Paula Deen’s Sweet Potato Biscuits

I’ve wanted to try sweet potato biscuits for a long time, and this recipe seemed a good starting point, from Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible, which a friend just lent me – it is also here from the food network.  After reading the user reviews, I decided to add vinegar which was a frequent suggestion…

Slow Cooker Black Bean and Sweet Potato Soup

I made this to use some of the leftover pork roast, and more importantly the gigantic bone from the roast.  I love making broth.  I save all of my vegetable scraps in a large freezer bag for this purpose, and it makes me feel very virtuous and thrifty.  You could certainly omit the broth rigamarole…

Slow Cooker Pork Roast

I’m constantly trying to cook roasts in the slow cooker without having them simmer in about half a pot of liquid.  I don’t have cooker insert rack, so I experimented before with using halved onions – but of course they turned to mush.  Another thing I try to control is that the veg seem to…

Fried Grits with Spinach

I thought I’d try these out to go with our leftover red beans.  My mom brought me back some “Quick Grits” (not the same as instant apparently – better – everyone I’ve read seems horrified by instant grits) from her trip to the States.  I’m sure you can get them somewhere even in Halifax, Nova…

Slow Cooker Spicy Pork and Bean Stew

I’ve been working my way through our stockpile of dried beans and came up with this idea to go with a small pack of pork stew meat I got on sale. Slow Cooker Spicy Pork and Bean Stew 1 1/2 cup dried white beans 1 cup dried chick peas 6 cups low-sodium broth (I had…

Cornmeal Dumplings

I’ve made dumplings more often than I can count, but I’ve never made Cornmeal dumplings so I thought I would give it a try – I’m going to put them on top of a stew in a slow cooker, but you could use them in any stew or soup I’m sure. Cornmeal Dumplings 1/2 cup…

Black Magic Chocolate Cake (with Condensed Tomato Soup!)

I grew up eating desserts that baked by my grandmotherfrom recipes which would definitely be considered “vintage” today! One favourite was tomato soup cake (a spice cake with condensed tomato soup- its all over the internet, try it, you’ll like it!) so I couldn’t resist trying out this cake which I found on a great…

Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice

I’ve always wanted to try this out, and today seemed a good day.  I am using up what I have on hand, so some of this could definitely be improved with other supplies! Slow Cooker Red Beans and Rice 3 cups dried red beans, soaked overnight 4 small onions, chopped 10 cloves of garlic, chopped…

Slow Roasted Tomatoes or Sad Winter Tomatoes Made Happy

I’m experimenting with how well I can salvage these sad, spongy, pale winter tomatoes we have in the fridge.  I tried this technique on a whole box of lovely orange cherry tomatoes (they were on the edge of going bad or they were luscious enough to eat whole and raw) and they turned out fabulous. …

Skillet Baked Panko Salmon

My mom and I tried some chicken breast at Costco that was done with mayo and panko crumbs and it was so good I had to try the idea out. Skillet Baked Panko Salmon 3 salmon filets 3 tablepoons mayo (I used Hellman’s light) 1 tablespoon dijon mustard 1 tsp fresh thyme (I used one…