BLT with Homemade “Mahónnaise”

Hello there, today is officially the last day of summer.  I’m a bit  sad because we’ve only had one BLT sandwich this season (see the amazingly decadent picture below).  I’ll wait until you wipe that drool off your face.  To make our one and only BLT of the season extra special, I decided to make some mayo.  Because of the cooler weather, [...]

Two Words, Grilled Cheese

April is National Grilled Cheese Month.  What better way to celebrate than to attend the first ever Wisconsin Grilled Cheese Championship in Mineral Point on Saturday April 21st.  I’m especially excited about the event because my friend Caitlin and I will be competing in the amateur classic category.  I think we’ve got a pretty good shot at [...]

Goose Eggstravaganza!

I had six goose eggs from King’s Hill Farm to experiment with.  I started with a simple fried egg.  That’s my 6 1/2 inch cast iron pan below.  Look how the yolk is almost as big as the burner.  It turns out that a simple fried egg is not so simple when cooking with a goose egg.  The temperature was  set too high and the [...]

Bacon, Egg, & Cheese on Buttermilk Biscuit

Good morning sunshine!  During this time of the year in particular, I start to get a little morning crazy.  Just google “annoyingly perky” and you’ll get a picture of me grinning from ear to ear.  I like to wake up early (earlier than the time my dog Ollie requires his morning belly rub), go for [...]

BLT Sandwich

Hello everyone, this is what we had for dinner yesterday.  What could be better than a BLT sandwich on a hot summer night?  Whenever we’ve bought a package of bacon from Lois of Marr’s Valley View Farms this season, we’ve cooked all of it so that we have ready to eat bacon to use anytime.  The best way [...]

An Afternoon Tea

I was not much of a tea drinker before I met Keith.  His family is English so he grew up drinking it every morning and afternoon.  Keith prefers his tea with milk and sugar but I like mine plain.  Last Saturday, I made some cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches.  The raspberry pie was from a different weekend [...]