What do you do when you want slow-cooked pulled pork barbecue for dinner, but it’s already late afternoon? Well, you could order out ~ or you could have fantastic pressure cooker pulled pork in about an hour ~ yes, you can! That’s what we did one recent Saturday. From what would usually take many hours in an oven or smoker, to… Read More

Is it Christmas yet? So close, whew ~ still time to share one more Christmas post! In blogland, holiday posts start the end of October, about the same time as decorations start showing up in stores. In both cases that’s so folks can get ideas, and have time to do, buy, wrap and give. For years, working in retail visual… Read More

We have a small dilemma at Thanksgiving. Bluwatermom does not like pumpkin! So I’m sharing a southern tradition that is a great alternative to pumpkin pie ~ my grandmother’s favorite Sweet Potato Pie! I’m doing this the way my grandmother would have, and she was the queen of aluminum pie pans. Living through the Depression and two world wars, she could NOT throw… Read More

These Chewy Blondie Bars should come with a warning ~ they are irresistible! This is my Grandmother Geneva’s recipe. She was always baking things ~ and I shared her cold oven pound cake here. These Chewy Blondie Bars were always a favorite at the lake when we were growing up, and now they’re an anytime tailgate favorite. 🙂 Bluwatermom made… Read More

We introduced Bluwatermom to the veggie spiralizer during our last visit, and she liked it. One night we made our spiralizer veggie noodles with marinara sauce ~ and it was a hit ~ so I decided to try another idea ~ spiralizer veggie quiche! Details on the spiralizer are in this earlier post, along with some SCBD tips {small change, big difference}… Read More

What to do when you get an unexpected windfall of ice cream sandwiches? Make an easy ice cream cake! We visited Bluwatermom over the Labor Day holiday weekend, and on Saturday one of her neighbors stopped by with leftover ice cream sandwiches from the neighbor get-together the previous evening. Now you know I’m never going to turn down ice cream in… Read More

Things are settling down a bit this week after the recent scare, and I had a morning to try a new recipe. It’s my turn to bring dessert for THE Book Club this month, and I wanted to try these Cobbler Bars from HomeIsWheretheBoatIs.net 🙂 I’ve linked to the recipe from one of my favorite blogs! I decided to vary… Read More

Spaghetti has been one of my favorite comfort foods since childhood ~ and now it has some competition! Bluwaterguy has converted me to spiralized veggie noodles ~ at least for the summer. 🙂 We agree on the noodles, but have very different views on sauce. I’m all about marinara and he loves classic clam sauce. This way we both get… Read More

We’re always happy with tacos or pizza, so this Taco Pizza recipe is a new combo favorite. I always liked a similar pizza at our local CPK, and I wanted to come up with something along the same lines. Ordinary grocery store ingredients and ready in about 30 minutes. Easy supper time meal for 4 to 6 ~ and any… Read More