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It's hard to argue. Nothing sounds better on a blustery windy day than a piping hot bowl of potato soup. It's the essence of winter comfort food. But with all that cooking, stewing, sautéing and roasting, my dutch oven tends to get down-right grimy. And as much as I try to clean it, there always seems to be that stained reminder of stews not that long ago. Thankfully there are numerous ways to clean a dutch oven and make it look good as new. 1. Clean the outside first. Le Creuset First things first, you have to focus on the...

Cheddar "Red Lobster" Biscuits-Keto adapted slightly from https://www.savorytooth.com/ 2 cups almond flour  1 1/2cups shredded cheddar cheese  5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled 2 large eggs 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 2 tablespoons butter, diced 1 teaspoon salt Position oven rack in lower half of oven, and preheat to 375 F. Set aside baking  sheet lined with parchment paper or baking mat. Stir almond flour and salt in large mixing bowl until well-mixed. Add cheese, eggs, cream, and butter to bowl, stirring for a minute until well-mixed. Stir in crumbled bacon. Evenly divide dough into  mounds on lined baking sheet, spaced...

  Apricot season is now here and I am eating them as fast as I can as I think they are my favorite fruit. Recently I purchased some from Costco and they were so nice. I did split them with my Granddaughter Alicia as they also are a favorite of hers but still had a few get ripe at the same time and needed to use them. Also had almond flour so went looking on the internet for recipes using both.  There are quite a few of them and I went with a recipe by a justalittlebitofbacon.com.(nice blog) and was glad I...

Saturday:  Up super early to greet Caleb.  He was in good form and happy to see the goggy.  River had come to the house early, too, and was standing there wagging her tail when he arrived.   We did pretty well.  He took a nap and woke about the time the big kids all arrived.  And then every one arrived at once, the pace was hectic and frantic and party-ish and on and on and then suddenly it was over.    Everyone went home.  John and I got a cup of coffee, breathed a deep sigh of happiness and relief.   It had...

If you are one of the lucky ones and have a breakfast bar in your kitchen, I really hope you know how lucky you really are! Breakfast bars are a great place to get a quick snack, decorate cookies and cupcakes, make nice spreads for fun get-togethers,  chat with your loved ones or just read the morning paper with a nice cup of coffee. But you obviously need more than just some plain, boring stools! Take the extra time to figure out what the space needs and jazz it up a bit. And take the extra time to take a...