We use salsa on taco chips, as a pizza sauce, and in bean salads, and it’s always delicious. Each year we make huge batches and that’s what we did yesterday. Over the years we’ve refined our recipe, streamlined it, and simplified it. It requires three large pans, and makes about 10 quarts of salsa as […]
Kitchen
Medieval Cookery: Browning Chicken and Making Soft Cheese
What did medieval people eat…before tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, potatoes, and microwaves? Most people had very little food, but when times were good, meals were great. Browning chicken for a stew: These iron pots, on tripods over a trench fire, were greased by cooking bacon. The bacon itself was removed from the pot, put onto a […]
Review: Molly Saves in the Kitchen
Here’s another Money-Saving Digest review. As usual, I’m sharing exactly what’s in this Digest so you can determine if it would work for you. So pick up a cool glass of water—and perhaps your baby or toddler—and read about saving money while enhancing your family’s standard of living. Molly likes to give monthly reminders of […]
Party Pictures
On a beautiful Thursday, we had a party. Miss 18 concocted this delicious fruit punch. I think I had 6 glasses full, it was so good! We had some special snacks…. Apparently the asparagus roll-ups look like little babies in blankets. The other ones were pickles; not everyone likes asparagus. Our gardens were beautiful that day. […]
Top Cleaning Tip: A Free Green Timesaver
My children have spent many hours chuckling over the zany humor in Don Aslett’s books. Although the sound of a child chortling over a book is like late afternoon sunshine, bringing a glow to my whole life, that’s not why I love Don Aslett. You see, this man writes cleaning books. Funny, helpful cleaning […]