Top Ten Make-Ahead-Meals

I love to cook and I really love to have biggish get togethers with friends and family.  Since we moved I’ve been a little slow to get back into the swing of it–one of my goals for 2013 is to have more dinners with friends. Here is my top ten list of dinner ideas to feed…

Small batch canning–Raspberry Jam

This is how I pick raspberry jam–I hold the container and the branch in one hand and pick with the other–picking 12 pints went really quickly . . . because I had a little help from my friends. Picking raspberries would not necessarily be on my “to do” list. But when asked to join in–I…

BBQ Sauce Guide (Ultimate Recipe Swap)

I love cooking and creating new things.  My family likes the same thing.  UGGHHHH!  So I have learned to compromise and when it comes to things like sauces I give them what they want–Sweet Baby Ray’s–and I get creative. So today I’m giving a sauce “guide” because I have found certain combinations really good. Basic…