When I was young, I had to make the holiday dinners for years until I left home and got married. My mother-in-law had always made her family’s dinner since she, her husband and children left their family home in Montana to live in Australia. Yeah, that’s right Australia. They were gone a year and came… Read More
Our forefathers and mothers used to be self sufficient. They did just about everything, from fixing the windmill to delivering babies. And they could cook just about anything that was brought to them. If they had too much food they knew how to preserve it, from smoking to drying. So, we are doing apple chips,… Read More
You’ve probably heard the joke: What does it mean when you see a woman buying zucchini at the supermarket? She doesn’t have any friends! For those of you who plant your own zucchini, you know the truth of that statement. Sometimes it’s hard to use them up and give them away fast enough. I personally… Read More
September 30, 2010 Hi Angela P, Where in SW Michigan do you live? I live in Lawrence, but work in Kalamazoo, and am interested in learning more about starting a small hive for my own honey. I have to do a LOT more research on it though. But, I am also interested in meeting someone… Read More
Yes, you read that right. Mandoori Chicken, not Tandoori Chicken. I was trying to come up with something for dinner that we have never had before. I was reminded in the Weis Market about Tandoori Chicken that my cousin Irene had made at our family camp last year on her night to make dinner. My… Read More
A few weeks ago during spring break here, I decided to start it off with something fun for the kids. I decided to try my hand at making fruit leather in my dehydrator. I wanted to use something that would be easy, inexpensive and, of course, fun! It’s spring break–it has to be fun! After… Read More
any MSG free recipes and substitutes for bouillon used to make my own, as the homemade recipes all contain flavored granules or bouillon which contain MSG
My MIL made the only thing I actually liked using the old fashioned citron fruit mix – a very soft cookie. Not a bar, just a regular cookie. Not particularly spicy, and more sponge cake like than a normal cookie. For some reason, the citron tasted good in this particular cookie. Other than in this... Read More
When I was a kid, my aunt used to can crab apples that I loved. Never thought to ask her for the recipe when she was alive, but a friend has a crab apple tree so loaded with crab apples, that some of the branches are touching the ground. When she told me that I... Read More
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