Robin's Weekly Grocery Deals
Great article Robin. I just got rid of every sale paper this morning oddly enough so I cant share that with you. In our area, about 100 miles West of St Louis, we have Country Mart, which is a small chain of grocers that sell the Best Choice and Always Save...
Robin's Christmas Tradition
Hi Robin. I am so sorry for your loss and the road you face with your moms illness. I pray you have an abundance of strength for now and the coming months and years. I love your recipes and I always know out of every newsletter I will keep at least one of yours...
Substituting Canned Pumpkin for Applesauce?
I am so glad you asked this question as I would never have thought of it. As a side note Libby.com has some really good recipes for using pumpkin (power of pumpkin). That may come in handy when you open a can to use as applesauce and cant use all of it.
Mashed Potato Salad Recipe
Hi, We make our potato salad from mashed potatoes. We dont use the bell peppers but I am sure they can be added. We use Mashed potatoes, Miracle Whip, sweet pickles cut into chunks and some of the juice to taste, prepared mustard and chopped red onion and boiled...
Use Bleach Water to Control Gnats
This is great! Thanks. I have a gray water drain and dont want to pour bleach down it, and the tip of the vinegar in the water bottle is priceless to me. I am so thankful BJ brought this to us, as I am in mid MO too, and the gnats are really a problem. I have...
Use for Leftover Mashed Potatoes?
We make potato pancakes just by using scoops of left over mashed potatoes and making them into patties which we salt and pepper and roll in flour and fry in bacon drippings. Another use is potato salad. We always start with mashed potatoes and it is so much...
Shop Other Thrift Stores Before Goodwill
We have all but stopped going to Good Will or Salvation army stores in our area. They fix their prices according to prices in the cities and we are rural. Another reason is we have seen things thrown away by Good will that were perfectly fine to sell. I dont...
Make Rooting Hormone From Willow
Both of these ideas are completely new to me. Thanks for taking the time to post them.
Pumpkin Instead of Shortening in Baking
If the recipe calls for 2 sticks of butter, I can use one stick of butter and a half cup of pumpkin? I was not sure if you had to use the same number of ounces of each or if you would need more of the pumpkin to make up the difference in texture?
