Tag Archives: Cooking

Rainbows and Watermelon

We always know when summer is coming to an end in our area. The warm weather goes to battle with the increasing cold fronts and one day can be 90°F and the next barely pass 60°F. Last night dropped to 42°F and some of the outlaying areas even had freezing fog. On Friday I ordered [...]

Busy

On Saturday we will be having our annual winter solstice gathering. So far it is looking like we will be fitting a record 15 (maybe 17!) people into our townhouse. I am use to at least a few people not being able to make it but I don’t think it is going to happen this [...]

Backpacker Jerky Stew

This is the dehydrated stew we are taking camping with us. I dehydrated all this stuff myself but I suppose you could buy it all pre-dried if you don’t have a dehydrator. The veggies can vary in it depending on what you have. The batch I made for this weekend’s camping trip also has zucchini [...]

Whisperings of Autumn

Today was the first morning it truly felt like Autumn. The air had that beautiful cold crisp quality and when I went outside to get the paper I noticed the edges of the leaves of the maple were just starting to turn. The morning sky has that surreal blue hue that only seem to happen [...]

Jerky

I made jerky in my new dehydrator (Excalibur ED 2500.) This batch is spiced with Italian seasoning and is soooo good! I am trying to save it for next weekend’s camping trip. I am going to make Backpacker Jerky Stew. Dehydrating potatoes, corn and tomatoes for it at the moment, as well as some of [...]