Brewing Coffee Without a Coffee Maker?
Make camping coffee! put coffee grounds in filters and tie with rubber bands or twist ties. boil in a pot to your liking and your done. you need a couple of these in a medium size pot (2 or 3) depending on how strong you like it. Enjoy!
Making Jelly from Fruit Juice?
Grape Jelly from http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/grapejelly.htm I like this because it makes like 1 1/2 quarts; we eat it quick enough that I dont even process it, just put it in the fridge & eat it on toast & PBJs! We use frozen concentrate and dont dilute...
How Do I Make Good Fried Eggs Over Medium?
1) A good Teflon pan that will hold 2 eggs 2) Butter 3) Try Basted Cook 2 eggs at a time: When you cook them, before you flip them swirl them in the pan to make sure theyre loose. If they dont move, add more butter. A nice/easy way to cook them is basting. Start...
Banana Nut Bread Baked in a Jar
Do not store on shelf, cool (dont let them seal) then refrigerate. the recipe method presented harbors a breeding ground for botulism. info at http://extension.psu.edu/food-safety/food-preservation/faq/canning-breads
Looking for Slow Cooked Chicken and Dumpling Recipe?
My favorite for several years. I use dark meat but you can use breast if you would like (I used about 3 or 4 good size boneless breasts but any chicken will work) salt pepper thyme marjoram paprika garlic clove, chopped 1 onion, sliced 4 carrots, chunks (I...
French Canadian Pork Pie Recipe?
This is the most similar recipe to my moms (a born & bred Canadian) I have found. I got this recipe from razzledazzlerecipes.com/ which has a lot of great Canadian (&American) recipes. My mom did not put potatoes in as this calls for and always used regular...
Hitachi HB-B201 Bread Not Rising?
Make sure your liquids are warm (not hot), make sure the salt does not touch the yeast (I put the salt in with the liquid, before adding flour), and I have had great success adding gluten to all my bread machine recipes. You can buy it in the grocery store...
Recipes Using Lemons?
This is delicous, easy, and inexpensive. You can use lemon curd on ice cream, eaten with blueberries & whip cream, and used as a puddin pie. Or Google it! INGREDIENTS: 1 cup sugar 1 cup lemon juice lemon zest from the lemon (this is optional but adds wonderful...
Uses for Nutella?
I spread on chocolate covered graham crackers, then put a scoop of coffee ice cream on one and top with the other. A wonderful ice cream sandwich. Good enough for company!
Uses for Nutella?
Make your own: one can sweetened condensed milk, 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips, 1 stick of butter, melt in microwave 40 second intervals stirring until smooth. Add 1 tsp vanilla. To make it Nutella add 1/2 tsp hazelnut poweder. Mmmm. Nutella can be melted in micro...
Canning Hot Peppers?
I havent tried it, but a recent friend has canned green chiles. These are roasted black & cooled. Peel the skin off, she uses water, garlic salt and a quartered tomato, then hot water bath. Sounds great! She said the acid from the tomato helps the preservation...
Keep Ants Out of Your Honey
Just a tidbit - that honey is very good for you - it is important you buy locally grown honey (or honey made as close to your town as possible). This is because the bees that pollinate the honey are utiilzing the very pollen you breathe in YOUR climate -
Growing Tomatoes In Hanging Baskets?
Funny I just read about this today! Here is a good resource from tipnut.com to grow tomatoes upside down using 5 gallon buckets http://www.upsidedowntomatoplant.com/ Happy gardening, Patricia in Colorado
