I made homemade coleslaw yesterday and didn’t have enough mayonnaise to make the sauce. “No problem”, I thought to myself. I will just whip up some homemade mayo. I’m a pretty good cook and like to make things myself. I can control the ingredients that go into it and do away with some of the [...]
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It’s the new year and while it is not one of my New Years Resolutions to lose weight, I am continuing my efforts to lose a pound or ten. I have been struggling with the grocery budget as well as trying to keep it healthy and lo cal. I have been following Amelia’s progress on [...]
There have been a ton of sales on chicken lately. I have bought 4 or 5 for 59 cents per pound. A whole chicken will last R and I at least two days. I have been searching for easy chicken recipes that will add some variety to our meals instead of plain old baked chicken. [...]
Carnival of Homesteading – April 6, 2009 Welcome to the April 6, 2009 edition of carnival of homesteading. This was a difficult edition to put together as we had so many articles that had absolutely no relation to Homesteading and some of the ones that did were just sales pitches for something. In order to [...]
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Turkey and turkey breasts were on sale at our local grocery store so I picked up one. I have never cooked a turkey breast before and really wanted to do something different than just roasting it. I came across this recipe that sounds like something we will all like. I like easy dinner recipes that [...]
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Did you ever hear the story about the starving man who walked into a village and no one would give him anything to eat? He asked several people but times were hard and no one had extra to give him so he set up his pot and got some water from the well. After he [...]
Several weeks ago, I wrote an article on Winter Vegetables and collard greens were included. Collards are a new experience for me both in cooking and eating. Until I moved to this area, I had never tried collards and expected that I would not like them. Amazingly enough when I tried them, I LOVED them. [...]
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by hjl It’s bad enough that the cost of everything is going up but as rice futures soared, two major warehouse stores put limits on the amount of rice. Both warehouse super stores serve restaurants which buy rice in bulk bags of 20 lbs or more and are limiting customer purchases to 4 bags. This [...]
I had written an article on my planned experiment for cooking for the month just before Easter. With my family coming down for the day and planning Easter dinner, it got put off for a few weeks. I don’t think that I am going to be able to buy all the groceries at once so [...]
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This recipe is also from the “Don’t Panic — Dinner’s in the Freezer” cookbook. I like this one because it doesn’t take a lot of cooking time on the actual serving day. Honey Pecan Chicken 6 Boneless Chicken Breasts Marinade 1/2 cup olive oil 2 t fresh thyme, minced 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1/2 [...]
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