Fix-It and Forget-It

We really do love our Dutch oven, the original slow-cooker! And, judging from a recent giveaway you all do as well!
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Who decides what’s grown-up food and what’s kid food? I’m thinking parents.

I have a friend whose son just turned four, and he requested sushi and miso soup for his birthday meal. And also an M&M Cake.
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Barley is another grain, like quinoa that might not be widely used. But, the nutrients in barley and the flavor it gives to a dish make it worth hunting for in your grocery store!
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We love lifting our eyes from our desks to watch what’s going on in the back field. Here the Amish farmer and a team of workhorses plow under the winter cover crop, getting ready for spring planting.
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We love tools that multi-task in the kitchen.
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The Pennsylvania Dutch influence of this area has given many of us a strong German heritage.
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Rebecca is my daughter. She’s a very good cook. While I couldn’t get her to chop an onion when she was growing up, she’s become a cook who tries everything now—successfully. She also is the Manager of The Good Cooking Store in our little Lancaster County town of Intercourse, PA. She taught Language Arts to middle-schoolers for 7 years. Now we benefit from all of her energy and good ideas. Don’t miss what she has to say!
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It is fresh spinach season here in Lancaster County. So, with spinach on our minds, we found this recipe in Fix-It and Forget-It Vegetarian Cookbook that works great as main dish or a side.
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Last Monday, we posted a giveaway for $250 cash, to celebrate the release of the new Fix-It and Forget-It Vegetarian Cookbook!
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Do you know a family who seems to have the cooking gene? They’re known for their food and people love to get invitations to their meals. Our friends are just such a family of cooks: Esther Rose Graber, the matriarch, with her 5 daughters and 1 daughter-in-law. They’ve been cooking together and collecting recipes for years until their binders were jammed and falling apart.
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