Cooking with Barry & Meta
On May 5 th we prepared Rice and Beans for a Cinco de Mayo Parents as Teachers family festival.
Batch Cooking is a concept I sometimes use to organize meal components in advance so they are ready to use when we’re in a hurry.

Another in a series of batch cooking recipes.

This recipe came from “Make-A-Mix Cookery” by Karine Elaison, Nevada Aharward, & Madeline Westover.
Inspired by a Campbell’s® soup recipe in a magazine, I adapted it to use with Ground Beef Mix ( click on the MIX tab at the top of the .
We grew up eating Sloppy Joes but our favorite was a Beef Burger - a divine loose meat sandwich sold in Stafford, Ks.

Kids in the Kitchen – A quick-fix meal that kids can easily assemble.
Quinoa (KEEN- wa ) has been referred to as .
Summers in Stafford County always meant taking meals to the field during wheat harvesting.

At least once during wheat harvest, my mom would make her signature cobbler to take to the field; she usually used fresh peaches an.
This recipe is an example of why I’ve become a fan of 5 Ingredient Fix on the Food Network.

Ollie Gates appeared on Martha Stewart (“From Martha’s Kitchen”) several years ago and shared recipes for his seasoning (dry rub) a.
Linda Carlson spent her life sharing her talents and knowledge with others and I’m sure she would be pleased to know that her mem.
The latest issue of Midwest Living (July/August 2011) arrived at the end of last week and Barry earmarked the Fresh Corn Risotto page.

Some of my mom’s favorite recipes use canned soup as an ingredient.

Although my preference is fresh green beans, steamed, I’ve had several requests for this recipe that uses the canned variety.