Tag: cooking

  • Roast Beef and Colby-Jack Biscuits

    After our branding a couple of weeks ago, I had some leftover roast beef that I decided to make the next night’s supper out of instead of freezing like I do with a lot of the leftover meat and potatoes from our branding day dinner. I am always on the hunt for unique and new…

  • My Branding Day Checklists

    We’re gearing up for our branding and one of the things I do to prepare for it is make lists to organize my time. Cooking a meal for a large crowd is a lot of work and takes time. I organize my days prior by creating lists I can refer to. I like to enjoy…

  • Calving Season Suppers

    Once calving season is in full swing, the thought of fixing supper gets to be a drag and a hassle. Since my energy and concentration starts to dwindle around suppertime, I try to simplify feeding my family by relying heavily on my crockpot to do a lot of my cooking for me (actually I have two crockpots)….

  • Have A Taste of Monte Walsh

    I discovered a great new twist on a favorite sandwich of mine; the Monte Cristo, on one of my favorite new internet beef recipe resources. The recipe for the Monte Walsh (I love that for a sandwich name—after Tom Selleck’s character in Crossfire Trails) that calls for beef instead of ham. I got the recipe…

  • Cucumber Salad: A Summertime Family Tradition

      For as long as I can remember, cucumber salad has been a part of every Studt family (on my paternal side) summertime potluck and gathering. I don’t know if any of my cousins, aunts, or uncles think of it as a tradition but I’ve always considered the side dish a family tradition whenever my…

  • Bread for My Family, Soul, and Spirit

    A few years ago I stopped buying bread and started making my own for several reasons. For starters, homemade bread tastes so much better, but I also liked the idea of knowing exactly what the ingredients were as well as using honey instead of sugar, old-fashioned oatmeal, wheat germ and unbleached whole wheat and white…

  • Beef Recipes from A to Z

    One of the things I love about cooking with beef is the many different ways I can enjoy it. I do a lot of experimental cooking mostly with roasts and steaks; sometimes hamburger, to discover new flavors and new favorite dishes. I’ve never been brave enough to try cooking a prime rib but I’ve always…

  • It’s Rhubarb Season!

      One of my favorite summer treats is having rhubarb. For those who have never experienced tasting rhubarb, it’s very tart, and like chokecherries, it’s consumed after it’s been cooked with sugar. Rhubarb is an easy to grow perennial plant that’s popular in our area and freezes really well. It has a very distinct, unforgettable…

  • Our Annual Family Picnic

    When we move our cows to summer range every June, I pack a picnic lunch for our family to enjoy afterwards. It’s made the annual cow-moving trek a family tradition. Sadly, we rarely have picnics, which I need to change. When our kids were younger, the thought of food (mostly a can of pop and…

  • 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 of cereal…