Ranch Wife's Slant

Cowboys, kids, and ranch life

Category: Home Sweet Home

  • Dakota Photo

    If you’re a history buff, are infatuated with the Black Hills of South Dakota, or appreciate beautiful photography, I encourage you to visit Dakota Photo. Paul Horsted’s photography and books are the best places to satisfy any of the above aforementioned interests. Paul and his family go to the same church I do, his wife…

  • Round Steak Revival

    For years, round steak was my least favorite cut of beef, mostly because I struggled to find very many interesting and tasty ways to prepare it. Round steak used to be the last to get eaten of our beef supply. The past few years I’ve taken it as a personal challenge to find new ways…

  • My Writing Inspiration: A Boozin’ Book Club

    One of the best ways for a writer to get inspiration is to read. One of the best ways to get to reading is to join a book club. One of the best ways to get members motivated to participate and come to book club is to have food and drinks. I am in a…

  • Dry Off Organically and Exfoliate The Frugal Way

    Wednesdays are blogging days I’ve dedicated to sharing tidbits about myself to give my column readers a little insight regarding my weirdness. Today it’s about my bathroom towel preferences. First off as you can see, none of my towels are color coordinated. My towels don’t match my bathroom decor either (there’s not enough room). Just one…

  • What I Gave Friends for Christmas This Year

    When it comes to Christmas gifts for my friends I like to make them extra special. I do this by giving them used and dried up stuff and they all dig it. Being the thrifty ranch wife that I am, I like being as frugal as possible without looking cheap since I have several people…

  • Married to the Tin Man

    It’s actually metal siding but we keep calling it tin. Since May, my husband’s been working on building a pole barn. It’s been a work in progress, especially when the project took a hiatus during haying season. He and our son worked on it until he felt like he was at a good stopping point before…

  • Krafting Food for Family

    Many of my best meal ideas, desserts and appetizers come from Kraft Food & Family magazine.  It comes out four times a year but all of Kraft Food & Family’s recipes are online. It’s one of my favorite recipe sources. I subscribe to this cooking magazine mostly because I’m really immature and like finding stuff in…

  • A Renewing Place

    Can you feel your mind, body and soul relaxing? This is Outlaw Ranch, and it will do that to you if you aren’t paying attention. I am fortunate in that Outlaw is only a 20 minute drive from my home. I’ve been here many times since my first church camp experience during my confirmation years…

  • Kirk Branding Day Dinner Featured on Toque Magazine

    Five and a half months after my family and I had our branding day dinner videotaped for a series called What’s For Dinner America? the final cut was revealed on the cooking site called Toque Magazine on October 14, 2010. The following is the video that I wrote about in my column this week and…

  • Recipes From My Cookbook

    Tuesday, I posted about my personal cookbook. Here are the recipes I promised. Kristie’s Taco Dip 8 oz. cream cheese 8-16 oz. sour cream 1 pkg. taco seasoning (I use my homemade taco seasoning) ½ c. mild taco sauce (I substitute salsa sometimes) Beat first 3 ingredients together. Spread in 9×13 pan Spread sauce/salsa on…