“Don’t marry someone unless they have all their teeth.” That old-fashioned, farm country wedding advice may make you laugh a little or reflect on simpler…
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I’ve been blessed the past 4 months or so to have stumbled into a blogging group of quite amazing people. They’re talented, smart, motivated, fun,…
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to reflect on what you do to save the earth – and pinpoint the top 3 eco-friendly…
Monday Mission: Your Top 3 Eco-Friendly Tips Read More »
Cabbage has the unfortunate notoriety of looking an awful lot like iceberg lettuce. Plus, it’s in coleslaw, which no one is really swinging around as…
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Where’s the free toy that used to come in breakfast cereal? It’s not the only thing missing from the box these days. We’ve been duped…
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Can you imagine a group of 8-year-old girls spending ten minutes talking about chicken skin? True story. When I taught third grade, one of my…
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to use the whole thing this week. Whether you are eating turkey, ham, or ground beef, you’re…
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This is the best recipe for holiday dips, Christmas dips, and parties in general. And it’s a great kids dip. Kids love to dip those…
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“Less cellulite at 30 than 20?” My friend was ready to eat the next words out of my mouth when I told her I blamed…
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No longer will I bake meatballs for 20-30 minutes and then wash nasty cookie sheets for 15 minutes. Nope, thanks to my favorite soup book,…
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Trans fat has been proven to cause heart disease and all sorts of other health evils, to the tune of 30,000 to 100,000 deaths from…
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When you spend as much time in the kitchen as I do, there are certain items that practically never get put away: my favorite knife…
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“That dip is good enough to eat with a SPOON!” Ever said that about something into which you’re only supposed to dip carrots or chips?…
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Do you have to use chicken feet to have traditional homemade stock, or at least to have healthy food? Of course not. If you can’t…
Making Stock with Chicken Feet (Aw, do I have to?) Read More »
I hate canning. I really do, but please don’t pick on me for saying it! I don’t like trying to coordinate the timing on getting…
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Other than over-salted egg drop soup in a Chinese restaurant, I don’t know that I ever had egg in a soup recipe until recently. It…
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