MY Memories gave me a copy of their Scrapbook Software to try. MyMemoires is a great scrapbook program that comes with plenty ways to get your creative juice running for anyone even a recipe blogger. I enjoyed playing with the different background papers and embellishments to create scrapbook pages for my family’s photos including our [...]
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Would you drink cactus juice if it would help you? I would not have dreamed of trying it until I read more about it. Nopalea contains antioxidants that would help reduce swelling from conditions that cause joint swelling. For someone with conditions that cause swelling and painful joints that sounds like music, but most of [...]
A reader asked:
“How do I freeze ginger?
Ginger is pretty easy to freeze. You can freeze the ginger whole or cut it up. If you don’t plan on using the entire piece of ginger cut it up. Wrap the ginger in plastic wrap and place in a Ziploc bag. You can freeze it for up to one year.
Grandma use to make these sandwiches for me from her garden, I’ve followed her tradition by having my own garden I can enjoy home grown goodies too.
Pulled for upcoming book askmsrecipe: Simple Recipes that Make Cents
This recipe is great for those tight budgets that the oil and energy prices have created.
Pulled for upcoming book askmsrecipe: Simple Recipes that Make Cents
Suggestions for combining herbs
Some herbs can be mixed together to make some yummy herb combinations. If you have these herbs mixed up, you can speed up meal preparations. Mix herbs equally unless otherwise noted.
Salad -tarragon,-basil, parsley, lovage
Barbeque -hot pepper, garlic, cumin, oregano
Tomato sauce -celery leaves, oregano, 2 parts basil, cloves, bay leaf, marjoram, sweet basil
Fish -fennel,-savory, sage, lemon, thyme, tarragon, parsley, bay leaf (crumbled), basil
Poultry -2 parts marjoram, lovage, 3 parts sage
Italian -sage, thyme, oregano, basil, marjoram, rosemary, savory
Egg -parsley, basil, dill weed (leaves), garlic
Vegetables -savory, basil, parsley
Herb Margarine or butter
Mix 1 to 3 tablespoons of dried herbs with one cup of margarine/butter or one stick of butter/margarine. (Herb or spice of your choice.) For instance, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice and pepper mix well until frothy. Then put in refrigerator for one hour with a lid.
To make citrus margarine or butter, with herbs: Mix together margarine or butter with, garlic, finely chopped parsley, sage, thyme, basil, tarragon ,and zest of orange and a tablespoon of the juice in a bowl until mixed well.
How to make flavored vinegar
Warm 2 pints or 1 quart of vinegar in a saucepan, pour into a bottle (DO NOT ALLOW VINEGAR TO BOIL) add herb or herbs of your choice, ‘suggestion’ 4 ounces each, fresh marjoram, sage, thyme, tarragon. Need to refrigerate for two weeks before using. Any type of vinegar is ok, depends on your taste.
Tips:
Keep the herbs or spice in a sealed container and away from sunlight to maintain quality
Fresh herbs require four times the amount of dried herbs
For example 1dried rosemary= 4 fresh rosemary. So in essence 4 to 1 is the magic number when dealing with the comparison of fresh to dried herbs.
Crush the herbs prior to using with food intensifies the taste of the herb.
Tonight’s Supper was BBQ beef sandwiches and potato salad. We had left over ground beef, ribs and pork chops so I threw them in the slow cooker with some BBQ sauce, minced onion, and 1/4 cup water (adjust according to amount of meat included. This could easily be done with most meat. I’ll save the [...]
Hello Readers, Here is part two of the herb and spice glossary with more to come, so you guessed it you have to come back for more. Fruit,Spice and Herb Mixture Fruit –curry, mint, pepper, allspice, ginger, mace, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, anise. Vegetables Spice and Herb Mixtures Green beans -nutmeg, oregano, dill, marjoram Potatoes [...]
This yummy simple recipe was one of those experimental recipes. I ran out of kidney beans so I used baked beans and it turned out pretty good for another experimental recipe by Ms Recipe, so enjoy. Pulled for upcoming book askmsrecipe: Simple Recipes that Make Cents
Here is the list of spice and herb mixtures that I promised some of my loyal readers and any new readers who comes along. I’m only going to tempt you with one list at a time. There will be another list coming soon. So you’ll have to check back to see when I post it. [...]
Tonight’s supper was sloppy joes, fresh tomatoes from my garden and homemade french fries. The homemade fries are simple to make. I cut the potatoes into narrow strips, then put them into a large ziploc bag with a 1/4 cup of oil and sprinkled them with season salt. Unfortunelty while I was trying to mix [...]
This simple chicken recipe you can marinate for one hour like the recipe says or you can marinate it all day for extra flavor. So it works for the cook on the run and the cook who’s well prepared. Recipe found in Ask Ms Recipe Cookbook: Simple Recipes the Make Cents
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