Ingredients • 3-4 racks of baby-back pork ribs • Prepared barbecue sauce (recipe below) BBQ SAUCE • 2 cups ketchup • 1 small onion, minced • 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic • 4 cups water • 1 cup cider vinegar • 2 tablespoons paprika • 1 tablespoon honey • 1/4 cup dark brown sugar • […]

Introduction: Extraordinarily flavorful. You really need to use Arborio rice for this dish to work. Arborio plumps up and gives the dish a creamy texture you won’t get with other rice. “Arborio” may be the fine print with “Risotto” rice dominating the label, but you should be able to find it at most grocery stores. […]

I like my stuffing cooked outside the bird. This recipe works well as a side for turkey or pork. Ingredients: • 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed • 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter • 1 teaspoon powdered onion • 6 cups diced cored tart green apples (such as Granny Smith) • 1 tablespoon dried […]

Ingredients 3 lb. sweet potatoes ½ cup sugar ½ cup brown sugar, loosely packed 1 cup milk 2 beaten eggs 6 TBS butter, cubed 2 tsp vanilla Marshmallows Directions 1. Scrub and peel sweet potatoes. 2. Cut off and discard woody portions and ends. 3. Cut potatoes into cubes. 4. Cook covered in boiling water […]

Ingredients 1 ½ lb. sweet potatoes ½ cup sugar ½ cup milk 1 beaten egg 3 TBS butter, cubed 1 tsp vanilla ½ cup brown sugar, packed 1/3 cup flour 2 TBS butter Directions 1. Scrub and peel sweet potatoes. 2. Cut off and discard woody portions and ends. 3. Cut potatoes into cubes. 4. […]

Ingredients: 3 pounds cubed beef 2 tablespoons paprika 1 tablespoon onion powder 1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons bouillon, Beef granules 1 teaspoon bouillon, Chicken granules 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce 4 teaspoons ground cumin 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons MSG 6 tablespoons chili powder […]

Note: This is more a technique than a recipe. It makes a bird that has concentrated turkey flavor and fine, firm flesh and that is delicious as it is easy. But you can add other flavors as you wish. Minced rosemary would be a nice finishing addition. Or brush the bird lightly with butter before […]

Served with Pea Pilau, this is a tasty Indian meal.

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This holiday weekend this site is moving to a new server and changing formats.  -Carrie

Elsewhere we’ve listed all the many birds that visit our yard. Here is the latest addition, an apple stealing green parrot.

We’ve had a number of custom bird feeders over the years, but the one that has endured and travelled from Redondo to Pomona was the cathead feeder.   I had added and soon abandoned a wireframe body, but the results were less than satisfying both functionally and aesthetically.  So when the original cathead feeder was […]