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Listed in Alphabetical Order.



Asian
Shredded Beef

Broccoli
Beef

Cheese
Enchilada Stack

Chicken
Korma

Chimichangas

Chow
Mein

Coconut
Curry Soup

Dolmas

Falafel

Fried
Rice

General
Tso’s Chicken

Gyro

I made a whole chicken yesterday in the slow cooker, and it turned out really well. We had some tomatoes that needed to get used up before they turned into pasta sauce, and I threw them on top of the bird while it slow-cooked. I loved the end result: a moist, flavorful chicken with gooey packed-with-flavor tomatoes. For an added bonus, you can save the crock drippings to make steamed rice.

The

originally posted on July 29, 2008. Updated July 2015.


Day 211.

The kids and I went to the "good" library over the weekend and I checked out a bunch of cookbooks. One of the books was put out by Cook's Illustrated, and was called The Complete Book of Poultry.

There are probably a good five hundred recipes in this book, but narrowing down what I was going to attempt first was rather easy---I

originally posted in 2008. Photo and text updated via deposit photos @bhofack2 in 2015


Day 204.

I made this chow mein with chicken, but you easily could keep it vegetarian, or use your favorite kind of meat---even pork!

Debbi (who doesn't have a blog, but totally needs one) sent me this recipe in May, and I made it just yesterday.

This is a good one; I'm excited to share it with you.

originally posted May 21, 2008. Reposted in 2015.



Day 142.




Last weekend I went through the pantry and put like items together. Since I had helpers, it took a really long time, and it sort of looks the same way it did when I started, but I now have a pretty good idea of our inventory.




We have a surplus of garbanzo beans.




So I made falafels.




In the crockpot.


I've never made

originally published April 30, 2015. Updated with new photo via deposit photos @bhofack 4/15


Day 121.



We had a busy Saturday this past week and I didn't have a meal planned. Usually that means take-out or macaroni and cheese, but instead I dug into the depths of the freezer and found a forgotten bag of frozen stew meat.


I wasn't sure exactly what to do with it, so just kept pulling

photo updated 4/15 from Deposit Photos bhofack2

Day 118.


We went to a birthday party last weekend and they had a bunch of vegetables roasted in balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Along with the roasted zucchini and peppers were slices of portabella mushroom. I couldn't get enough, and kept finding my way back at the buffet table to sneak a little bit more.


Portabella mushrooms are nice

Originally published on April 10, 2008.
Photo updated in April 2015 by Deposit Photos HHLtDave5



Day 101.






These are quite possibly the very best ribs I have ever had. They were so good they made my eyes roll backwards, which is nearly impossible right now because I have a hive on it.


Yes.




I have a hive on my EYEBALL. My left one. It's been rather windy here lately, so the

February 19, 2008 *
Day 50.


Fifty! 50! ack!


This recipe is straight from the Gluten Free Goddess' site. I followed it word-for-word down to the organic, free-range, grass fed, massaged, and sung-to-sleep beef. 


I have been a fan of Karina's for quite a while---her website taught me to not be afraid of gluten free cooking. I owe our love to Pamela's to Karina, and my new-found