Category Archives: In The Kitchen

The Best Sandwich on the Whole Planet

Our Tuesday night SnB meets at the Jitterbug Coffee Hop here in Salt Lake. Bruce, the proprietor is endlessly patient with the group of loud and plentiful knitters that show up in his shop every week. He stays open late for us, and indulges our bringing our outside treats on birthdays and special holidays. But […]

Spinning, Spinning, 1-2-3

I forgot to take a picture of my spindle, but here is the progress so far with the yarn. From left to right we have a merino silk blend (why I thought this would be a good thing to spin on my first REAL attempt, I will never know), the first attempt with the Icelandic […]

P is for….

Pastry! The pictures are some of the jam tarts I made for our birthday edition of SnB this week. I’ve loved pastry all my life. My mom makes a mean apple pie and I used to “help” by eating the skins of the granny smith apples as she peeled them. As I got older, it […]

Catching Up

Let’s cover the weekend first shall we? I made a veritable ton of jam! And the 3 jars of peach salsa on the left. the nectarine jam on the right was made on Saturday morning, and the Blackberry & Plum jam (yes, it really is a mouth watering as it sounds) in the middle was […]

How to Roast a Chicken, or learning to love salt and fat

So I apologize ahead of time for not taking a picture of the whole chicken (we just dug right in) and I also apologize for posting this before lunch, since it will most likely make you hungry. You will need: A whole Chicken Onions Baby Carrots Garlic Butter (REAL butter, not Margarine) Salt (I like […]

Jam, the Photo Tutorial

Yesterday I made more jam, but this is not just ANY jam. This is the jam that my sister craves and the entire family knows it as “Liquid Crack”. It’s something I came up with last year and it’s become something I think I will HAVE to make every year or Laura will kill me. […]

Jammy Goodness

I celebrated my Independence Day holiday by proving my independence from tradition! 🙂 I did absolutely nothing that could be considered traditional for the 4th of July. No BBQ, no fireworks, no shopping. I started the day off by cleaning my kitchen, tidying my living room and folding laundry (all things that have moved down […]