Every few months I clean out and organize my pantry. Well, I should say I use to clean out my pantry, now it's a chore I've passed along to my girls. It's easy for a pantry to get disorganized and food to get lost in the back, especially if you are stockpiling and shopping sales. I love to stock up when my favorite items are on sale, so my pantry is usually pretty full and was often ...
Menu Plan: Free Download
Last week I taught my first menu planning class. It was a lot of fun and I hope the women in the class learned a few things. I created a few menu planning printables (for the class) and I'll be sharing them with you over the next few weeks. Today I'm sharing my basic menu plan printable. This plan has columns for breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as a column for groceries and baking projects ...
Menu Plan: Make Ahead Meals
I cannot believe how much having an organized pantry and freezer makes a difference in my meal planning and preparation. We had no emergency trips to the store, we stuck to the menu plan perfectly, and we were $40 under budget on our grocery bill! My family is going to be in several different places this week so most of the meals can be made ahead and frozen. In fact I plan on making most of them ...
Perfect Pie Crust
The secret to a perfect pie is a perfect pie crust and last month in the Smucker's test kitchen I learned the secret. Actually I already knew the secret, but I wasn't following through with the entire process. I tried it the "Smucker's" way and ended up with a delicious flaky pie crust that rolled out easily and baked perfectly. The secret.... Cold To make a perfect pie crust you'll want all ...
Storing Real Maple Syrup
Real maple syrup is expensive. I buy it when I can find it on sale, but I've noticed that the containers always have a wide lid. This means that when my children pour the syrup they pour ten times more than they need and I can hear money pouring onto their pancakes. Last year I started keeping the maple syrup in an oil dispenser . The kids can squeeze out a small amount of syrup on their ...
Can You Use a Carving Pumpkin in Recipes?
Many people have asked what type of pumpkin to use when cooking pumpkin for use in recipes. Personally I prefer the smaller pie pumpkin, but you can cook the larger "jack-o-lantern" pumpkin as well. The smaller pumpkins are sweeter so you will need to adjust the sugar in your pumpkin recipes if you are using the larger pumpkins. My only suggestion is that you avoid the pumpkins with ...
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