With kids home from school soon, it’s time to mix up some fun stuff to do when they’re not at the pool, soccer practice, or ball parks. Sure looks simple enough. Give it at try and tell me what you think. Paint for Kids 1 Cup salt, 1 Cup flour 1 Cup water Food coloring Mix it together and put in a squeeze bottle like empty ketchup bottles.
Last week I posted a sugar cookie recipe which contained lime juice and lime zest. I received a message from a reader who said, “No! Please do not promote the use of citrus in new and unusual places. Many of us are allergic to citrus. Last week I was in a restaurant in Estes Park where we had eaten many times in previous years. New owner. Lime in everything!!! The waitress said the kitchen said all I could have from…
Please note! I realized I sent this blog without any tags a few weeks ago so I am going to resend in case someone missed it. This 4th of July I gathered the needed items for our annual picnic. All went well until I discovered the ice cream freezer fairy had made off with the cranking mechanism and inside barrel of the freezer. Not to worry. I’d hunt in the basement and find it. Besides, our eldest son, Trey, planned…
Have you even gone to the store to buy certain items for a recipe only to get home to find you forgot one key ingredient? For me, it takes all the fun out of cooking. I don’t like to make a list before I go, or print off a copy of the recipe. I’m certainly not going to carry a cookbook with me to the store. But now there is a solution. Download a cookbook in an e-reader version on…
As of today, we’re waiting for the proof copy of Family Favorites from the Heartland: Recipes Sure to Please. Perhaps tomorrow . . . .Then we can proceed to publication. Hopefully it will be available on Amazon.com by next week.