Category Archives: Ready Made Items From Scratch

A dilemma becomes my newest food related challenge!

I was talking to my sister online last night, and we were talking about her new food plan. Due to some recent health issues, she has decided to make a food-related lifestyle change. She has decided to switch to a … Continue reading

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My newest adventure…

So I’ve been kind of hum-ho lately. All Conan the Barbarian after the slaughter, looking around.. thinking.. what now?  I’ve cured meat, made cheese, I am relatively sure I could follow just about any recipe.. What’s left? I could get … Continue reading

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Sauced.. both figuratively and literally

I got to sleep in until the ripe hour of 8am, this morning. It wasn’t much.. but under the circumstances, I will take it. Upon rising, I went to go pick up my new glasses, then went to the farmers … Continue reading

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Someone really should have mentioned the side effects..

..  of making 5 lbs of bacon. I didn’t realize I would wanna eat it all pretty much immediately, but here I am, racking my brain for more bacon heavy recipes. Last night I made carbonara, which turned out pretty … Continue reading

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The Worlds Best BLT.

Admittedly I have limited BLT eating experience, and this might be the first one I’ve ever made for myself. My mom made them when I was a kid every so often, but for the most part I remember the whole … Continue reading

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And on the sixth day.. there was bacon

To spite the fact that I was on pins and needles in anticipation of bacon-y goodness, this week really flew by. When I got home from work today, the first thing I did was to pull the bacon out of … Continue reading

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It’s bacon flipping day!

 We’ve reached the halfway point of the whole bacon experiment, which means it’s time to flip it over, and move the seasonings around a little bit. Had to phrase it that way because any other words I could think of … Continue reading

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Making Butter: Fascinating Kitchen Science.

As previously mentioned, I wrapped up my oodles of homework and decided the best way to wind down was to make butter. Yeah, I know. Looking back, it’s clear there was something wrong with my logic, but .. hey I … Continue reading

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