housewife on February 17th, 2010

Since I started back to work, housework is the last thing on my to do list. And apparently I’m not the only one. It seems a lot of working women at the office let the dishes pile up during the week. After I cook and eat the last thing I want to do is wash [...]

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housewife on June 29th, 2009

It seemed every time I would visit my grandmother - who lived about three miles from us so we would visit quite often - she would offer to make me biscuits. She made the best biscuits. My mom makes really good biscuits, too. But I have never attempted to make homemade biscuits until now.
I [...]

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housewife on June 28th, 2009

My little girl loves marshmallows and so when we go to the grocery store she usually insists on getting a bag. I comply since it’s $1 and it keeps her happy even if we have plenty of marshmallows at home. But I noticed that we had nearly 3 bags of mini-marshmallows and her marshmallow eating [...]

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housewife on May 22nd, 2009

Yesterday we had a tea party to attend and thought it would be fun to bring something tea party related. It was part of our play group, so the tea party attendees were all under five. I’ve read about scones and thought that might be a yummy treat to give a try. I found a [...]

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housewife on May 4th, 2009

A few weeks ago I had a request to make grape salad for a baby shower. I was tickled since it is seldom anyone asks me to bring something I make to a party. Grape salad is easy and tastes yummy. I first had it at one of our playgroup parties and since have [...]

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housewife on April 23rd, 2008

This week I made something I have never made before and loved it - homemade pizza. Was it ever yummy and had me wondering, “Why haven’t I done this before?”
Here is a list of what is needed to make the pizza I made:
1 box Jiffy pizza crust mix (or any mix will do. Jiffy’s mix [...]

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housewife on March 26th, 2008

I found this simple recipe for Sugared Pita Chips and had to try it since it sounded yummy. All you need is:
Flat pita bread
Can of non-stick spray
1 tablespoon sugar
Split and cut pita bread into 8 wedges. Place on a baking sheet.

Next sprinkle with sugar.

Heat oven to 350 degrees and back for 15-18 minutes or until [...]

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housewife on January 30th, 2008

Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, is fast approaching, which means it’s time to enjoy King cakes while you can. King cakes are like big cinnamom rolls but with icing on them in colors purple, green, and yellow. Inside each king cake is a small, plastic baby. If you find the baby, then you are obligated [...]

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housewife on December 10th, 2007

I actually did some holiday baking last night. This year I want to make goodie tins for family and friends. One item I want to include is dipped pretzels, but since I have never attempted to do this, I experimented some last night. I also had on hand some Reynolds parchment paper which I’ve been [...]

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housewife on July 29th, 2007

I found a yummy recipe for crockpot lasagna and can’t wait to try it. Lasagna is one of those intimidating dishes because it contains a lot of ingredients and there are many steps in preparing it. For these reasons I usually just buy my lasagna already prepared.
To cook it in the crockpot is bound to [...]

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