The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
I talked about trying celeric root for the first time when I used it as icing for the meatloaf cupcakes recipe. Recently I have been experimenting with other ways to use this potato-like veggie, my first being fries. For those who don’t know, I have a nightshade allergy, meaning I can’t eat potatoes, tomatoes, or peppers […]
Well, last week was an interesting one. We had a snow storm with approx 8-10 inches, followed 36 hours later with a huge ice storm that knocked out our power for over 60+ hours. Borrowing from my hubby’s joke, this is basically what we got told every time we called our power company for an […]
Ah, Autumn. My favorite season of all. Time for pumpkins, bananas, apples, mums and sunflowers (and wondering how the heck another summer went by so fast!). Autumn is also a time when I start to get a hankering for comfort foods, and banana bread is no exception. This is my go-to recipe when I feel […]
Karl has had a pair of iron skillets that he’s used since his days back in his own apartment as a bachelor. I, on the other hand, have always used and therefore always preferred non-stick skillet pans. Though cast iron skillets become nonstick from use, I’ve resisted using them as my non-stick pans were working […]
Gluten, Dairy, & Soy Free tuna noodle casserole. Time to do a little dance! Why? Because I just found that in week #2 of planning meals, I saved 35% off of our grocery budget! (up from the first week with 25%). Weeeeee! We’ll see if I’ll beat last week’s “score” with this week – so […]
