Book Review: Getting Your Kids to Eat Right ISBN 0346125197

I picked up this book at the Salvation Army since we have a 2 year old who can sometimes be a litle difficult to feed.  If she’s into eating she will eat for hours, but some days she pushes everything away.

I was especially interested in the recipes in the book to see if there was something . . . → Read More: Book Review: Getting Your Kids to Eat Right ISBN 0346125197

Boil Kidney Beans for 10 min before cooking in a slow cooker to prevent poisoning

Here’s a new one on me.  Kidney Beans contain a poison that must be elimated by boiling the dry beans for 10 min.  This poison can’t be removed by the low temperature in a Crock-pot or slow cooker and people can be poisoned by them.  See the full write up I read on . . . → Read More: Boil Kidney Beans for 10 min before cooking in a slow cooker to prevent poisoning

Want to know how to cut a spiral ham, are Cooks Ham products Gluten Free or how long you can store ham leftovers? Check out HAM TV.

OK, I love odd things so when I went to the Cooks Ham website, www.Cooksham.com, I just had to see what kinds of audio and video they had for ham.  So I went to this link and lo and behold I discovered HAM TV.

What a great intro video this has… just the kind of thing I . . . → Read More: Want to know how to cut a spiral ham, are Cooks Ham products Gluten Free or how long you can store ham leftovers? Check out HAM TV.

Love cooking and baking with cream cheese? Need to know if you can substitute cream cheese spread for regular? There is a place you can go.

I was reading a magazine and stumbled across ads for cream cheese referencing www.spreadphilly.com.  Next time I was online I visited the website and was pleasantly surprised at what Kraft had put together.

The website has your usual huge list of recipes plus an online community, but the section I found interesting was the “How to Cook . . . → Read More: Love cooking and baking with cream cheese? Need to know if you can substitute cream cheese spread for regular? There is a place you can go.

Tightwad Gazette Cuban Bread Recipe – good bread, fast and HFCS free

One of my ultimate reference books is The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn.  If you’re reading this blog to be frugal you’ve probably already stumbled on Amy’s books or someone talking about Amy’s books.  Please, please, please if you are interested in frugal and  you haven’t read one of her books get to the library . . . → Read More: Tightwad Gazette Cuban Bread Recipe – good bread, fast and HFCS free

Herring Family Frugal Fruit Salad Recipe

My Mother’s family loves fruit salad. I remember the giant stoneware bowl with the blue stripe on the table at every Thanksgiving and my aunts cutting up fruit while the turkey baked.

I never could make it the way they did until I asked my Mom what goes into it. I had missed one crucial ingredient: Oregon . . . → Read More: Herring Family Frugal Fruit Salad Recipe