Do you LOVE websites like CITR and FBR, but often feel like you’re missing out because you don’t have enough time to search through pages and pages to find the newest posts? Do you wish you could see a list of all the new posts quickly, without even going to the website, so you can… Read More
A few years ago, I discovered egg roll papers in the grocery store. They are usually sold here with the fresh veggies. Immediately my creative mind started imagining the possibilities! You can fill these with anything! The filling I started with is the only one that we use them for. We just can’t imagine putting… Read More
Graduate school is hard. And long. And in the end, it’s not about your field or your topic; it’s about diplomacy. This was my idea of diplomacy: ‘That’s a dumb idea and I won’t do it.’ I had a lot to learn about diplomacy. I did learn. Now, this is my idea of diplomacy: ‘Hmm…. Read More
Today is National Punch Day! I have a punch recipe that I use almost always. The kids love it. The grownups love it. It’s simple, too, as most punches are. How to make Pineapple Sherbet Punch: Pour 46 ounce can pineapple juice in punch bowl, then a 2-liter of Squirt. Give it a swirl together…. Read More
I used to spend a nice little chunk of change on a brand name of salsa that we particularly loved. As a canner, I knew that I could can my own salsa, but every attempt, every recipe, just fell far short of the flavor we loved and expected. Four or five years ago I ran… Read More
It was 1989, my second year of college. I was hired as a Resident Assistant in the dorm. My Resident Director was German (had immigrated from Germany) and with my last name being Schultz (the correct German spelling), she assumed I knew German traditions. I did not! (Well, maybe drinking warm beer, but I assumed… 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