The reason I wanted to have my own blog was due to the many requests I get for my recipes when I post my dinner ideas on Facebook. It occurred to me that people just need new recipes, and new ideas. I want this page to encourage people, (this includes everyone, housewives, working women, men, and singles) to get back in the kitchen and start cooking again. We rely way too much on convenience foods, and eating out which quite frankly, just isn’t good for us. Let me be quite clear, I am NOT a nutritionist. I just love to cook, but beyond that, I believe in cooking well rounded meals for my family. Being a housewife, I feel it’s my role, my responsibility to see that the family is fed well, with healthy nutritious meals. Let’s get away from the boxes, away from the processed foods (for the most part) and get back to cooking from scratch. It’s good to know exactly what’s in your food, and there are ways to make this happen no matter how busy we are. Hope this will be of some help!
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Have you thought about adding an “Ask Jill” section to your site? I have a bag of dried great northern beans and wondered what I could do with them. Ideas?
Good suggestion on the question answer section, Sabrina. I will definitely have to give that some thought. O.K. You’ve got a bag of Great Northern Beans, eh? Here’s what I would do: Rinse them off in a colander making sure there’s no bad beans or stones. Put them in a med sized pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer them for at least an hour. Watch them, they tend to boil over. This is the quick soak method. Or, you can cover them with water in your pot and let sit overnight. If you do this, then drain off the water and use fresh when you cook them. Great Northern Beans have such a nice flavor. I just would cook them up with a hamhock. Just stick it in with the beans and let it simmer, along with some onion and chicken buillon instead of salt. Pepper. Once the Hamhock is all cooked, take the ham off the bone and cut it up into the soup. The bone is what gives the soup it’s flavor. Taste for seasonings. I think your family will love it served with buttered bread.
Jill, would you post that salad dressing used today? That was mighty tasty!
Kellie
Kellie, you’ll find the recipe on the site today! Glad you enjoyed it.
Jill,
You asked for the recipe to my hot chocolate mix. This came from the BHG cookbook.
1 25.6oz pkg nonfat dry milk powder
1 16oz jar powdered non-dairy creamer
1 8oz container unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
2C. powdered sugar
In an extra large bowl combine all ingredients. Store in a tightly covered container up to 3 mos.
For one serving: place 1/2C. of mix in mug and add 1/2C. boiling water. Top with marshmallows if desired.
Beth E.
Thanks for the cocoa recipe, Beth!