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Kitchen Tips

Homemade Baking Mixes

April 23, 2010

One of the things that I like to do to save time and money is to make homemade baking mixes.
I am amazed at how many premade mixes are available in grocery stores. I know these mixes are convenient, but most of them are expensive. Not only that they are not very healthy.
I think most people do not [...]

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Organizing Cookbooks and Recipes

April 20, 2010

I have a lot of cookbooks and recipes. I try hard to keep them organized, so I can easily find recipes when I need them.
I thought I would share a little bit with you on how I keep them organized.
This is my first vlog, so please be patient as I get used to using and [...]

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Frugal Entertaining

April 7, 2010

I love to entertain. I enjoy having people into my home. I enjoy the cooking, the serving, the conversations, and even the clean up.
So often we use the excuses that we are too busy, our house is not clean enough, or we don’t have the money in the budget. I am as guilty as any of using [...]

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Removing Grease Stains From Clothes

March 11, 2010

I love aprons, but I am terrible about wearing them. I don’t know how many clothes I have stained because I did not wear an apron. Many times the stain has been grease, which in my experience is one of the hardest stains to remove.
In fact, I recently thought I ruined a pair of pants due [...]

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Kitchen Essentials – A Whisk

March 2, 2010

Do we really need a whisk or any other kitchen gadget?
No, probably not. We could definitely whip eggs, egg whites, pudding, or whipping cream with a fork. Many people in past generations have done that exact thing.
However, as much as I like to cook, I do not enjoy spending hours, whisking something with a fork, [...]

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The Importance of Presentation

February 25, 2010

I will admit, that not only do I love cookbooks, I love dishes. I am not a minimalist when it comes to my dishes. I have been collecting them since I was first married. I believe simple and unique dishes are an important part of a kitchen.
My grandmother used to say that presentation is half [...]

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Kitchen Essentials – A Citrus Juicer

February 23, 2010

This is not exactly an essential for the kitchen, you can make do with out it, but it definitely makes life in the kitchen easier.
I am talking about a juicer and I don’t mean a big juicer that makes apple or tomato juice. I am talking about a small, hand held, citrus juicer.

This makes juicing lemons and limes for [...]

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Making Perfect Homemade Pudding

February 13, 2010

I love homemade pudding, and I make a lot of it. It is a dessert that you can make with basic pantry ingredients. I love it because you can use it in many different ways. Pudding is great on it’s own, but it also works well in a pie or as a layer in a [...]

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Cooking Cornbread In Cast Iron

February 2, 2010

Growing up we did not eat a lot of cornbread, but when we did it was northern style and more cake like. This is my favorite way to eat cornbread, but after living in Oklahoma for over 15 yrs, I have learned to enjoy southern style cornbread.
One of the things that I like about southern [...]