One thing that drives me crazy is a disorganized fridge or pantry. With ten or more people living in our household, everybody has a different approach to putting things away and different ideas where things belong. As a card-carrying OCD Kitchenaire, I believe that everything has a place, and every place has a thing. I'm getting a bit better about not melting down when I … [Read more...]
Kitchen Gadgets – Sunbeam Heritage Hand Mixer
I used to be a firm believer that anything that couldn't be mixed by hand wasn't worth mixing. I figured you could use a fork or maybe a spoon to mix up the stiffest cookie dough. A fork or whisk could handle the eggs that needed to be beaten. And if worst came to worst, you could mix the really tough stuff (like meatloaf) with your hands. But I've finally come around and … [Read more...]
Tonight’s Menu – Pork & Stuffed Mushrooms
What's on the Hectic Kitchen table tonight? Pork Loin has been on sale lately, and when I went to the freezer to select a meal for last night, I realized that I've been responsible for the demise of a lot of pigs! With the entire top shelf full of loins, it was time to thaw one out and make some. The question was, what should I make? I searched through my recipes and … [Read more...]
A Funny Thing Happened on the way to today’s post
A funny thing happened today while working on my blog. OK, several funny things, and if you don't realize it yet, I pretty much will share anything. So here goes... As a newly minted food blogger, a Hectic Dad of eight kids, an amateur photographer, as well as one of the worst housekeepers in the world (especially in the kitchen)...you would think that I would not be making … [Read more...]
Kitchen Gadgets – Progressive Fruit & Vegetable Chopper
I finally got around to making the Turkey Carcass Soup that I've been meaning to make since Black Friday. It's really not that hard to make, but I'm not a huge fan of dealing with the turkey carcass, and by the time I get around to making the soup I'm usually sick of turkey. Oddly, that hadn't happened this year. Despite the fact that we had a 24 pound bird, and only nine … [Read more...]