April 2009

Asian Salad Dressing

April 30, 2009

One of the main things I have been doing over the last year to cook healthier is to avoid processed and packaged foods. I have been able to really decrease the amount of these items that I buy. I have tried to find homemade versions of our favorite things. One of the things that I [...]

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My Library Cookbooks

April 29, 2009

I know I have been doing a lot of non recipe posts. Yes, they have to do with food or cooking, but they have not been recipe posts. I hope you don’t mind those posts. I have been really busy lately and have not had a lot of time to do more than the basics. [...]

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My Guest Post

April 29, 2009

In case I haven’t talked enough about my $1,000 cookies on this blog, I did a guest post on My Wooden Spoon about them. If you want to read even more about them head over there to check it out. And while you are there check out some of Cowboy Wife’s great recipes.

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Blackberries

April 29, 2009

I love blackberries. I grew up eating and picking wild blackberries. They grew all over the road we lived on. We spent hours picking them so that my mom could make jams, jellies, pies, and cobblers. Several years ago we planted a few blackberry plants. They are doing well. They are putting off some berries, [...]

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Why I Garden

April 29, 2009

I keep hearing that more people are gardening this year due to the economy and I believe it. I usually go to two places to get my plants and seeds, usually a garden center and Lowe’s or Wal-Mart. This year I had to go to four stores to find all the things I wanted to [...]

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Swirl Coffee Cake

April 27, 2009

I think Tuesday has become my unhealthy post day. Unhealthy things are so much more fun to post about. I have been making a lot of treats around our house. I do send a lot of them to my husband’s office for his staff to enjoy. This recipe was one of those. It made a [...]

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Homemade Enchilada Sauce

April 27, 2009

I usually buy my enchilada sauce. Yes, I knew I should be making it, but I had never found a recipe that I was really happy with. I had tried several and they just weren’t very good. So, I stuck to the canned stuff you can get at the grocery store. I was recently talking [...]

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Menu Plan and Misc.

April 26, 2009

I spent most of my weekend working in the garden and planting berry bushes. I don’t want this blog to become a gardening blog, but I may do an occasional garden post. I thought I might use it as a way to keep a brief gardening journal for the year. I figure the work I [...]

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Butter

April 24, 2009

I like to stock up on butter when it is on sale. I am picky on my butter. I have found that Walmart brand and other cheap brands of butter don’t work as well in baking. I think they taste fine and we use it on things like toast, but I do not to bake [...]