Gluten-free all-purpose flour mix made from scratch
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As luck would have it, about the time I was considering going gluten-free, the America's Test Kitchen (ATK) podcast aired an episode called "Breaking The Code (...)
I feel like a broken record around these parts -- but just when I think Spring has finally decided to stay for good, the temperatures drop drastically and we (...)
For dinner tonight we thawed some venison and had a little steak for dinner. For sides I served roasted potatoes and a spinach salad. D was in charge of (...)
Back in my vegetarian days, I used to joke that I was really a "pastatarian" as pasta with marinara sauce was a mainstay in my dinner plans. Prepackaged pasta (...)
What's for dinner: venison backstrap with mashed potatoes and green beans
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One of the first meats I ate when I hopped back on the carnivore train was venison. What I like most about this meat is that I know exactly where it came from, (...)
Last week I gave a slow-cooker sweet and sour chicken recipe a whirl. The recipe called for two jars of sweet and sour sauce, but of course I couldn't let that (...)
Did you know that tomorrow (May 15) is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day? Did you even know that there was such a thing as National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day? (...)
Last month I had the opportunity to attend a food blogger conference in Chicago after buying a ticket last-minute from someone who couldn't attend. The ticket (...)
As I mentioned last week, pork is going to be on the menu a bit more often in the coming months. Why, you might ask? Meet the newest additions to Orange Dog (...)
Given the large amount of fruit in my fridge after Friday afternoon's produce fest, it should come as no surprise that, just as I predicted, sangria made an (...)
Here in the Wisconsin Northwoods we are lucky enough to harvest our own wild rice in the late summer. This year we missed the golden window, and alas, didn't (...)
Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting
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I can not take any credit for baking or frosting this cake. But I can tell you that it is delicious. No, Delicious, with a capital D. This lovely cake was (...)
Somehow I managed to hoard a couple bags of the good chocolate chips. (Seeing as chocolate chips don't last that long around here, this was quite the miracle (...)
I suppose if I am trying to live a less processed life, there's no reason why my dog shouldn't either. As it turns out, for the most part, Leroy's diet is the (...)
I'm a big fan of pancakes, but since I always make the same buttermilk pancake recipe (though delicious), I was ready to try something new. Cornmeal pancakes (...)
When Monday morning rolls around, it really helps if there is a treat waiting to entice me to get out of bed and start my work day. These cinnamon swirl coffee (...)
We eat a lot of chicken around this parts. As in several nights a week. I love chicken in that it's a nutritious source of lean protein and it lends itself (...)
I have had my eye on a rice cooker for awhile. And ironically, not so much for its rice cooking abilities (which will of course come in handy) but for its (...)
Coffee's not just for breakfast, particularly when it's made into a delicious and creamy treat. Although if you want to eat this coffee ice cream for (...)
Memorial Day signifies the beginning of the summer season. Though I don't particularly associate summer with my slow cooker, I had the urge to make pulled pork (...)
Work officially got in the way of blogging last week -- hence my radio silence following last Monday's post. After working over weekend, I also worked for (...)
I'm doing a little experiment by going gluten-free for 30 days. Mainly I'm just interested in seeing if removing wheat from my diet makes me feel any (...)
No flour? No problem. You won't miss the wheat one bit in these tasty gluten-free Almond Coconut Chocolate Chip cookies.I am a major fan of chocolate chip (...)
Vanilla bean mini cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercream frosting
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I think my most memorable Valentine's Day was in the first grade, when I received a Superwoman valentine's cardfrom one of my classmateswith the message "You (...)