Archive for Jill
Jill is a mother, wife, teacher, artist, creative genius, and writer. She works daily on her blog at SimpleDailyRecipes.com. When she is not home schooling her kids or writing for her blog, Jill likes to experiment in her kitchen to create new food delights.
Meet My Friend, Ruth
If you enjoyed yesterday’s video, Canning with Linda. Then you should meet my other friend, Ruth. Ruth Macy teaches us how to make homemade Apple Butter outside. Ruth is famous for her apple butter at the annual Heritage Folk Festival here in Sulphur Springs, Texas. For the longest time, I [...]
8Aug2008 (10 hours ago) | Jill | 0 comments | Continued
Meet My Friend, Linda
I met Linda T. through my dear friend, Kim. Kim said we would get along great and I just HAD to meet her. So she hooked us on a blind date phone call and the rest was left to me and Linda. Linda has YEARS and YEARS of experience “puttin’up” food. I [...]
7Aug2008 | Jill | 2 comments | Continued
Simple Fig Preserves
Jarvis Farms is experiencing their fig harvest right now. MAN! Are these figs DELICIOUS!
I’ll be honest with you. I had never eaten a fig until last week sometime. I’ve always seen fig newtons, and knew I didn’t like them. But never had I appreciated a fresh fig right off the tree. [...]
Fried Green Tomatoes
It’s not right to live through Summer without eating at least one batch of fried green tomatoes. I believe it’s a Southern sin.
Now generally speaking, I seem to remember that eating fried green tomatoes was something we did at the end of the last harvest. Some tomato plants can be pushed to produce [...]
Grilled Rainbow Trout
Grilling Rainbow Trout is SUPER EASY and leaves no mess in the kitchen.
I LOVE IT!
HERE’S ALL IT TAKES
heavy duty aluminum foil
nonstick cooking spray
1 large Rainbow Trout fillet
1 large lemon, cut half of it into thin slices
1 small onion, cut into 1/4 inch slices
salt & fresh ground pepper
1 hot grill
Go ahead and prep fillet, first. [...]
1Aug2008 | Jill | 1 comment | Continued
Oven Roasted Red Potatoes and Onions
Oven roasted vegetables are so delicious and easy to serve. No matter what it is, as long as the oven is hot, there’s good olive oil on hand and you season it with plenty of coarse salt and fresh ground pepper…you cannot go wrong.
HERE’S A GREAT VEGGIE COMBO
red potatoes, cut into 1 inch pieces
yellow [...]
Hand Count Method for Grilling Temperatures
How do you know how hot your grill is without using a thermometer?
Use the Hand Count Method -
Hold your hand at grilling height over the coals. Count the number of seconds you can hold you hand there before the heat forces you to move it.
2 seconds, hot coals: 400 - 450 F degrees
4 [...]
Little Czech Bakery
Do I have your attention now?
The next time you find yourself traveling in Texas on interstate highway East 35 and you know you’re going to drive through a little town named West. STOP!!!
West is located 20 miles North of Waco, Texas. There’s a great bakery known as the Little Czech Bakery that is [...]
Make Your Own Smoked Salt
I was standing in the grocery store the other day, sniffing jars of smoked sea salts. They all smelled very good, but I couldn’t get past their prices.
“Why,” I thought to myself, “are these sea salts SOOO expensive?”
Of course, if I didn’t have a recipe already at home telling me how to do it [...]
Shrimp Fest
Shrimp is so fast and easy to cook. We should eat it more often. It literally takes minutes to be ready and it tastes SOOOO good no matter how we eat it; breaded, boiled, fried, roasted and GRILLED.
HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SPICE AND THE KIDS CAN EAT TOO
1 pound shrimp
Road Kill [...]
Fresh Cucumber Pickle Slices
Don’t these super fresh fruits and vegetables look so lovely? Good enough to eat!
Our good neighbor, Randy, brought them over. They were still hot from the morning sun when I shot this photo. Over the next few posts, I’ll show you how we ended up eating this flavorful bunch from Randy’s [...]
Sloppy Joes and Country Bobs
My kids have been begging me to make Sloppy Joes. It’s been SO long since I’ve made them, how could I say no? This time, I had something new to add to the sauce that made my family go back for seconds.
HERE’S ALL IT TAKES
1 pound of fresh, lean ground beef
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 [...]
