Last summer, when I was writing at Chocolate Bytes, I bit the bullet and made my own batch of chocolate covered bacon. It’s become a staple at county affairs across the US, and after reading yet another article about how much people are looking forward to trying it, I decided to whip up some of my own. Read More
Last summer, Mike was having some reflux issues. We always like to see if we can’t help things out naturally before going to pills, so we did a little research to see what we could change in our diets first.
One thing we came across that could be changed was our morning coffee preparation, which we were doing with a regular old coffee maker. I had always assumed that coffee was acidic, no matter how it came to be. However, regular hot-brewed coffee is two times more acidic than cold-brewed coffee. And, in the last eight months that we’ve been doing this, Mike’s reflux issues have completely cleared up. It could be coincidental, but why mess with a good thing?
But what’s cold-brewed coffee, you ask? It’s exactly what it sounds like! Read More
One Thanksgiving several years ago I was getting ready to make a pumpkin pie. I had all my ingredients out, the crust was already in the pie pan, and I was making the filling. I opened the can of condensed milk and was horrified. What was supposed to be a creamy off-white liquid was brown and congealed. Read More
One of my most favorite cookies to eat and bake are chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. There are so many things you can do to them to make everyone happy – even going so far as splitting up the cookie dough before adding anything special so everyone gets the additions they want. I’ve got three kids, it works well! Read More
