I am NOT a fan of drinking Guinness. It’s way too serious of a drink for me. One of the girls at work chose an Irish Pub as her birthday celebration place and ordered Guinness ice cream for dessert. She shared with the rest of us, and I liked it right away. Really! So, I… Read More
The other day I posted a recipe for Easy Herbs for Chicken. Here is another meat rub that we love, and that we use a lot. This is my very favorite way to fix pork shoulder chops or even a larger pork roast. As I did with the Chicken Rub recipe, I’ve given you a… Read More
Say hello to Cindy! Q. What are your favorite things to cook? My favorites would have to be desserts and breads. Bakery stuff, I suppose. BTW, Suzanne’s Cinnamon Roll recipe is fantastic as is her Banana Split in a Jar. Q. How/when did you learn to cook? My mother was born in West Virginia and… Read More
You probably wouldn’t think much of a grocery store that only featured one aisle. After all, what could it possibly have to feed your family? My answer–a lot! My kids call my basement pantry Aisle 1. It started out as a joke. If someone needed something, go to Aisle 1. Applesauce, third shelf down on… 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
When I was a kid, my mom would bake cupcakes in ice cream cones as a special treat. That was back when cupcake pans didn’t come in all sorts of amazing shapes and having a cupcake in an ice cream cone was a novelty. It was also back when bringing homemade treats to school was… 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