I’ve been trying to use my slow-cooker more, in an effort to heat the house less. I’ve had mixed success.
I got this recipe from A Year of Slowcooking. I made a few changes, though, such as adding garlic and removing the peppers, to suit my family’s taste. And my crockpot isn’t as strong as hers, because after four hours, it still wasn’t even simmering, and the potatoes were still rock hard, so I poured it into a stockpot and cooked it on the stove. I also added some milk, because a chowder, for me, needs to be creamy.
Corn Chowder
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This is a family staple – my mom used to make it (a little differently) when I was a kid, I make it for my kids, and my grown daughter makes it for herself and her boyfriend. I think we each put our own touch to it.
This is absolutely an Americanized version of goulash – it’s nothing like the Hungarian kind. I’m not even sure why we call it goulash, except for the paprika. It does make a great budget-stretcher, though – I’ve made with as little as a quarter pound of meat and no one complained.
This also freezes well and
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A couple weeks ago, spiral hams were on a ridiculous sale, so I bought one and we had a lovely, decadent dinner, with ham and mashed potatoes and rolls and applesauce. We also had enough ham left over for a second dinner, plus meat for lots of sandwiches, and a ham bone to freeze for soup. I made our favorite, split pea soup.
Split Pea Soup
Split Pea Soup
1 pound of split peas
2 quarts water
Ham bone
1 onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, smashed
2 stalks of celery, diced
2 carrots, diced
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. thyme
Rinse
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Last week (or was it the week before?), I made one of the kids’ favorites – poached salmon with primordial ooze.
Hmm… I think that name might need some explaining. The sauce is really a tzatziki-type sauce, or maybe a cucumber salad-type sauce. It’s very tasty and complements the salmon just perfectly. But “Mom’s sour cream and cucumber and dill sauce” was getting cumbersome to say, so we decided that we needed a new name. The day we decided that, we were watching something on the Discovery Channel, and they mentioned primordial ooze, and we thought that sounded perfect. So that’s what
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Brrr… they are predicting the first snow of the season here! It’s nippy and wet out, and it’s a perfect time for chili. Luckily for me, I have some in the freezer that I made last week, and I heated up a bowl for lunch. My boys don’t like chili, silly guys!
My chili is an adaptation of the chili my mom made when I was growing up. My grown daughter now makes her own chili, that I’m sure she’s adapted from mine. It’s a family tradition, I suppose.
Chili
Mmmmmm…. chili
1-2 pounds ground
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August 20th, 2010 | 
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