Ranch Wife's Slant

Cowboys, kids, and ranch life

Category: Home Sweet Home

  • Cheat Nights

    At our house, when the cook that’d be me gets a night off, we call it cheat night. I’m not entirely sure how the nickname stuck but I think it had something to do with me commenting once that I was going to cheat on cooking supper and everyone was going to have a bowl…

  • Weekend Cereal

    Like most households, my family looks forward to weekends. It means they get to have weekend cereal! I dubbed sugar-coated cereals weekend cereals a long time ago when I made it a rule one summer that my kids couldn’t eat sugar cereal for breakfast every day. I’ve always felt like the first meal of the…

  • BEEF Magazine’s May 2011 Issue Features Value Cuts of Beef

    I was overly excited when I received the May 2011 issue of BEEF Magazine in our mailbox last week and saw the cover. The magazine’s featured topic focused on value cut meats. The front cover pictured a scrumptious skillet dish of pan-fried steak, onions, jalapeños, and colored bell peppers called Samba steak stir fry using…

  • My Husband’s Nightstand

    My husband is a creature of habit. I’m more of a creature of chaos. I admire his penchant for routine. If only that kind of habit would stick with me. Every night he empties his personal belongings on his nightstand. Mine are usually forgotten as soon as I walk in the door. He’s very consistent…

  • What Happens To Kids Who Don’t Get TV Time

    When you deprive a child of television, they’ll end up doing stuff like this with their time:   This is an example of what my son can do with free time, camouflage duct tape and black electrical tape when there’s no television programming to watch. Evidently holding his water bottle in his hand isn’t as…

  • Roast Beef: The Ultimate in Lazy Cooking

    Roast beef is one of my favorite cuts of beef because it’s the easiest meat to cook and make meals out of. I usually have our meat processor make 4-5 pound roasts out of our butcher critter for us. I like that I can squeeze three meals out of one roast without much fuss to…

  • Bulk Spices: A Ranch Wife’s Lifesaver

    I do a lot of shopping locally but when I can, I take advantage of buying certain items in bulk because of the larger amounts which last longer since for me, going to the store isn’t five minutes away and I like getting more product for less money if it’s something my household will use….

  • More Cookie Dough Recipes

    Chunky Mocha Cookies 1 c. butter-flavored shortening ¾ c. sugar ½ c. packed brown sugar 2 eggs 2 T. milk 1 T. instant coffee granules 1 t. vanilla extract 2 1/3 c. all purpose flour 2 T. baking cocoa 1 t. baking soda ½ t. salt 1 c. chopped pecans 1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips…

  • Cookie Dough Recipes

    Here are the cookie dough recipes I promised from Wednesday’s blog post. Feel free to bake the dough if you want.    Rosie’s Chocolate Chip Cookies 1c. butter or margarine, softened 1 ½ c. brown sugar, packed 1 t. vanilla 2 eggs 3 ¼ c. flour 1 t. baking soda 1 t. salt 2 c….

  • Brown Beauties

    Farm fresh eggs are hard to beat. Literally. The yolks of these brown beauties are so thick it takes work to whisk them. There is a huge difference between store bought and farm fresh eggs. I never paid much attention to eggs until we acquired laying hens and started getting our own eggs. The color…