Last weekend, my husband ran his second marathon. He came in at just over 3 hours and 6 minutes. I’m super proud! He spent the past spring and summer training, which meant he went through a lot of sports drink. Even when waiting for his drink to go on sale, we still spent a lot… Read More
I have this cupboard. It’s my Thanksgiving Cupboard. Everything in it is used only once a year, on Thanksgiving Day. It was built to fit into the corner of my great-grandmother’s house more than 80 years ago–into a corner with uneven floors. I don’t have the date it was built, only that my father and… Read More
Peppermint Mousse, anyone? You need more Christmas too. The peppermint mousse is really easy, I SWEAR. This is one of those recipes I stumbled across, and thought, “Holy cow this is easy!“. I also thought, “I can’t believe I have all this stuff in the house.” Which was sort of a funny thought, since there… Read More
For months I toyed around with the idea of a savory version of a cinnamon bun. You know, replace the cinnamon and sugar with herbs and cheese for all the swirly fun of a cinnamon roll that can be eaten with dinner. Then, about a week and half ago, I saw a picture of a… Read More
Everybody sing! Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat. . . well, you know. Beans are fun and almost everybody likes beans in some form or another. There are so many types of beans! Green beans, black beans, kidney beans, chili beans, pinto beans, Navy beans, white beans, pork-n-beans, beanie wienies, jelly beans…. Read More
You know Dasher and Dancer And Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid And Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all? … Rudolph! Cookies! This is a simple, quick, totally easy and cute cookies idea that are a hit with kids. Reindeer cookies originally came from an article in the… 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