Do you ever feel bad about pulling out all of those seedlings from your early crops? I do. I call it environmental guilt. I don’t have critters that will eat them so they generally go to waste. I noticed how cute the radishes were and the arugula was looking at me, too! Fancy restaurants grow… Read More
I was getting into a breakfast rut. I know it’s the most important meal of the day, yada, yada, yada…but I was getting so bored! I’ve been eying Kelly in TX’s Apple Skillet, named by her daughter, since she posted the recipe two weeks ago. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Wednesday or a Saturday,… Read More
A month or so ago I read an article on the Smithsonian web site about our eating habits in the United States. That article talked about the way advertising affects our eating habits and how they try to instill brand recognition and brand loyalty on everyone so they reach for the “right” brand time after… Read More
Why in the world would anyone need a tortilla press? Tortillas come in a package at the store and they are good. I was reading the CITR blog and saw that Suzanne had decided to make her own tortillas. Well, of course, we decided to make them as it appeared very easy and we would… Read More
The man answering the door appeared puzzled. I repeated the question. “The black walnuts in your yard by the street – do you mind if we pick them up?” I waved my arm toward the ground, blanketed with nuts whose husks were Kermit-the-frog green. “Oh. Um, sure. Go ahead.” He closed his door, still looking… Read More
I first saw these little do-dads in Taste of Home Magazine and thought, “Oooohhhh…” and then, with 5 cans of solid pack pumpkin in the pantry, I figured these would be the perfect thing for an Autumn evening. They don’t have any of the pumpkin spices that you would expect in a pumpkin bread, but… 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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