Kitchen Tip

Recipe: Sweet Pickles

August 18, 2009

Last year we had so many cucumbers coming from our garden, that I ran out of ideas for them. I canned multiple Bread and Butter Pickles as well as Dill–I even tried my hand at relish. I had no idea what to do with the rest of them, so I started flipping through my canning [...]

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Canning Tomatoes

August 4, 2009

After all the fuss of no tomatoes ripening, I’ve been blessed! We returned home from visiting family back in our hometown at about 7:30 Sunday evening, and I decided to take a peek at the garden. I knew I had some green and purple beans that were ready, and probably some peppers. Boy was I [...]

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Quick Tip: Making Blackberry Jelly

July 29, 2009

Blackberries are plentiful around here, and our 50 acres are overflowing with wild “patches”. While I like the taste of blackberries, I cannot get past those nasty, crunchy ol’ seeds. No matter what I do. That means that I miss out on blackberry cobblers, pies and all those other goodies. Last year I made a [...]

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My Recipe Binder

June 2, 2009

Oh how I love recipes, cookbooks, magazines with recipes, cooking/recipe blogs..the list goes on. I have far too many Simple and Delicious Magazines (used to print under the name Quick Cooking), as well random recipes scrawled out on paper, and favorited on my computer. Recipes are everywhere! I used to have a small store bought [...]

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New Pizza Favorites: Buffalo Chicken and BBQ Chicken

April 21, 2009

After making Buffalo Chicken Pizza for dinner Saturday night–I think we have found a new favorite in our house. I adapted ours from Rachael Ray’s recipe. While I was mixing it all up, I feared that it would be too spicy for my the little ones (they liked it–but they are pretty tough), so I [...]

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Stocking up on Strawberries

March 31, 2009

While out and about with my husband this weekend, we decided to stop off at a Discount Grocery store. And boy am I glad we did!! We came across flats of strawberries (12 pints, those little green containers) for $10. We love our strawberries around here, especially our 3 yo, Noah. He could probably eat [...]

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Quick Tip: Mopping Floors

March 24, 2009

I’m not going to lie, I really do not like mopping floors. I think moreso that I just don’t have the time to give my floor a good mop every time it needs it. I like to only do it when Noah is napping, or playing quietly so that I dont’ have worry about him [...]

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