Colorful Deviled Eggs For Easter
Here’s a cute Easter appetizer: Colorful Deviled Eggs. The trick is to soak the whites of the hard-boiled eggs in food coloring.
From Grocery Bag To Easter Basket
I was looking at Easter baskets and thinking how I just don’t need one more useless thing hanging around my house that I will have to store or donate or …
The Income Tax Cocktail
It’s tax day. Boo! No one has ever liked that, even back in the 1920s when they made up The Income Tax Cocktail. This variation on the Bronx Cocktail uses …
How To Roast A Duck
I was trying to take a good picture of this duck, but my battery died, so this is the best I got. Nevertheless, it was perfectly cooked with crispy skin …
DIY Easter Peeps Soap
Check it out: Peeps Soap! Just in time for Easter. Click on the link to learn how to make it.
Radishes With Chive Butter
I love this simple, elegant appetizer. It’s a radish stuffed with butter and sprinkled with chives–perfect for an early spring get-together. Check out the recipe at Martha Stewart.
How To Get A Cat To Use A Scratcher
Following up the post about How To Make Your Own Cat Scratcher: there’s nothing more annoying than buying or making a cat scratcher when they refuse to go near it. …
The Price Of Convenience
Most of us know that when you choose convenience in the grocery story–the food that has been sliced, diced, and pre-prepared for you–you pay for the privilege, but a recent …
Which Chickens Lay The Most Eggs?
When it comes to owning chickens, the difference between success and failure is to choose a breed that produces a lot of eggs. Chickens were bred for different reasons: some …
From Soda Bottle To Wide-Mouth Funnel
Awhile back, it occurred to me that I needed a wide-mouth funnel for canning or transferring bigger things, like dried beans, to bottles. I looked in the store and found …
Make Your Own Sausage
This weekend, I made my own sausage for the first time. It was easy and cheaper than buying sausage in the store. It took about 20 minutes and I ended …