to use items in your garden or use up ground meat. Don’t let the dumpling part scare you. You fry these wonderful little bites of awesome. Then you simmer them in tomato sauce. What to serve with them? Since these …
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12 Easy Slow Cooker Recipes
https://pinchofyum.com/12-easy-recipes-you-can-make-in-a-slow-cooker Slow cookers were made for summers. Slow cookers caught on in the early 1980s. They were marketed to busy moms. However, moms everywhere discovered how awesome they are. Here’s twelve incredible recipes. They can be used for any season. Just change veggies and you’re good to go. Keep a variety of seasonings and that …
Watch “Meijer’s Walk Through” on YouTube
I went to my yearly Mammogram. I am good to go for the next six months. I feel like I dodged a bullet. Meijer’s in my area are renovating this store. I’m happy to say that it’s almost done. Baby formula is recovering. Healthy snacks are limited but junk food snacks weren’t.
Watermelon Mocktails
https://www.thecountrycook.net/watermelon-mocktail/ This is an awesome drink. It’s cold and refreshing. Exactly what you need on a hot summer day. There’s a lot of flexibility to this recipe. You can add alcohol of your choice. I’d recommend a light flavored one. Perhaps coconut flavor would be good. You’re supposed to use lemonade, but you could use …
Watch “Five Tips to Making Perfect Fried Rice” on YouTube
This is going to be a short post. Mandy is sharing a great video on Fried Rice. Mandy shares a few tips to making this rice. Here’s my favorite tip: use what you have. Yeah! Use what you have in your fridge, freezer, and pantry.
Once A Year Mammogram
Today I am going for my yearly mammogram. After last year they found a mass that ended up being nothing to worry about. The pre-winter inventory is almost done. It’s taken so long because we’ve had days that were so hot you don’t even want to breathe. I am finding holes and things I need …
BBQ Pot Roast
https://www.thegunnysack.com/barbecue-pot-roast-recipe BBQ Pot Roast! Even though this recipe calls for you to use your oven you can use your slow cooker. Here’s the procedure: Sear your roast off on the stove top and place it in the slow cooker on low for six hours or until done. (Or high for four hours or till done.) …
Cobb Salad
https://natashaskitchen.com/cobb-salad/ This salad is so big it could be a meal. Yeah! The only cooking needed hard boiled eggs. Yep! That’s it. Stores everywhere sell pre-cooked chicken. In one form or another. The seasonings vary. Friday I took a friend to Walmart found traditional and fajita. The price was horrific. About $16 for a pound …
Korean Style Char Grilled Chicken
https://www.marionskitchen.com/korean-style-char-grilled-chicken/ Yesterday I posted a lovely Thai Cucumber Salad. Here’s a grilled meat that it would go wonderfully with. The flavors here are big and bold. This marinade alone sounds incredible. Gochujang pepper paste, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, green onions and sesame oil. This is the marinade. OMG! Sounds like a pool of delicious. Skin …
Thai Cucumber Salad
https://rasamalaysia.com/thai-cucumber-salad/ Heads up, peanuts. If you are going to a cookout check ahead for peanut allergies. Cucumber salad is so simple. It’s cucumber, onion and sometimes tomatoes. Everything in your local store or Farmer’s Market or your garden. Dressing. This dressing is perfect for Summer cookouts. There’s no dairy. The ingredients for this dressing are …
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