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Tag Archives: tips
Changing your favorite recipes into slow cooker recipes!
ALLRECIPES is a great website and I got this fabulous tip from them – here is the link: http://dish.allrecipes.com/recipes-tips-convert-slow-cooker/?prop26=whatscooking&prop25=5387083448&prop27=2017-01-19&did=121929-20170119&eaid=13631981&hid=3dd8bf9f54f4e4b1d93019915ccd0696fe74e136 If you have a favorite stovetop or oven recipe that you wish you could make in the slow cooker? If it … Continue reading
Tips on how to keep mushrooms fresh from Cooking Light Magazine
We love mushrooms of all kinds – my favorite way to cook them is with olive oil or lower calorie Pam olive oil spray, salt, sliced onions on a flat baking pan in the oven for 30 minutes. YUM! Here … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips, Vegetables
Tagged mushrooms, olive oil, onions, portobello, tips
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Passion fruit pudding – extra yum!
Another passion fruit recipe – pudding this time! Try it – its easy! Passion Fruit Pudding Ingredients: 1 box (3 ounces) vanilla instant pudding 2 cup of milk ( we use 2%) 1 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged buttermilk, passion fruit, pound cake, self rising flour, tips
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Passion fruit Pound Cake – YUM!
We grow a lot of passion fruit and we love to cook with it. Dishes as simple as regular fresh fruit salad with lots of papaya and pineapple, mango and passion fruit and then desserts – oh my goodness. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Fruit, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged buttermilk, passion fruit, pound cake, self rising flour, tips
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When berries are a bit squashed – make a smoothie!
I often find that even the best berries eventually ( some sooner rather than later) look squashed and so really cannot be served elegantly. Here is a great way to make use of them – and preserve the good taste … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Fruit, Gluten Free, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged blackberries, brown sugar, orange juice, raspberries, smoothie, tangerine juice, tips
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A couple of great ideas – enjoy!
Like to bake muffins? So do I but I found an unusual use of muffin tins Above is a traditional use of muffin tins. But there are some unorthodox ways to use them too that are very useful. Here are … Continue reading
Making a really good ( and easy Graham Cracker Crust) – and Chocolate Ribbon Cheesecake – scrumptious!
Making a really good ( and easy Graham Cracker Crust) There are recipe authors that advocate baking the crust before you fill it. It doesn’t need to be if you are making a dessert, such as a cheesecake, that is … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Tips
Tagged cake baking, cakes, cooking with kids, dessert, Graham cracker crumb crust, tips
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What are the easiest ways to make a meal? Especially when cooking with kids? 5 TIPS for you
You come home from work, the kids are hungry, the dog wants to be fed, you are so tired all you want to do is collapse into a chair – but dinner needs to be made, homework done and everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Fruit, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, easy meals, essentials for the kitchen, tips
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A couple of Slow Cooker Tips! Children playing the piano….cooking with kids – happy holidays!
I do have a love affair with my slow cooker – bought both of my Little Farm assistants, Esmerelda and Blanca, one each for their Xmas presents last year and they are both hooked too! Here are a couple of tips … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Classical Music, Family, Slow Cooker, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, happiness, holiday season, music, playing the piano, slow cooker, tips
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26 uses of Coffee Filters – sent to me anonymously – but makes sense! Enjoy…..
The modest little coffee filter – who knew how many uses it could have! This was sent to me anonymously on the internet and I thought I would share it with you. Some of these uses really make a lot … Continue reading
Vinegar – the all purpose product – some weird wonderful and useful tips below!
These tips are just fabulous – inexpensive and great. I received this on the internet – anonymous. So if anyone knows who I should attribute this too please let me know. Humans aren’t the only ones that can enjoy the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Raising Children, Tips
Tagged cats, cleaning, cleaning acquarium, dogs, flies, removing pet odor, removing skunk smell, skunks, tips, vinegar
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Fennel – an amazing herb – cooking with kids and teaching them the value of herbs in adding flavor (instead of salt) – also a Sugar Cookie Recipe
Fennel is a wonderful herb that grows wild in California. If you ride horses, during the spring time in California, there is an abundance of wild mustard and fennel that grows along with sage and your steed will love to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, family, farming, Fennel, fennel pollen, meals, pollen, recipes, sugar cookies, tips, treats, urban farming
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A tip worth remembering – removing Red Wine from fabric
Red wine spills are the worst kind to remove. I came across this tip but have not trie dit. I must admit to leaving stains and sending them to our cleaners who tend to work miracles. They are L&S cleaners … Continue reading
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Tagged Dry Cleaning, family, grapes, household, stain removal, tips, Wine removal
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Chicken and Almonds – yum! Cooking with kids to make this easy low cal dish with Butternut Squash Mash and Oven Fries
I love nuts and chicken together – especially when cooking with kids – along with my favorite Panko breadcrumbs this makes for a low cal quick weektime dish – which is no fuss so you could easily do this on … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips, Vegetables
Tagged almonds, chicken, cooking with kids, easy, grandma music, low calorie, nuts, panko breadcrumbs, rosemary, tips
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An amazing way to use Lemons – also a recipe for Lemon Marmalade
I have found an amazing way to use lemons. We have such an abundance of them – literally trees that are breaking from the weight of their lemons – all kinds including Meyer lemons which I think are the best. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Fruit, Gluten Free, Jams, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, freezers, jams, jars, lemons, marmalade, meyer lemons, oranges, recipes, tips
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Useful tips for home and family – last group of really good tips…
And the last of the tips postings…. Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks. ============ ========= ========= ===== When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children, Tips
Tagged air freshener, alka seltzer, Ants, celery, cleaning, family, headaches, home, household, mosquito bites, tips, wine
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More useful tips for home and family….
Some of these tips are so obvious it makes you wonder why you didnt think of that? They work too! Of course I strongly suggest putting on Grandma Music if you are doing the boring work of cleaning – music … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children, Tips
Tagged cleaning, flowers, freshener, perfume, stains, tips, washing windows
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Useful tips for the home and family
I received these tips anonymously on the internet and love them! Thank you to whomever created them! For icy door steps in freezing temperatures: Get warm water and put Dawn dish washing liquid in it. Pour it all over the … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips Cooking with Kids and More! “Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the Seventh and Final in the Series: WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT? Here is the cutest tip of all. Have you ever opened a closet door and all the wrapping paper from last holiday season fell onto … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking with kids, crayola, finding earrings, Grandma, hair grips, household tips, pantyhose, saving money, saving time, soft toys, tips, vaccuum, velcro, WD40, wrapping paper
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Tuesday Tips Cooking with Kids and more -“Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the Third in the Series: Cooking with Kids – WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT? I am not the most craft oriented person – in fact, I used to dread arts and crafts days at school and am … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Other wonderful treats, Tips
Tagged arts and crafts, bread tags, cooking with kids, cupcakes, Grandma, household, icecream cones, popcorn, sprinkles, tips
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