Printing Professional Quality Digital Wedding Photos
As a professional photographer, I appreciate the fact that Walmart tries hard to honor copyright. Most digital images are encoded with metadata and professional photographers generally have their copyright information directly encoded into the file. A professional...
A Tribute To My Mom
That is a really beautiful tribute to your Mom. We lost my Mom to pancreatic cancer 5 years ago, and I still miss her tremendously. Like you, I was blessed with a wise and loving Mom who taught me how to cook and bake, but more importantly, how to be kind and...
Authentic Salsa Recipe?
The salsa Ive always had at Mexican restaurants is a very fresh pico de gallo, which is extremely simple to make. Fresh tomatoes, a little chopped onion (I like to use sweet onion), a little or a lot of fresh cilantro, and freshly squeezed lime juice. Adjust...
Rhubarb Gone to Seed?
Your rhubarb plant is getting tired and/or overgrown, which is why its setting a seed head so early. You could divide your clump, giving some away to a friend or creating a second clump for yourself. Be sure to add a generous shovel of compost in the new hole...
Salt Free Lemon Pepper?
You can make your own lemon pepper quite easily. Using a micro-planer, zest one or two lemons, taking off just the yellow part and leaving behind the white pith. You can grind your pepper directly on to the fresh zest and then set the pan aside to dry. I have...
Cooking Dried Beans?
I have the same problem with trying to get my beans soft. I read on several on-line forums that the problem could be my hard city water - I get a lot of lime build-up inside my pots, so I know there are a lot of minerals in the water. The recommendation is...
Chili Cranberry Meatballs
We make something similar, except our recipe calls for Heinz Chili sauce, a can of whole berry cranberries, a cup of brown sugar and a large can of drained sauerkraut. Stir it together, add your meatballs and cook in the crockpot on low for 3-5 hours. Sounds...
Shopping for Graham Crackers in Australia?
McVities chocolate digestives would be pretty close. A really good alternative is plain digestives with Nutella. Mmmmm.
What Can I Make for Dinner with These Ingredients?
I would brown the burger with the garlic. Saute the green onion and mix with the burger - set aside. In the same pan, make a simple white sauce with the butter and cream, using canned broth to stretch it, if you have some. Otherwise, just thicken with cornstarch...
Give Up Designer Coffee
I am able to buy a pound of Fair Trade Organic coffee for $10 here in Minneapolis. I get a minimum of 6 big pots of fresh (I grind my beans just before brewing) strong coffee with a standard Mr. Coffee drip maker, which prices out at roughly $1.66 a POT. A...
Hire a Student Photographer for Your Wedding
As a professional photographer, I can tell you that shooting weddings is one of the most difficult assignments we do. There is a lot of pressure to get things right because you dont get a second chance. When we shoot a wedding, there are two photographers working...
Thrifty Cutworm Collars
The easiest way I have found to prevent cutworm damage is to push a chopstick into the ground alongside the stem of your tomato at the time you plant. Cutworms need to have contact with the entire stem in order to do their dirty work and the chopstick prevents...
