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Author: Carol the Country Cook
This country cook is wife, mother, daughter, Nana, sister, friend and Christ-follower in Central Indiana. I love to cook, bake and share stories and recipes with friends and family. I even make my own dog food for our dachshund pack! I would love to visit with you–pull up a chair and a keyboard!
Baked beans in the Instant Pot
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Scrub Daddy–where have you been?
I’m not sure what cave I’ve been living in, but I didn’t know about Scrub Daddy cleaning sponges! Much as I LOVE my stainless steel inner pots in my Instant Pot, let’s be honest–sometimes they are a pain to scrub. I can get them all shiny with SOS pads but they are messy and expensive…
Tasty Shredded Beef in the Instant Pot
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“Cheater” Instant Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
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Super Simple Applesauce in Instant Pot
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Cooking vegetables
Came across this article on the Farmer’s Almanac Facebook page today that explained when to use cold water and when to use hot water when cooking vegetables. I guess I have always followed this procedure, more of less, because that was how I was taught, but I never knew why. This is pretty interesting! Take…
Cincinnati Style Chili in the pressure cooker
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Bountiful Garden Chowder
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The long road home, July 12
Eventually all good things come to an end. We had to leave Fairbanks and head back home. The trip home was brutal, traveling over night with two changes of planes and the four hour time difference. My advice to anyone who is planning to take this sort of a trip is to go north to…
Denali to Fairbanks, July 11
We set out early on a gray and rainy Wednesday morning on a motor coach for a 3 hour ride to Fairbanks. We stopped in a Nenana, a small settlement where the Nenana River enters the Tanana River, for a mid-morning break. This little way station had the biggest cinnamon rolls I’ve EVER seen! I wish…