Photo from Flickr by ChotdaCreative Commons Copyright Some rights reserved. I don’t know if I knew this and forgot it, or if today was one of those “blinding flash of the obvious” moments. If you have bananas that are going spotty and brown, besides using them in smoothies, freezing them for banana bread and sticking… Keep Reading
Homemade Lemonade
Even though it is gray and dreary here today, here in Upstate NY we are finally into true spring. (Although that’s what we thought two weeks ago and then we got 11 inches of snow. No, no, we must think positive. It is after all the end of April.) My thoughts are turned to warm… Keep Reading
Bulk Pie Crust Recipe
I am pie crust challenged. Really. They never come out quite the way I had hoped. With fruit season *hopefully* approaching (please, strawberries, please), the urge to make an occasional pie will be upon me. Also Quiche is a lovely spring/summer meal-you can make it ahead (think baking the night before when the house is… Keep Reading
Personal Potluck Favorite-Spicy Thai Noodles
Yankee Bill had a potluck style luncheon at work yesterday and specifically requested that I make up a big batch of my “Spicy Thai Noodles” to send in. This is an Asian inspired favorite that my sister (SportyRN) brought back from Kwajelein the first time she lived out there and introduced our entire family to…. Keep Reading
Recipe: Jenn’s Experimental Baking Spice
This morning I whipped myself up some baking spice mix. It probably took 5 minutes, tops. You see, for about the last 6 months, whenever I bake a quick bread, anything that calls for cinnamon, or anything that just sounds like cinnamon would be good in it-well, I throw some Pumpkin Pie Spice in instead~and… Keep Reading
Best Of-Refrigerator Bread
Here is the Refrigerator Bread to go with the “Stone Soup“. This really is awesome stuff, even if I haven’t made it recently. I think I am inspiring myself to whip up a batch this weekend. My biggest problem is that fresh baked bread just keeps calling my name! What I like best about this… Keep Reading
Best of-“Stone Soup and Refrigerator Bread”
The posting yesterday about how to use up your veggies rather than throw them out made me remember this post I wrote last year around this time. I sort of got out of the habit of keeping a “stone soup” baggie in the fridge over the summer, because soup just isn’t as appealing in the… Keep Reading
Jello Jigglers Recipe–Fun Frugal Almost Junk Food.
Well, Buddy has snack today at preschool, a fact that I totally forgot (despite having written it on our nice new calendar-as Yankee Bill says, writing it down only helps if you look at it) until our very helpful preschool teacher called and reminded me yesterday. (Thanks Laurie!) I looked around the house to decided… Keep Reading
Oreo Cookie “Truffles” Recipe
Ok, I’m taking a break from the Christmas Traditions on the Cheap series for a minute. Yesterday I decided to try making some Oreo Cookie “Truffles” that I had tasted a few years back. They were supposed to be for folks to eat at the community Christmas concert yesterday evening (in which I was supposed… Keep Reading
Oatmeal Fruit Cookie Mix in a Jar
I’m still on the cookie mix quest. I went to one of the links I listed in my “Cookies in a Jar” post, and tried the Oatmeal Fruit Cookie Mix in a Jar recipe. I really liked the looks of this recipe since it had oatmeal, wheat germ, golden raisins, dried cherries and coconut in… Keep Reading
