There are times in life when you just need a quick, easy, tasty and meatless meal. Lent is one of those times, and Walmart asked the Walmart Moms to share a meatless meal that can be enjoyed in this season. I’m sharing my recipe for homemade Egg Drop Soup. Yes, I know, Asian food doesn’t… Keep Reading
Easy and Inexpensive ” Fluffy Valentines Day Wreath “
How do you decorate for Valentines Day? I admit it, up until this year I really didn’t. My “winter” snowflake wreath just stayed on the door and I didn’t do anything special for February. I’ve wanted to though. In fact, I’ve had the idea for this particular Fluffy Valentines Day Wreath for about 3 years. … Keep Reading
Pink Velvet Whoopie Pies
Here’s a great little (and I mean mini) sweet treat that’s perfect for Valentines Day–or any day! Pink Velvet Whoopie Pies! I grew up with Whoopie pies in Maine and didn’t realize that they were unique to New England until I was an adult (alth0ugh now they are found more and more across the country). … Keep Reading
Winter Beef Stew
There is nothing like sub zero weather to make you crave a warm, nourishing soup or stew. I just love soups and stews of all sorts. They typically are filling, use inexpensive ingredients and can be scaled up or down easily to feed just a few or a whole crowd. One of my goals on… Keep Reading
Make a Team USA T Shirt!
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games start tonight, but don’t worry, you still have time to make a great Team USA T-shirt with supplies from Walmart! As time goes on I find that I am more and more interested in sustainability, which makes me more thoughtful and deliberate in the use of the resources available to… Keep Reading
LAY’S Do Us A Flavor Contest!
LAY’S® Do Us A Flavor™ is back. The search is on for the yummiest flavor idea! Create a flavor, choose your chip and you could win $1 million That’s right, for the second year LAY’S is letting the customer decide what new flavor they would love to see in a chip. Not only that–but this… Keep Reading
DIY Bookshelf from Unfinished Wooden Crates
This charming rustic bookshelf is easy to make out of unfinished wooden crates from Walmart. Let me show you how! I have seen a variety of attractive wooden crate projects over the years, so I was excited when Walmart recently started carrying unfinished wooden crates–I just knew that sooner or later they would ask me to do a craft project… Keep Reading
Preparing for Winter Storms
This year has been pretty terrible for winter storms. The “polar vortex” has caused extreme cold weather even down into the deep south, there have been blizzards in the midwest and along the east coast, and folks have had to deal with snow, whiteouts, freezing rain, ice and power outages. Whee! In the past… Keep Reading
Navel Orange Peels Three Ways — Candied, Dried and as Extract!
Did you know you can eat orange peels? That’s right! When Walmart asked me to do a recipe using Navel Oranges for their in store Citrus Celebration this year, I just had to do something different. Sure, you can eat Navel oranges, you can juice Navel Oranges, you can use them in recipes or make… Keep Reading
Moutain Dew Dumplings
So what do you do when Walmart asks you to come up with a Gametime snack, and challenges you to use Mountain Dew as an ingredient? Why you make Mtn Dew Apple Dumplings of course! Now I know Gametime usually means savory foods like chips, wings and dip. . . but sometimes you just have… Keep Reading
