Judyrae Kruse writes regularly about food and reader recipes.
The Forum: Old pot roast way still her favorite Straight from Dee Dee Ohm of Snohomish, who just shared her dandy dish called Saturday night (or any night) chicken, we have another of her favorites. [More] November 9 The Forum: Family fave mixes chicken, rice Snohomish cook Dee Dee Ohm tells us, “Your plea for casseroles finally prompted me to send you one that I have wanted to send for a long time. [More] November 6 Take a crack at crockpot cookery The fact of the matter is, some Forum cooks are crack crockpotters. They’ve been taking advantage of this energy-saving, money-saving, time-saving technique for years now, all the while putting delicious meals on the dinner table. [More] November 4 The Forum: Create frugal, heartfelt family gift Is this the year to make a cookbook especially for your family? Or those foodie friends that are such kindred spirits? [More] November 2 The Forum: Breads help solve dinner dilemma A savory pot of soup or stew bubbling along on the stovetop and a loaf of bread baking in the oven, and what do you have? The answer to the unending what’s for dinner question, that’s what. [More] October 30 Mincemeat recipe, plus useful tips for cooks For $14.95, plus shipping and handling to the tune of almost 6 bucks, you could mail-order a half-dozen spicy, rich mincemeat tarts in a crumbly shortbread pastry. Considering this, that and the other, as it applies to you, personally, it might... [More] October 28 The Forum: One-pumpkin super supper For Halloween eats this year, I was saying we’d need one pumpkin for this, or one for that — two if we were planning to prepare both the hearty entree, Bonnie’s dinner in a pumpkin from Cindy, and Isabelle’s favorite baked... [More] October 26 The Forum: Cozy retro casseroles for fall There are a few things we cooks can never have too many of. One of them, for sure and certain, is good, new, tried-and-true casserole possibilities. [More] October 23