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It’s easier than ever to use your http://www.wildbluedeals.com/ connection to get online and look up a quick recipe for dinner but where’s the soul in that? We’re all about the slow, soft cooking of old and we think a slow cooker’s a great way to get those deep flavors. Here are a few of our favorite slow cooker dishes:

Pulled Pork: It’s about the easiest thing in the world, simply take one whole pork loin (defrosted) and a bottle of your favorite barbecue sauce, or enough to cover. Set on low for about 8 hours and when you get home you’ll have an instant pulled pork meal.

Beef Stew: Or as our grandmothers called it, stew beef. Simply cut up onions, carrots and celery then place in a stock pot with cuts of beef chuck or as good a cut as you can afford. Cover with water and a touch of flour and 6 hours later you’ll have a mean beef stew.

Macaroni and Cheese: Noodles, milk, cheese – that’s about all it takes for this classic. Be careful to grease the pot well before pouring in, though.

Cooking dove over an open fire is incredibly simple and delicious. One of the easiest ways to do so is simply to split the breast and remove the entrails (you do not even have to de-feather the bird) and place it over an open fire right on the coals. After the bird is cooked, you pick the meat off with your fingers.

For an alternative and more delectable way to eat it you can skin the dove, removing the feathers before you cook it. You can roast the dove right over the open fire but you can also get more Read More »

Sweet potatoes are one of the healthiest foods possible. Unlike their white potato cousins they do not raise your blood sugar dramatically when you eat them. This is good news for people watching their weight and for mothers who want to serve their children healthy and tasty food.

Sweet potatoes can be sliced just like french fries and baked in the oven for a wonderful healthy taste treat. You will be surprised at how good Read More »

Nothing can complete a southern meal better than a warm serving of cornbread and even better if you can make it from scratch yourself. In order to make corn bread from scratch you will need the following ingredients:

1 cup of all-purpose flour
1 quarter cup of sugar
4 teaspoons of baking powder
3 quarter teaspoons of salt
1 cup of yellow cornmeal
2 medium sized eggs
1 cup of skim milk (regular milk can also be used)
1 quarter cup of soft shortening

To make this delicious homemade treat follow the following Read More »

Gumbo is a stew thickened with roux and okra, a vegetable pod whose Angolan name is ngumbo. Okra was brought to the Americas by African slaves. Just about anything can go into a good, rich gumbo, and just about anything has.

Among the more unusual and delicious ingredients for gumbo is rabbit. Rabbit can be found in specialty meat stores or Asian markets. Rabbit can be cut up and cooked just like chicken.

Guinea hen is another unusual ingredient that can go into gumbo. Guinea hens can prepared like chickens, but when they’re Read More »