We are dieting in our house. We are not eating on the same plan. I have opted to do Atkins and have lost 25 pounds so far (Yeah me). My husband is trying the Mediterranean Diet which includes eating a lot of pasta, bread, and rice - all no-nos on Atkins. Since I do most [...]
Sometimes it pays to run out of an ingredient and have to borrow from your neighbor - in this case my neighbor is my mom. I went to make biscuits when I realized I was out of flour, so I borrowed some of hers. Lo and behold my biscuits tasted better. Could flour really make [...]
I was watching “Red Eye” last night on the DVR so I guess it was Monday’s night program. Anyway they had the host of the A & E show “Hoarders” on there. He was talking about how some people are compelled to buy a certain item and gave an example of a woman who has [...]
One of my favorite desserts is Key Lime Pie. Usually we just buy it frozen or by the slice. Recently I decided to make one from scratch.
Key Lime Pie is very simple to make especially if you use an already made graham cracker crust. The most difficult part is squeezing the limes. The recipe [...]
Blueberries are in season and so our blueberry bushes are full of them. Since we’ve moved to the country, I’ve been wanting to do more cooking and country-life activities. So since we had an abundance of blueberries, I decided to make some blueberry jam. This would be my first attempt at making jam and canning. [...]
I wanted to make my Mom some raisin bread for Mother’s Day. I cranked up the bread maker Saturday evening thinking that everything would be fine with the humidity. I was wrong as the bread didn’t rise. I used all ingredients at room temperature and used bottle water. So the weather is the only thing [...]
About two months ago, I bought me a Sunbeam Breadmaker at a rummage sale for $15. I blogged about it at Elementary Chef. The first few loaves I did turned out awesome. Since then I haven’t had the best results. The bread is still edible but it doesn’t rise as much. Since I’m doing the [...]
I have been testing out cooking in the microwave with my new silicone bakeware. First, I did a cake which turned out pretty darn good. This weekend I made brownies that turned out OK.
The brownies would have been much better if my pan could have rotated in the microwave but it was just too big.
Next [...]
Meals this week are going to down and dirty. We will be having a lot of frozen meals for two reason.
First, we are starting a diet and to keep our calories in check, we will start out with frozen meals. It means less worry about calories while we adjust to a new way [...]
Weeks like this make me feel like such a smart housewife. I took about 5-10 minutes and actually did some menu planning! To try to get into the habit of doing this, I’m going to try to do Menu Planning Monday each week. We had some leftover food from last week, so this week was [...]
