At this time of the year, at the height of the holiday season, soups, stews and chilis start to appear on my meal plans in a big way! I occasionally make this recipe for Beef ~n~ Bowtie Soup in the spring and summer months. But during the fall and winter months, when hearty and flavorful…
Kitchen
Fall in the Kitchen 2018
Welcome to Fall in the Kitchen 2018! Our kitchen has light yellow walls (Benjamin Moore “Hay Stack”), and the same molding and floor board color as the rest of the house, which is Sherwin Williams “Arizona White”. These colors are flexible and easy to work with all year round, but especially in the fall with…
How to Style a Plate Shelf Above the Sink
During the process of remodeling, about 10 years ago, we gutted the kitchen of our home. In the middle of it all, one of the ‘guys’ asked me if I would like a plate shelf over the kitchen sink. I hadn’t even considered this option, and I was delighted with the offer. I happily ‘rubber-stamped’…
How to Organize and Store Containers
It started out innocently enough. At 6:00 am on a Sunday morning, Sailor and I were sitting at our kitchen table, drinking coffee. Our son was on his way over with his friend to pick up their boat. They will often park their boat at our house the night before they are going fishing since…
How to always have cooked and shredded chicken!
We want efficiency in our kitchen, but we also want to cook meals that are easy, tasty and healthy! Here is my trick for how to always have cooked and shredded chicken available for any recipe, and ready to go at a moment’s notice. My method involves cooking frozen boneless and skinless chicken…