Baguette

          Ran out of bread? Don’t feel like going out in the cold? Having breakfast at 12PM and lunch at 6PM this holiday season? Do not despair. Try this easy French bread. Easy peasy lemon squeezy with a good bread machine. I’m not the one to be mucking around on the

Broccoli Leek Soup (Broccoleek Soup)

                            Ingredients: 1 broccoli head – florets, stems and all, roughly chopped 1 leek – white part diced 1 big potato – diced 5 cups chicken broth or water (I like to use water) 1 slice or 1/2 cup of Brie with

Celery Soup

                        A simple winter soup to warm those rosy cheeks and cold-nipped noses. A sure hit with the kids. Ingredients: 3 stalks celery, peeled and thinly sliced. 2 potatoes, peeled and diced 3 cups chicken stock or water 1⁄2 cup Brie or Camembert cheese

Get a puppy dog and meet the whole world.

                                            Some of us just can’t sit still for more than a few minutes. And I must confess that I’m one of them. Always fiddling around with something. I’ve my duties as a mom,

Scribble a silly sentence and watch writer’s block disappear.

                  Ever had writer’s block for the longest time? Started pppppppppresing the letters on the keyboard and deleting them one at a time? “I don’t know what to write. I don’t feel like writing?” Some people have their own remedy for curing writer’s block.   We are

Dinner Rolls with Herb Salt

                You will need a bread Machine and about 2 hours for this recipe.   Wet Ingredients: 1 cup milk or evaporated milk from the can 3 tbls margarine 1 tbls olive oil 3 tsp herb salt 1 tsp cumin seed 3 tbls white sugar   Dry Ingredients:

Season the Salt

                  The mobile collection of culinary herb pots placed on the deck strategically next to my kitchen door for easy and speedy access, of course. If I ask my kids to get some Oregano from the garden, they’ll ask me how it looks. My son only knows
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How to do a rewarding school author visit

                            10 tips on how to acquire and conduct a successful school visit. This posting is intended to the would-be successful children’s author who is trying to make it big in the wonderful world of self-published children’s books. It’s another form of
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Lambs what? … Lambsquaters

It’s that dusty looking weed in the garden that we keep getting rid off.                     Since it’s introduction into my kitchen, I’ve stopped weeding this wonderful plant. In fact I collect the seeds for the following years harvest. Oxalate content for lambsquaters is amongst the highest.
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Addictive zucchini patties

Zucchini patties Kids not eating their greens, try this zucchini with feta recipe.                   Ingredients: 5 zucchinis grated and the water squeezed out 2 cups feta cheese drained and crumpled 2 eggs beaten 1-2 cups flour pepper oil for frying   Method: Use a food processor to
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