I love, love, love using glass jars to store leftovers, and the plastic lids are so much easier for leftovers and freezing than the standard ring lids. However, I do not love trying to clean sharpie marker off the lids of the jars. So, I bought a China Marker, which is a waxy pencil that…
Baked Potato Pizza Recipe
This baked potato pizza recipe will be on my dinner table on Friday night. I was in a pepperoni rut, and need a change. This is a really yummy and different ‘specialty’ pie, that is our favorite at an awsome local pizza place. You won’t believe how easy it is to toss together this recipe! …
Freezing Tips
Here are a few more freezing tips for all of those holiday leftovers!Problem 1: I don’t like to reheat things in plastic…and the large glass jars split when I freeze in them.I have in the last couple of years nearly phased out plastic storage containers in favor of quart and pint jars. I love them…
Soda Pop Recipe
Here’s a yummy soda pop recipe for times when you want a treat! I prefer to avoid high fructose corn syrup and artificial colors, but we still like special drinks. This is what I made for the kids when they were participating in Mama’s work camp a few days ago… It couldn’t be easier! You’ll…
Homemade Pizza Recipe [E]
This homemade pizza recipe is very, very dangerous. It’s so easy, and so delicious, that I’m temped to make it WAY too often. And it’s *so* easy. Even my two year old thinks it’s great fun to make pizza! We have this at least once a week, on our Friday Family Night. Fridays are the…
Granola Bar Recipe
This is the granola bar recipe of my dreams. I’d been on the hunt for a way to make my own granola bars for a couple of years now. I kept finding recipes that required lots of ingredients, and too many steps. Like “Make a double batch of granola, and then use it to make…
Freezing Bacon
Bacon is one of those foods that I just can’t imagine living without. Whether your preference is for thick cut, pepper crusted, turkey, beef, or pork; bacon=love. It is so versatile…I use it on everything from pizza to soup to our standard Saturday morning brrunch-a-thon.The kind I usually buy comes in large, 3 lb. packages. …
White Gazpacho Recipe
It is so stinkin’ hot here. This White Gazpacho recipe is the only thing that sounded edible for lunch, so I whipped up a batch, and basked in the creamy, chilled cucumber goodness. I am not usually a fan of cold soups…tomato based gazpacho soups somehow feel like eating blended salsa to me. Without the…