This past spring my family and I made a trip to New Orleans. At the top of our list of treats to try were Cafe Du Monde's beignets. It was a great experience and the tasty, powdered sugar puffs of dough were just enough to send our 10 year old into a treat-induced stupor -- no lie, he fell asleep at the table. :). To be fair we had been walking the quarter all day so anything would have[...]
Hi there! How many of you have leftover turkey, ham, vegetables or other foods from your Thanksgiving meal? What do you plan to do with those things?...Cause' there's only so many sandwiches you can make. :). What about turning some of the leftovers into soup/stew? And not some scripted recipe, but rather a bit of experimentation. I don't know about you, bu[...]
If you are a Cricut user I've got a super quick (and easy) project to personalize your Thanksgiving table. I used Cricut Faux Leather, but you can use whatever you want - cardstock, real leather, acetate, etc. If you look in design space and search for "napkin ring" it will pull up lots of options. I chose the plain circle because I wanted to add additional things to the rin[...]
Well, my family has dubbed another recipe a keeper! My kids like most mild-tasting seafood, but have had a hard time adjusting to the stronger flavor of salmon. After trying the brown sugar version they were hooked! They did ask me to make it a little less spicy next time, so you might want to reduce the amount of pepper if you have little ones (or if you don't like it hot).[...]
I love browsing the internet for new projects. Lately I have seen lots of painted wood signs that signal the beginning of the Fall season. I thought about what fall meant to me and my family and then created a sign that reflected why we love this time of year. I did my best to take pictures of the various steps in the process so that you can see how I got from the plain[...]
Enter the classic american meal - Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans. Who doesn't love the homey comfort this meal provides? I know my family does. They always ask "are you trying to knock us out (make us go to sleep) with this meal?". I always smile when they say it because it is their way of saying "thanks mom" for cooking one of our favorites. I us[...]
Oh My Goodness! I made homemade mozzarella cheese and it was so easy! Had I known how easy it would be I would have made it a long time ago. There are several websites that give the directions on how to make it, but I used Eat. Drink…Better’s instructions. I did not see the measurement for salt in the recipe so I just eye-balled it…probably less than ½ tsp. There are two items that[...]
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!?? I know we are more than a month away, but football camp and 7 on 7 season is here. What better way to support our son/brother than to sport his school colors/player's number? These only took a couple of hours using the Rhinestone Wizard, my Cricut and my handy dandy heat press (I'm so glad I have this -- it really speeds up the process). However, you cou[...]
It's been a while since I've made a post...sorry! While I have the best of intentions life tends to get in the way. Anyhoo, while outside today I noticed that I had several red tomatoes that needed to be picked and when I came inside of the house realized that my cherry tomatoes needed picking as well (I guess I have been out of it lately)! Since the tomatoes were a bit over-ripe I decided[...]
A couple of weeks ago I was making pancake syrup for some really sweet college kids and realized that I didn't have enough brown sugar to make as much as I wanted them to have. I went ahead and gave them partial bottles and promised them a refill once their bottles were empty. In the meantime I started thinking...there has to be a way to make brown sugar from home. After a few minutes[...]