My parents gave this to me for my 9th birthday. I was just working on my Girl Scout Cooking Badge at the time. The previous summer, I had been to Girl Scout day-camp. They taught us an “easy and portable” recipe, which was basically canned Chef-Boyardee spaghetti with a can of corn added to it,… Read More
For those of you in the U.S., how are you celebrating Independence Day today? Parades? Cook-outs? Family fun? Fireworks? Us, too! With our latest mandate from the doctor, we’re cooking and dining low-fat style. I’m getting better with this change-of-life to low-fat cooking. It’s difficult, but I’m finding inventive ways of changing those heavy-fat dishes… Read More
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
My red and white vinegars For years I thought about making homemade vinegar, but since we don’t drink and are not in the habit of buying alcohol, I never got around to it. A couple of years ago, when a friend gave us a bottle of red wine, I was thrilled! It was a sign… Read More
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
I have a very laissez faire attitude about housework and I blame it on the stories my mother shared with me about her days as a young wife. My parents were married in June of 1944, between my father’s training as a medic/surgical tech and being shipped to Europe in the midst of World War… 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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