Judyrae Kruse writes regularly about food and reader recipes.
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 Try these two dishes you can make in a pumpkin Pumpkins destined for carving can be any old shape or size. [More] October 21