You know cookies and milk are the best combination, right? Tomorrow is National Oatmeal Cookie Day. I keep track of these bizarre holidays through Hallmark. Hallmark probably didn’t come up with them (or they might have!), but they’re the ones who let me know exactly which holiday is which. I’ve always favored oatmeal cookies. Oatmeal… Read More
Pickled eggs…yum. A delicious treat, and when the menfolk are having a playdate poker game, it gives the garage the “bar food” ambiance their friends find so impressive. FYI! If you are going to feed your menfolk copious amounts of spicy pickled eggs, make sure they are immediately leaving the house for camping or will… Read More
This week I was able to purchase a roasting chicken for 69 cents per pound. But this bird weighs more than 7 pounds. That is more than two people should eat in a week. So I shall cut this bird into many pieces and wrap them in freezer paper and store them in my food… Read More
Ours is a VERY busy household. Two teenagers who play different sports, a mom who works full time (that would be me…), a dad currently pounding the pavement, a bunch of critters. Lots going on all the time. We are also involved in school and community theater and recently that has really put us over… Read More
Kellyb’s post the other day about not being perfect reminded me that I promised LauraP I’d write a post-Retreat-This-Is-What-I-Learned-Its-So-Awesome post. Oddly enough, it reminded me, because one of my first attempts was a complete failure! But I’ll post in here anyway, in hopes that someone else will have more success than I did. Cincyjojo brought… Read More
This is one of those “dressed up box cake” recipes. I had no idea till recently all the different things to do to “dress up” a box mix. I know it’s kind of cheating, but it’s spring on the farm and I don’t have a lot of time right now between cows, chickens, laundry, homework,… 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