I was at Costco, I had the thirty-five dollar bottle of vanilla in my cart, when the doubt seeped in. Thirty-five dollars! For vanilla! There had to be another way. I consulted The Googles while stalled in the coffee aisle. A search revealed there were…
I can’t remember where I got this set, but it sat around awhile, unopened, while I clung to my old habits of doing various things. Like cutting biscuits! I always used a mason jar because that’s what I’ve always used for drinking glasses. Mason jars…
I have lots of slicing and dicing and chopping type tools across the various appliances alone, not to mention the mandolines. But the one I use the most is the hand held mandoline. I love love love this thing. It was inexpensive and it has…
There is nothing handier than my Kitchenaid stand mixer pasta attachments to make fresh pasta. A few months ago, I had the perfect storm of discounts and Kohl’s cash and rewards to get this set on the cheap. Anyone that knows me knows I hate…
There’s this little blink of a town in Oregon called Amity that is home to a farmstand that makes the best pies I’ve ever had in my entire life. Besides my gramma. But I’m guessing she would have agreed that they even beat her best…
Such a simple thing and, for me, a complete godsend. I like to store enough tomatoes to last us the year. This year we planted 300 tomato plants. Canning is so much work for tomatoes. And I’d have to can them in gallon size jars. …