Family Friendly Information and Fun Near Boone, NC
Pin itWe LOVE egg rolls around here. I’ve been apologizing for our homemade eggrolls because they don’t contain any eggs and aren’t dipped in egg before they’re cooked. Well, today I read that the term “egg roll” can mean all kinds of things, depending on which country you’re in. I think we’re off the hook! Back [...]
Pin itWe’re heading into Super Bowl weekend and all the great party food that entails. I’ve been marking things on Pinterest for weeks; it all looks so good! As always, I’ve been trying to find some healthier homemade alternatives to some of the favorite party foods. I admit that I have not come up with [...]
Pin itHomemade soup! It’s one of the easiest things in the world to make. If you throw a package of stew meat, a bag of frozen vegetables, and a can of diced tomatoes into a stock pot with some water, in an hour you will have a very respectable pot of homemade soup. It’s respectable [...]
Pin itThree weeks ago I mentioned that an important ingredient of French Onion Soup is a really sturdy homemade beef stock and promised to revisit that issue. Today is the day; that lovely stock is simmering on my stove as we speak! I’m totally serious when I tell y’all that using homemade stock in your [...]
Pin itI’m not real big on New Year’s Resolutions (although I did have some fun thinking about what kind of New Year’s Revolutions I wanted to be part of!) but the first two weeks of January are a time when I look ahead and sort of come up with a Plan. Of course it’s always [...]
Pin itAny time my husband is off work for a holiday, we eat GREAT breakfasts. Yesterday was no exception. The initial idea for these tasty little individual vegetable frittatas came from FatPhat Girl’s tumblr site. Once we got started, though, we just kept finding new variations to try. These frittatas can be tailored to exactly [...]
Pin itI learned something very important over Christmas: my brother-in-law, Paul, ROCKS the kitchen. I watched Paul assemble this delicious homemade French Onion Soup while we were visiting and it was so easy! After our holiday busyness we’ve decided to keep this New Year’s Eve festivities simple. We plan to serve this tasty comfort food [...]
Pin itEarlier this fall we played around with some homemade marshmallow recipes. I’ve procrastinated about putting the recipe up because the ones we tried ALL called for at least a full cup of corn syrup, something I try to avoid if possible. Last week, however, we had a breakthrough! My dear friend, Jenny Bryk, mentioned [...]
Pin itThere are entire books written on the subject of how to pull off big elaborate entertaining events. I’ve done big parties, fancy dinners, crowds of people and hooboy is that a lot of work! In this season of my life, I’m looking for quieter, simpler gatherings most of the time. Several years ago, I [...]
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