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From The Kitchen

Homemade Hamburger Buns

I was SO excited the other day when I pulled these out of the oven! I have made hamburger buns MANY times over the past few years and I finally got them right!!! You're lucky you weren't around for some of my failed experiments with bun recipes. Lets face it, tight buns of steal may be great on your posterior, but that's not what you want in a good hamburger bun. These buns are light, soft and easily adjust to any size you prefer. Something those other buns won't...well....oh, never mind. ... continue reading...


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A Couple Months In Photos - November and December 2016

Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are ready for 2017! I didn't take many pictures over the last couple of months, mostly because December was frigid and very snowy. We enjoyed a quite, white Christmas and a nice break from school work. Now we are back to our regular schedule and the weather is still frigid! Winter has come this year with a vengeance and we aren't enjoying it much at all. It was -2°F this morning when we ... continue reading...


From The Kitchen

Homemade Seasoning For Breakfast Sausage

This is the #1 most popular recipe I put on my old blog!!! I wish I could have transferred all 127 comments over to this blog, but sadly couldn't. I learned way more about sausage than I ever thought I could know from my readers...lol! I had readers that used this recipe to make up to 50 pound batches of sausage!! I had no idea how many different kinds of meat you could use to make sausage, even without mixing in ground pork. Folks say they've successfully used ground turkey, chicken, ... continue reading...


From The Kitchen

Classic Skillet Meatloaf

I've never been a picky eater, but as a kid meatloaf was definitely not one of my favorites. After we got married Jess said "I would sure love some meatloaf, it's my favorite". I had never made meatloaf before and wasn't really thrilled that my husband was obviously going to want it every once in a while. I put off making it for as long as I could, but then I happened to come across a recipe in one of my cookbooks and gave it a try. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it! In ... continue reading...