My Favorite Recipe App

A few months ago I bemoaned the fact that I just couldn’t find a recipe app for my iphone that I liked. I got a lot of suggestions from my readers and actually tried most of them. I even went so far as to try apps that were foreign and… Read More

June 19, 2013

The Weekend That Broke The Camel’s Back

You guys! Last weekend was one of those times when everything stacks up and crushes me near to death. It’s all I could do to keep breathing til last night. First of all, it was my anniversary. Nice, pretty mellow. But still it’s a whole evening when I had lots… Read More

May 17, 2013

S’More Trouble in the Kitchen

Arabella loves to read my cookbooks and pick out things for me to make. My kids are all sugar addicts like their mother so her recipes are usually in the dessert category. A couple of weeks ago she picked out this beauty from my Cooks Country magazine that she wanted… Read More

February 6, 2013

How to Make Perfect Pie Crust

° Everybody needs to know how to make a pie. It’s just one of those life skills that all Americans should have. Despite the saying, “easy as pie”, it’s actually kind of hard. Not hard, exactly, but complicated. I made this tutorial because I want to take the intimidation factor… Read More

February 1, 2013

Tarts and Spankings

One of my very favorite things growing up was to come home and find my mother not there. She was very bossy and we fought a lot but that wasn’t the reason why; I loved to make baked goods while she wasn’t around to tell me I was doing things wrong.… Read More

January 17, 2013

The Best Way to Make Bacon

For years I cooked bacon on the stove because that’s the way my mom and grandma always did it. When I went to college my roommate, Heidi, showed me how to cook it a better way. Technically, it’s baking your bacon. If you only make a couple of slices at… Read More

December 5, 2012

My Top 10 Fave Kitchen Gadgets

I cook a hot breakfast pretty much every morning and make dinner most nights and there are some tools that make meal prep a lot more pleasant. These are gadgets that fill me with joy every time I use them. I do love a handy gadget and have bought a… Read More

July 27, 2012October 21, 2015

Fess-Up Friday: Molten Plastic

I’m thinking of changing the name of this blog to “I’m an Idiot”, seeing as how that’s the theme of most of my stories. Honestly I don’t know what’s happening. I am dropping things, breaking things, crashing into things; it’s a little scary. Can that be the sign of a… Read More

January 24, 2012

How to Make Amazing Cinnamon Rolls

At some point in every woman’s life, there will be a yearning to make cinnamon rolls. (OK, probably every American woman. I can’t imagine some Chinese lady in a rice paddy standing up one day and thinking “I would like to make a sweet bread I’ve never heard of.” Or… Read More

November 18, 2011

Pumpkin Chcolate Chip Muffins (or Cake)–A recipe tutorial

This time of year I cannot get enough pumpkin. I especially think that pumpkin and chocolate chips are a groovy combination. There are lots of recipes out there for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins and/or Bread. These are really more like cake. Cake that is loaded with sugar then topped with… Read More

June 17, 2011

Story Problems for Today’s Mom

Good Gravy, the last few days have been crazy. When did summer get so busy? (Answer: this week.) I thought it might be easier to explain things as story problems, although I always hated them when I was in math class. Instead of figuring out the dumb problems, I always… Read More