Substituting Sherry in a Recipe
Depends on what you are making. You can use apple juice, white grape juice.
Product Review: Organic Boxed Soups
And both have gluten free, soups and broths, most canned ones have wheat in them!
Growing Lettuce from Flower?
Once the lettuce flowers, you wait util the flowers start to die, then pull off the flower, you will find seeds. This is how we get seeds for next season. Plus we know that the type we are using works well for our area. Happy salads.
Removing Adhesive Labels from Glass Jars
Use PAM, or cooking spray, spray it on the sticker residue, rub in, then off! Works fast. And I can always find my cooking spray!
Garden: Bumble Bee
Beautiful! Dont be afraid of the bees. They are not aggressive. Only the hornets are. The honey bees loves purple, blue and pink flowers the best. But will go to others as you see. Try and stay out of those colors, and they wont try to get too close.
Canning Bean and Ham Soup?
Try Ball Bluebook. Or Ball online. They have very good instructions for anyone to follow. I used to can my old fashion vegetable soup. All from the garden. You will need a pressure cooker.
Use Two Kinds Of Bread for Sandwiches
Reminds me of feeding lots with premade sandwiches, Make some with one slice white, one slice wheat, then give them the kind they want, with that slice up. And insted of wasting the heel, put the heel part inside, most people wont look inside a sandwich!
Removing Dye Transfer on White Clothing?
And next time, buy a product called Color Catchers, by Shout! It works, and you can save $$ by mixing up the clothes in one load. They are a bit pricey, but will save in the long run.
80's Weight Watchers Exchange Diet Journal?
I have to check the dates, but I think I have some blank ones. If you give me your address, I could send it.
Buying Concentrated Juice Lids in Bulk?
Ask at a day care, or a care home. Some place they use the juice concentrate.
Use Vanilla Pudding to Stabilize Whipped Cream
Just use powdered sugar, it keeps the cream from getting watery in the fridge.
Chocolate Crackles
These were great. I used a gluten free flour mixture, and that was the only change. They turned out perfect! Thank you Robin, for this and all the other wonderful recipes you take the time to send in.
Average Price of Fresh Local Honey?
In northern CA, direct from the beekeeper, we buy it for $3, a pound. It is very good, and good for you. Mix some with butter, and cinnamon for great toast or an English muffin.
English Muffin Bread
The best thing with this bread, is to mix honey, cinnamon, and soft butter. Then spread it on the toast! Yum. I use smart balance insted of butter.
Adjusting Sewing Machine Tension?
Make sure you have the machine threaded right. I was shown the wrong way, and finally figured it out myself. Once it was threaded right, no more broken or knots. If you get too much slack in the thread, it gets wrapped around where you cant see, and it breaks...
Reusing Resealable Plastic Bags
I have been doing this for years. My husband made me a bag dryer, a piece of wood, with 3 holes drilled in it, then 3 dowels put in the holes. Hang the bags over one or two of the dowels. Works very well.
Keeping Cilantro (Coriander) Fresh?
I use a wide mouth jar, with about 1 inch of water. Trim the stems of the cilantro, and store in fridge in the jar. Put fresh water in about every 3 days. I do this for most fresh herbs that are not in my garden. Also works very well for asparagus.
Using Leftover Hot Dog Buns?
Make filled buns 2 dozen hot dog buns 1 1/2 lb of velveta 2 4 oz cans chopped black olives 1 4oz can diced green chilies 2 chopped onions 3 chopped hard boiled eggs 1 can diced pimentos 2 cloves garlic minced 1 jar, chili sauce Mix together and put on buns...
Orange and Pineapple Fruit Salad
Sounds like an Ambrosia salad. You can look for those on Allrecipes or such.
Preservatives for Canning Soup?
Find Ball.com, they have a Blue Book with instructions for all sorts of canning! It is great. And you really need to use a pressure cooker. Have fun, good luck.
Tried and True Recipes for a Healthier Diet?
You really cant beat Cooking Light magazine. It has a huge mixture of recipes. Something for everyone! It is my favorite magazine!
Lacy Oatmeal Cookies (Gluten Free)
Most oats are grown close to wheat. So that is why it is not really considered gluten free. But oats in Canada are. I guess if you are willing to try, it is a good recipe to use. Since I am just allergic to wheat and a few other grains, I am lucky to be able...
Avoid The Advertisements
Money saved from ads is a good thing, and you are right, only if you need them. I found going through the ads and the wish book, catalogs, when I find something I think I need, I fold the pages, then put the catalog away for a week or so. Then go back through...
Recipe for Gluten-free Pasta?
