Fix-It and Forget-It

Have you heard about Meatless Mondays? This isn’t for vegetarians, but rather for those of us who would like to eat less meat for various reasons. Meatless Mondays have caught on with many celebrities and others who are simply conscious of eating more vegetables.
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If you are like some of my friends, the thought of making fish is intimidating. It feels like such a delicate food that they are sometimes even afraid to buy it.
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A couple of weeks ago we made pizza in our slow cookers. Today we will make tacos! It might not look like a taco, but the seasonings are all the same.
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There is a bread making class this Saturday at The Good Cooking Store. The instructor is a home baker who is amazing at producing wonderful baked goods from scratch. Whenever she teaches a class, we feel empowered to make goodies like pie crusts, cinnamon rolls, bread. You name it and she can teach you how to make it!

Thinking about bread made us remember this recipe that can be made in your slow cooker. It comes out as a thick and hearty bread, perfect for dipping in a soup or simply sliced with some homemade jam.
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It seems as though macaroni and cheese recipes are trendy recently. You see them on-line, in newspapers, in cooking magazines. Each recipe is unique enough that we want to try them all!
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The quilters are in town!

For the past few years, thousands of quilters trek to Lancaster County in March for the annual American Quilter’s Society Show and Contest.This year the estimated attendance is 17,000 and many of those quilters will journey into our small town to visit the various quilt and fabric stores here. One of those quilt shops, The Old Country Store, is open until midnight tomorrow night to celebrate the quilters’ journeys to Lancaster County.
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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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Everything is better with bacon, right? Well, maybe not for everyone, but definitely for this recipe!
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We attended a banquet this weekend that featured a pork loin main dish. It was wonderfully juicy with a bit of sweet sauce that was made from various fruits and spices.
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So Rebecca loaded her hefty iron skillet, a bag of wet pizza dough, a jar of locally made marinara sauce, and a bottle of salad dressing from a nearby producer into the car.
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