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Here is a great blog - http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/

She also has a cookbook out this is the description from Amazon:

After years of living in Los Angeles, I made a pit stop in my hometown in Oklahoma on the way to a new, exciting life in Chicago. It was during my stay at home that I met Marlboro Man, a mysterious cowboy with steely blue eyes and a muscular, work-honed body. A strict vegetarian, I fell hard and fast, and before I knew it we were married and living on his ranch in the middle of nowhere, taking care of animals, and managing a brood of four young children. I had no idea how I'd wound up there, but I knew it was exactly where I belonged.

The Pioneer Woman Cooks is a homespun collection of photography, rural stories, and scrumptious recipes that have defined my experience in the country. I share many of the delicious cowboy-tested recipes I've learned to make during my years as an accidental ranch wife—including Rib-Eye Steak with Whiskey Cream Sauce, Lasagna, Fried Chicken, Patsy's Blackberry Cobbler, and Cinnamon Rolls—not to mention several "cowgirl-friendly" dishes, such as Sherried Tomato Soup, Olive Cheese Bread, and CrÈme BrÛlÉe. I show my recipes in full color, step-by-step detail, so it's as easy as pie to follow along.

You'll also find colorful images of rural life: cows, horses, country kids, and plenty of chaps-wearing cowboys.

I hope you get a kick out of this book of mine. I hope it makes you smile. I hope the recipes bring you recognition, accolades, and marriage proposals. And I hope it encourages even the most harried urban cook to slow down, relish the joys of family, nature, and great food, and enjoy life.

• 6 cups cranberries
• 2/3c sugar
• 1/3 c orange juice
• 1/3 c creme de cassis (black currant liqueur)
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 tablesppon orange zest
• half a vanilla bean, split and scraped

Put the 1/2 the cranberries and all the other sutuff in a 4q sauce pan.  Bring to a boil and then reduce down to medium and cook until the cranberries have popped and broken down.  The juice will look syrupy.  Add the rest of the cranberries and cook until they pop.

Remove from heat and take out the vanilla bean and let cool.  If not serving, put in frig.  Can make ahead

NOTE:  Need to go to a good liquor store to find the black-currant liqueur.  It is good over ice cream and also straight up! 

I hate turkey and was amazed at how good it was.  The secret here is that the bird stays very moist and doesn't dry out.  I will never cook a turkey any other way.

The recipe called for a green bean called fatty horse, but I used whatever is in the store that looks fresh.

• Beans - 2.5 lbs trimmed and cut to 2" pieces
• Bacon - 1/2lb into cut into 1" pieces
• Onion - Yellow thinly sliced
• Sugar - 3 tablespoons
• Water - Quart
• Kosher Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

• Cook bacon over medium heat in a large pot, until crisp - This takes about 10 minutes
• Add onion and cook until soft, stirring often
• Add water, sugar, salt and pepper
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered for 15 minutes
• Add Beans and increase heat to bring to a boil. 
• Reduce heat to medium-low and cook covered until very tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes
• Season with Salt and Pepper

Serves 6-8