Slow-Cooked Fresh Black Beans & Rice

I’ll admit it. While tomatoes, corn and mushrooms can all be purchased at the Farmer’s Market mine came from Meijer. I was in Pennsylvania last week and had to pick up groceries mid-week because my fridge was fairly barren, so I cheated. However, had I not been prowling Meijer’s [...]

Stewed Venison & Tomatoes

I really wasn’t sure what to call this recipe. I was thinking gumbo, but then I looked it up and it means ‘thickened with okra’. I don’t have anything against okra, but I haven’t had any in the kitchen of late so obviously that wouldn’t work. Feel free to [...]

Crockpot Chicken Noodle

Before I headed off to Colorado for Interaction11 I had a nasty cold and what better for a cold than chicken noodle soup? Since I’ve given up a lot of canned soups (have you seen the amount of sodium?) and still had my mum’s crockpot at hand I decided to make [...]