Roasting Hotdogs in the Campfire

February 16, 2024 Flat Creek Family Campground and RV Park has nice fire rings and picnic tables at the camp sites. Since we had a nice fire ring and pleasant weather, we decided to have a campfire. On February 7, we bought hotdogs in anticipation of roasting them over a campfire. Bruce started to put […]

Sweet and Spicy Hot Mustard Sauce – Ready in 3 Minutes

December 28, 2023 The other day, I made pigs in blankets and to serve with them, I made this sweet and spicy hot mustard sauce. It was rather spicy, so you can use a different hot sauce. Bruce even enjoyed this sauce as a salad dressing. It seems he now has new favorite dipping sauce. […]

Making Preserved Lemons

December 28, 2023 On December 22 (Friday), I decided to make preserved lemons. First, I sterilized a quart canning jar. (Put the jar and lid in a large pot and covered the jar with water. Bring the water to a boil and let the water boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Leave the jar in […]

Grateful Bread, Down the Street

January 8, 2022 While we were shopping for whiskey at the Golden Moon Distillery, the lady running it mentioned that when the weather is nice she opens up the garage door to attract the customers from Grateful Bread across the street. Grateful Bread’s retail shop is only open on Saturday from 10 am to 2 […]

Update on Low FODMAP Diet

November 19, 2021 I wanted to provide an update on Bruce’s experience with the low FODMAP diet. This is not a diet to lose weight, but to tame lower GI distress. Bruce has been on the low FODMAP diet since September of 2020. First, we limited the foods that Bruce ate to only low FODMAP […]

Organizing Herbs and Spices in RV

May 24, 2021 Since I’ve started doing most of my cooking in the RV, I’ve been bring over my herbs and spices. The herb and spice jars were different sizes and most of jars didn’t have labels on the lids. I did an internet search to see what other RVs were doing to store spices. […]

A Blogger Visits

December 15, 2020 Last Saturday, Jeanne (from ajeanneinthekitchen.com) and her husband, Larry come to dinner. Jeanne was kind enough to give me a guest spot on her blog. Here’s a link to Jeanne’s post. https://ajeanneinthekitchen.com/2020/12/14/an-ethiopian-dinner/ Jeanne is such a talented photographer and an amazing cook! She has been kind enough to invite Bruce and me […]

App for Low FODMAP Diet

October 28, 2020 After a lot of searching the internet to find more information about a low FODMAP diet, I found that the Monash University FODMAP Diet App was often recommended. It does cost about eight US dollars to purchase. It is available on the Apple App Store, Google Play and the Amazon App Store. […]

New Diet for Bruce

September 12, 2020 Bruce and I had a bit of scare, we had been very afraid that the colon cancer had came back. He was having the same symptoms that he had had when they discovered he had stage 3 colon cancer 16 years ago. To our great relief, his colonoscopy came back clean! So, […]

Cultured Butter and Real Buttermilk

When I was a child, I remember making butter with my mother and sisters. My mom would fill up jugs with fresh milk and skim of the cream. The cream was put into a butter churn. The churn was a very large glass jar, maybe 3 gallons, with a lid with a crank attached to […]