Saturday’s Slick Trick: Substitutions for Eggs
Just what can I substitute for eggs? Well, lately I’ve found a new favorite – – pumpkin! There are many …Read More
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Saturday’s Slick Trick: sorting out unpopped popcorn kernels
This week I learned a nifty little trick to solve a perennial problem. Those unpopped popcorn kernels can break a …Read More
Saturday’s Slick Trick: Saving time making stock
We all have them…little tricks that we do to make life easier. Usually, we don’t think much about them until …Read More
Another home remedy: Char’s Amazing Soup to help you leap over a cold in a single bound
Nothing tastes better than soup when I’m fighting a cold or the flu. My friend Char makes an amazing soup …Read More
Homemade Cough Syrup
This week I posted about my son Nate’s home remedy for a cold and my friend Char’s Power Soup . On another …Read More
Home Cold Remedy
Ugh. It’s THAT time of year again at our house. Every year when the weather changes, we all seem to …Read More
Preparing your pantry for a cross-country move
I’ve been thinking lately about how to prepare, food-wise, for moving. That’s because my family will be moving from Minnesota …Read More
How do I get rid of all these fruit flies???
We have fruit flies everywhere and I NEED to get rid of them somehow. Yesterday, one of my sons said, …Read More
Step AWAY from the kitchen!
I don’t know what the weather is like by you, but I’m ready to head to the North Pole to …Read More
Help! My turkey is still frozen and it’s Wednesday night!
If you just realized, with enormous panic, that your turkey is still frozen rock hard in the deep freeze and …Read More
Very simple, very easy Thanksgiving Table Decorations
I’ll admit right up front that I’m not much for doing a lot of decorating. I can’t ever bring myself …Read More
Planning a timeline for Thanksgiving Dinner Festivities
I don’t know very many people who aren’t really, REALLY busy at this time of year. Years ago, I got …Read More
Freezing vegetables for soup
I’ve saved my favorite tip for last in this series on freezing fresh produce. I learned this from a friend …Read More
Freezing Vegetables
Freezing veggies is a bit more of a process than freezing fruit, but it’s still not hard and is definitely …Read More
Freezing Fruit
Freezing fresh fruit in season is the very best way to hold on to the taste of summer. It’s surprisingly …Read More
Sourdough Bread
A warm welcome to all of our visitors from Instructables! Thanks for reading the Sourdough Bread Instructable and thanks for …Read More
Sourdough Bread now on Instructables
Photo by Michael Kelley If you haven’t checked out Instructables before now, you need to go check it out now. …Read More
Homemade Vegetable Stock
Okay, this is a brand new thing for us. I’ve made homemade turkey stock and chicken stock for years. I …Read More
Homemade Dog Food
I have a young friend named Kristen. Kristen is already a very bold and inventive cook and it’s fun to …Read More
How to Make Your Own Almond Paste
Okay, to be honest, it never occurred to me to even wonder if I could make my own almond paste. …Read More