There is a mix recipe in the Gluten-free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy, by Bette Hagman. It is pretty good. But if you have a Trader Joes close by, they have very good brown rice pasta, that is not too pricey! And lots easier than making it!
Make Big Batches and Freeze
This is a great idea. I have always made a big batch of gravy and freeze the leftover. But the pasta tip is great. I dont know about everyone else, but when I cook pasta it is always too much, cause when you look at it dry it just needs a little bit more, usually...
Red Wedding Punch Recipe?
A very easy, recipe 1 package of strawberry koolaid 1 cup sugar 2 qts water 1 12 oz can frozen orange juice 1 12 oz can of lemon lime soda Mix koolaid and sugar, add to 2 qts of water, add with the rest of the ingredients in punch bowl. If not serving right...
Flavoring Sun Tea?
I just add some lemon and ginger to about a half a cup of boiling water, seep for half an hour or how ever long to get the flavor you want, when cool, strain and add to your tea. I usually use the flavored teas and add some kick!
Eating a Low-Salt Diet?
Our rule has always been to taste it first. Keep trying, read lables and get reduced salt items. Try not to use too many pre-packaged things. Dont add salt to cooking, except baking items that need it to cook right. It takes about 2 weeks to get over the cravings...
Keep Veggies Fresh Longer
I have found the best way to keep celery, is just wrap the whole stalk in foil. Remove the plastic first!
Sugar-Free Syrup Recipes?
We have a Cash and Carry store, and they sell the Torani syrups. Usually anybody can shop there, just use cash!
Crustless Quiche Recipes?
Check out the South Beach Diet, or Dr. Gotts, No sugar or no Flour. I too am on a gluten free diet.
"Gooey Buns" Recipe
I have two, one is Filled Buns 1/2lb american cheese 4 hard boiled eggs, chopped 4 hot dogs, ground 1 can chopped olives salt, minced onions, minced pimento. Mix together, put in hot dog buns moisten with mayo, wrap in foil and bake for 15 min, at 350.
"Gooey Buns" Recipe
Filled Buns # 2 2 dozen hot dog buns 1 1/2 lb american cheese 2 cans of chopped black olives 1 4oz can diced green chilies 1 chopped onion 3 chopped hard boiled eggs 1 can diced pimentos 2 cloves garlic minced 1 jar chili sauce. Mix together and put on buns...
Christmas Club Accounts
This is a great way to save, if you have a bank that does this. If not, start one on your own. Take the amount you need to start an account, so you dont have to pay fees, then add. I used my Christmas account for my property taxes. Too bad, it wont cover them...
Planting A Calla Lily Outside?
I live in Northern CA, and we get frost, I have the small calla lilys out in my yard, and they never die! Just dont plant in the yard, keep in a planter and it wont take over!
Canning Homemade Apple Juice?
My ball canning book says to heat just to a boil. Pour into hot jars, leaving a 1/4 inch head space. Adjust caps. Prosess 10 minutes in a boiling water bath.
Breakfast Casserole Using Ranch Dressing?
Sorry this WAS vague, I think the one my friend was looking for had a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix. And I am not sure if it was one that you make the night before and then cook in the morning. Yours sounds good to me! And I like the idea of potatoes...
Gluten and Wheat Free Flour Recipe
I have used that blend for awhile. Then my sister gave me Gluten-Free Quick & Easy, by Carol Fenster,Ph.D. and Carols Flour Blend is 3 cups sorghum flour, 3 cups potato starch, or cornstarch, 2 cups tapioca flour. This is a great mixture, not grainy gritty...
Suggestions For Cheap, Frozen Fish?
Tilapia is great, also if you have a Costco, the Talapia Loins or Mahi-Mahi is very good. I live on the coast, and still buy it frozen. Look for a Baja Taco recipe in Cooking Light, or myrecipes.com for a great fish taco or four!
What is this recipe?
We called this Cheese Puffs. Melt 1/2 cup butter, 3 oz of cream cheese and 1/4 pound grated jack cheese. Cut up a 1 pound loaf of unsliced bread into about 1 inch square cubes. When cheese is melted fold in 2 beaten egg whites. Dip bread into cheese mixture...
Help Choosing Groundcover?
We use vinca, we have red clay soil and it grows there. Plus we get snow and it makes it through. Plus the deer dont eat it.
Camping Tips?
Pack your food in clear totes, one for breakfast, one for lunch, one for dinner. Most of the time keeps you from having to dig in all to find what you need.
Looking For Cool Salads For a Packed Lunch?
Chicken curry salad cubed chicken or turkey diced red onion diced celery golden raisins mayo curry powder Mix up to taste, or amount. We use this as a wrap filling, lay out the wrap, use lettuce, spinach, and shredded carrots, put the spread on the lettuce...
