First of all… You need to find “the perfect” pie crust recipe. My favorite is the one I found in The All New Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook. I’ve been using the recipe for years… and I’ve never been disappointed with it. Not once. I’m a big fan of the “crusty-ness” factor in cookbooks… chances are… Read More >>
Hey Mavis… What Did You Eat This Week…
I’m here to tell you… spending one hundred dollars a month on groceries to feed a family of four in America is totally doable. This past week we were able to enjoy chicken, ribs, steak, stir fry, crepes, you name it… No one went hungry… no one complained there wasn’t anything “good” to eat… It Read More >>
Recipe: How to Make Roasted Banana Ice Cream
Over the weekend I came home with a cookbook called The All-American Dessert Book. As I started to thumb through it, I spotted a recipe for Banana Ice Cream. For the next 3 days I contemplated buying a carton of whipping cream. Was it going to be worth it to pay roughly $5 for a Read More >>
Random photos of the week 5/31
Last night we had free weenies for dinner… that’s it. No side dishes… nothing but free weenies. When I placed the plate on the counter the Handsome Husband exclaimed “Wow… what a feast! I think I’ll have the burnt one.” Have I ever told you some days I think my husband is a royal pain Read More >>
Cupcake fever…
I worked in the kitchen all day yesterday… And now my house smells like a bakery… I ate a few cupcakes… 1 for breakfast… 1 for lunch… and 1 for dinner… and maybe two or three more during snack time… And… Well… I came up a little short of the requested 250 cupcakes… I frosted Read More >>