Out there in blogland, you wouldn’t have to search far to find posts about cooking meals ahead and freezing them. In fact, many posts you find talk about setting aside one day a week or every few weeks to cook and freeze meals. There are even sites that will show you how to make enough meals for a whole month.…
Cranberry sauce isn’t just for the holidays. It can be used in recipes all year round and is delicious when used to make this easy slow cooker recipe for Whole Chicken Cranberry Bake. I use my Best Ever Homemade Cranberry Sauce but if you don’t have homemade you can use store bought whole berry cranberry sauce. This recipe is also a…
That’s right… as of today there are 11 months until Christmas 2009. This year, as last year, we’re going to be having a mostly homemade Christmas. But this year, we’re going one step further and in order to get everything done so that I’m not rushing those last weeks, I’m starting now. So what am I adding to this year’s…
Looking for a quick and easy meal to get on table tonight that the kids and you will love? This Creamy Shrimp Pasta was a favorite when our kids were home. Cooked and on the table in the time it takes to boil the water and cook the pasta it made getting supper on the table on busy week nights…
We have out of town guests coming on Friday. I’m not sure if they are just stopping for the day or if they’ll be here for Saturday as well. They are good friends so either way, they’re welcome. Our family only likes cakes and cookies, etc as occasional treats. But our guests like to have dessert after every meal. And…
One of the best ways to save money is to make minor clothing repairs yourself rather than paying someone else to do them for you. And one of the easiest repairs of all is to replace missing buttons on shirts, coats or pants. You can buy cards of buttons at any fabric store. My local fabric store has an entire…
This is a perfectly good sock. Except when I zoom in, you’ll see that there’s a small hole in the toe. And every time I put it on, my toe works it’s way out of that hole and that is really uncomfortable. It was a simple fix though. First, I gathered my materials. Cotton thread, needle, scissors and light bulb. …
One of the ways that I save both time and money is to flash freeze certain foods in order to be able to pull them out of the freezer in the quantities that I want, when I want without having to pry things apart. To flash freeze anything, simply lay out individually whichever food you are freezing on a cookie…