Wow Chow Cooking

Cool weather is here, hurray! I rarely cook in the summer (except for grilling), but now that autumn is on the way, I am getting the “cooking bug” once again. And right now, apples are everywhere. The kids have been busy picking, peeling, and dicing apples for our freezer. All winter long, I have access [...]

I just love autumn! It’s cooler, it’s crisper, the air smells glorious, and my apple tree has produced fruit! Yay!!! What a wonderful crop so far! The boys volunteered to harvest the fruit, and then they volunteered to peel and dice the apples! This is because they knew what awaited them if they did: Apple [...]

In case you haven’t noticed, store-made brown sugar isn’t good for you. No, really– it’s just granulated white sugar with caramel coloring. YUK. I make my own, which has *minimal* nutritious value, but hey– it’s better than that caramel coloring stuff! With my recipe, you can adjust your sweetener to your own liking, whether you [...]

OK, I totally stole this from Scribbit about a year ago. I hate that woman– she can make and eat these things and not gain a SCRAP of weight!!! Gah!! And then she publishes it on her blog for all us “well-endowed” ladies to see! Gahhh!!! *sigh* Oh yeah– we JUST feed these to the [...]

Hummus is a dip, made from chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans) and spices. As a kid, I HATED chickpeas. My mom put them in salads, in pasta fazool, in chicken soup– YUCK! I used to pick them out, they were just so awful. My, my, how I have changed. I love chickpeas! I crave [...]