Easy waffle recipe
Have you ever vomited all through the night by the light of the silvery moon? While your husband was in Florida (work related, at least)? With two kids waking up for the day one hour after your last vomiting session? And then had the girl develop a 102 degree fever and cough the next day while
The Best Dairy, Egg, and Nut Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
OK, so here’s the best recipe I have come up with for almost allergen-free chocolate chip cookies. The only thing left is the wheat flour (and a little soy, but you could easily subsitute rice milk). Luckily, I don’t have to deal with those. But I am sure you could subsitute a mixture of rice
Snow day Cooking recipe
So we have a snow day here today, although it is only ice and freezing rain which keeps us inside all day and unable to go anywhere. What is one to do with a four year old that doesn’t involve staring at the television? Cleaning? No fun. Organizing? No way. Taxes? Too risky. Playing Polly
Allergy-friendly banana bread
It seems that other than my fabulous writing, people are constantly drawn to this site to get information on getting rid of pinworms or are looking for allergy friendly recipes. Throw in my use of profanity, and you get some weird and wacky Google referrals. So, I mentioned the other day that I
Strawberry Shortcake
It is strawberry season here in Pennsylvania. Not those huge, more pink then red, flavorless things that you get at the grocery store. I am talking little, beet red-colored berries that make you remember what strawberries actually taste like. As the little lady and I were picking up some lunch on
Finding a culinary training
Want to take a culinary training, but you do not know how to go about it? Here are a few tips to help you find a culinary training suits your situation and your aspirations. Of course, you do not follow the same culinary training if you just want to improve you in the kitchen, or if you want to
What is myrrh?
My twelve year old son and I were discussing the real meaning of Christmas recently, about how it’s Christ’s birthday. He asked me if Jesus was given any gifts and I reminded him of the story of the three wise men giving gold, frankincense and myrrh. He then asked me what myrrh was, and I had
What are grits?
I’ve liked grits for a long time. A couple of days ago, my eleven year old saw them in the cabinet and asked me what they were. I didn’t know the exact answer, so here we are. Want the short answer? Grits are pieces of corn grain. Need to know more? Read on. The first step in manufacturing
Which coffee filter makes the best coffee?
For as far back as I can remember everyone always used those white paper coffee filters. Then a number of years back all of a sudden the brown filters started becoming more visible. I recall someone somewhere telling me that if you brewed coffee with the brown filters the coffee would taste
What is the difference between white and brown rice?
I was thinking a lot about rice this week and started wondering what the difference between brown and white rice was. I don’t mean the color or the flavor, I mean the how and the why. So I did a little reading. I found that brown rice is actually white rice, before it becomes white rice. Got