

If All Else Fails Hash It Take 2!!
Yes, I have blogged a hash post several years ago, because I believe that a hash is a great way to use up leftovers. Today, now more than ever that's true. With prices rising daily on groceries who can afford to waste anything. If you shop the sales, fresh, frozen or even canned, a simple hash can be very cheap for your budget. My motto with a hash anything goes. Also, I need to confess, today I am using a blunder in my hash as well as leftovers, plus a can of diced rinsed we


Making Do With What You Have! Or Different Likes!
This beautiful fall weekend we have had in Vermont makes one want to do a little cooking. I always appreciate my oven going early in the morning to cozy up the place. So, I roasted a nice plump chicken, and baked a buttercup squash. I also made mashed potatoes, carrots and green beans. A small amount of each to satisfy the different likes in my family. Now comes the part where you are presented with leftovers and what to do with them. So many times, through the years, I have


This Is How I Rolled, This Is What I Got!
Today my daughter called and asked me what I was up to. In short reply, my answer was "I have no clue"! Why was that? As usual, I had my kitchen in what I like to call various stages. For some reason I had decided to make space in my fridge and use up lots of "stuff" and get it out of the way, to of course, make room for more. I had cut up my roasted chicken and had the bones with all the usual flavor enhancers going for bone broth and chicken in stages for possibly chicken s


Don't Like It? Don't Toss It, Reinvent It!! I Did.
Anyone who has grocery shopped has done it. What is it? Bought something that sounded so good in the grocery aisle, brought it home and realized it was not at all what you imagined. I plead guilty and might I add, more than once. In the days my kids were little, and I was so busy I also admit I would toss said item in the trash. These days I am not so busy and have the time to rethink that option. With grocery prices rising every day, no one can afford to waste a thing. Also,