I tend to make pancakes when I am home alone for extended periods of time. I love experimenting with different add-ins. I’ve had success with bananas, chocolate chips, blueberries, and even pumpkin. I love peach pancakes, and there are plenty of beautiful, ripe peaches around these days that need to be used up. So when David went out of town last weekend, I had myself some pancakes. For dinner. And breakfast. And another dinner. They are good, but the repetition … Continue reading
I realize that titling this post, Hairless Corn, might be a little disturbing, but if you’ve ever eaten a piece of corn on the cob and gotten its silky strands stuck in your teeth, then you’ll forgive me. This corn-cooking method does a great job of getting all of the hairs off of your corn. The method has spread like wildfire through my family, so I thought I’d share it with you too. My grandmother recently got an iPad, and … Continue reading
My mom makes these very fun crispy potatoes in a tin foil pouch that she cooks on the grill. Everyone gets their own little (or big) packet, and everyone loves them. Especially me. Crispy potatoes make the world go round. The potatoes are seasoned with onion soup mix packets, so they are pretty easy to make. If you have an aversion to mixes, this might be a good time to get over it. Or find a way to snag a … Continue reading