I’m quite sure this version of ropa vieja would make any Cuban Cook gasp for breath and run screaming out of the room, but it’s close enough to make me happy when I need an easy fix. Traditionally you use flank steak and shred it after some long, slow cooking in a pot. Carne picada,…
Jenny’s Infamous Marked-Down-Meat Slow Cooker Curry
When I do my shopping on Sundays I look for marked-down beef or some sort of über cheap piece of meat. They work great in the slow cooker. Like most of my “recipes”, Marked-Down-Meat curry is not an exact science. It goes like so:
Breakfast Casserole Muffins
A Very Long Time Ago I became obsessed with the idea of making breakfast casserole muffins. I looked all over Pinterest, I scoured Google, I painstakingly followed recipes. Then I had a revelation. You don’t need a freakin’ recipe to make breakfast casserole muffins! Follow these very, very basic guidelines and you’ll be doing the muffin…
Cooking and Freezing Rice In Bulk
Cooking and freezing rice in bulk So you’re cooking. Almost everything is ready. You scream “DINNER IN 10!” through the house. Something is missing though. You look around. Gah! The rice! You forgot to cook the rice! If you eat white rice you’re set back by a good 30 minutes, and if you eat brown…
Ask the Homemaker: Can you freeze asparagus?
Ask the Homemaker: How to Freeze Asparagus This post may contain affiliate links, denoted by an asterisk (*). For more information, see my disclosure here. Dear Jenny, I bought an abundance of asparagus at Costco, and realize that I’ll never be able to eat all of it before it goes bad. Can I freeze asparagus?…
Speed Cleaning: Gah! They’ll Be Here In 10 Minutes!
Ten Minutes? Ugh. Speed cleaning. You know the feeling. The panic. The rocks in the stomach panic. Sally Matilda, your second cousin once removed, has just called and informed you that she happens to be in the neighborhood and wants to drop off a coupon she thought you’d like. She’ll be there in 10 minutes….
Kugelhopf au Lard
This post contains affiliate links, denoted by an asterisk (*). For more information, see my disclosure here. Dorothy and Toto visited me recently. Dorothy? Toto? No, no. Not them. Dorothy is a Nordic Heritage Bundt Pan*. Toto is a beautiful journal and Dorothy’s faithful traveling companion. Dorothy and Toto travel all over the United States as part of The…
The Chore I Hate the Most – And How I Make It Slightly Less Sucky
Let’s face it: Most household chores suck. They’re repetitive. Some of them are gross. There are some I hate so much that I have gone to rather extreme measures to avoid them (see the confession below). The worst of the worst for me is not cleaning the toilet. It’s not folding laundry, it’s not even kitchen…
