30 Days of Renewal – Day 6 – Oven Baked Marinated Chicken Drumsticks

I tried to get this posted yesterday, but Tom’s boss was coming to visit so I was a bit busy getting ready. Tom has an incredible metabolism. He is one of those guys who needs to eat 3000 calories a day just to maintain his body weight.  If I don’t keep the house stocked with…

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Cheap Eats: Braised Pork Shoulder

My dad was the king of getting a good deal.  He was an Extreme Couponer before there were Extreme Couponers.  As a teenager, driving practice meant driving my dad to 3 different grocery stores so he could be sure to get the best deal.  I thought it was so ridiculous and insisted that we must…

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Egg and Sausage Breakfast Sandwich To-Go

His alarm blazes Sweet Home Alabama every morning at 5:30 am. He is so quick to turn it off that I rarely wake to hear it.  45 minutes later his old blue and silver GMC truck rumbles to life.  The dog, hearing the engine, pulls himself up from his place by the fire and trots…

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