Dutch Oven No-Knead Bread

Dutch Oven No-Knead Bread

Several months ago I found myself housebound due to illness. I started feeling better after a while, but I still wasn’t really feeling up for leaving the house. I needed something to do with my time. Maybe baking? I’d heard about no-knead bread years ago, but I truly didn’t believe it was as easy as the recipe claimed it was. Since I now had extra time on my hands, I figured I’d give it a go. Spoiler: it was as easy as the recipe said, and...
Instant Pot Hot Pepper Sauce

Instant Pot Hot Pepper Sauce

We had a bountiful harvest of hot peppers so I made a large batch of hot sauce.  This year we used an Instant Pot. I’m happy to report it made the task a lot easier.  We did the cleaning, cooking and blending outside. Trying this indoors can be suicidal, so be warned. Removing Stems Here’s the recipe we used. Quantities and sauté time will need to be adjusted depending on the amount of peppers you have. 1 ¾ lb. of washed, de-stemmed, hot peppers 1...

Walnutty Green Beans

On Geoff’s last visit to Wisconsin he prepared some of the family meals. After raiding the freezer for some homegrown veggies he came up with this tasty side dish – tamari flavored ‘walnutty’ green beans. It was his version of green beans amandine, replacing the almonds with walnuts and the salt with tamari soy sauce. I’m a big walnut fan so this dish went to the top of the list for me. 2 T. olive oil ¼ cup chopped walnuts 2 cups frozen green beans, thawed (or...

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