Well, a few days ago we brought the camper home from the campground where it spent the summer. I unloaded the freezer and fridge, and found a LOT of hotdogs! I need your help! Lets all try to think of as many was as possible to prepare these. I’ll start the list, and take all… 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
Cookies Etc in a Jar
Well, busy day! The kiddos are in school and daycare and I don’t have to work. So as soon as I get this posted it is out into the backyard to continue cleaning up the garden and prepping some beds for the spring. But, since one of my friends IRL (Hi Christine!) who reads the… Keep Reading
Cookies in a Jar
Well, I’ve given you some of the recipes that I’ve used in the past for the holidays, now I’m going to give you one that I’m trying this year! I’ve decided to try some cookie in a jar mixes as gifts this year. I think it would be a nice and frugal gift for some… Keep Reading
Christmas Basket Recipes Part II
As promised here are the rest of the Christmas Basket recipes. Almond Biscotti 2 ½ C flour1 tsp baking powder½ tsp salt1 ½ C sugar½ C butter, softened2 eggs1 tsp almond extract Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl-wisk to blend. In an electric mixer, beat sugar,… Keep Reading
Christmas Basket Recipes part I
Here are some of the recipes I use for my Christmas baskets. Candied Orange Peels There are tons of recipes for these-when I googled “recipe candied orange peel” I came up with 617,000 hits! Granted a few of those were probably for recipes that used candied orange peel as an ingredient, but still! Scrub oranges… Keep Reading
Ginger Fish Marinade
I meant to post this for Monday. Since I didn’t get to it today you get a recipe as well as the Festival Roundup (to follow). I was looking through my big accordian file of “recipes to try someday” on Sunday, looking for a recipe I knew I had on peach butter you make in… Keep Reading
Hummus. Yummy, and Pretty Frugal
Hummus is a middle eastern chick pea dip. It is sort of creamy and has a bit of a tang to it. Yummy delicious!! If you buy it at your local grocery store or deli it is fairly expensive, but it is so very easy to make if you have a food processor! I use… Keep Reading
Let’s Quiche!
Quiche is classy, tasty and economical. It can be eaten warm or at room temp, and it freezes very well either as an entire quiche or in individual serving sizes. And you can make it with pretty much whatever you have in your fridge. So what are you waiting for? Let’s Quiche! I use the… Keep Reading
Maple Syrup Heresy
I grew up in Maine, which is maple syrup country, and now live in upstate New York, which is also big-time maple syrup country-so what I am about to say may rank me as a heretic among my friends and neighbors. I use Mapleine. (Gasp!) In my defense, as I’ve mentioned before my kiddos love… Keep Reading
