Compile a book of your own that contains ideas, recipes and pictures. A simple binder filled with plastic-insert pages. Get a set of tabbed plastic pages to organize your book alphabetically. It’s great to have this for easy reference and you can cut out recipes and pictures from magazines to insert into the pages. Post… Continue reading 4 Create an idea book.
The holidays are an overwhelming time whether we have a tight budget or have enough to freely spend on others. Pressure, tension and frenzy all lead to exhaustion and eventually a burst if emotion. Overspending and acquiring debt that created excess material stuff in our homes that will soon be forgotten. Instead of all the… Continue reading 3 Create meaningful holidays
A messy kitchen is a working kitchen and there is nothing as lovely to see as that, or as daunting. But we must have a clean, sanitary kitchen free of bacteria and healthy. Once a month I like to do a deep cleaning; taking apart the stove and cleaning the oven, going through the refrigerator.… Continue reading 2 Show some love.
Get this in your head. Cooking is an inspired action; cook and you will be inspired to cook more. Emerson wrote “The law of nature is; do the thing and you shall have the power.” Good cooking is a powerful action. Taking the time to prepare good nourishing meals is as nourishing as the food… Continue reading 1 Good food takes time.
So, how’s your relationship with your kitchen coming along? Simple enough question, right? Do you enjoy cooking or do you expect your appliances and gadgets to do all the work for you? Just asking. Just curious. But, really, do you cook in your kitchen or just reheat, use your dishes and fill the dishwasher? How often do… Continue reading Cooking Is Not A Spectator Sport
I posted last year when my rat terrier, Duke was diagnosed with diabetes, and it was a rough year for the little dog. In August he went blind, though he adjusted well like animals do. This week my little dog took a turn for the worse and rather than have him be alone and struggle with the… Continue reading My Little Dog, Duke
Lemon Bars.
This is a special request from my son for his birthday, and an easy one at that! If my son the captain only knew how many ladies served these at tea parties. Well, when it’s good it’s good! This really is super easy, prep time is a minimum while the oven does the rest of the… Continue reading Lemon Bars
Yo, Phil, take a look at this mess! You screwed up. You’re Wanted for Fraud. Global Warming, you say? It will all melt by Saturday, you say? In the meantime it creates havoc in my life! What do I wear, flats or boots? Phil…I know you’re out there. Hope your day is going well, too! ~Julie
Spring Soup.
Spring weather is normally unpredictable — But, there is a groundhog out there that is wanted for FRAUD! For days it is nice and sunny sending us visions of the blooms soon to come and out of nowhere it will snow, nothing serious, but, still it is snow. If you’re going through this, as many… Continue reading Spring Soup
This was a fluke of a recipe I threw together at the last minute (Ah, Pantry items) and it was one of those AWESOME things I cannot forget. So without adieu, I will give you the recipe and show you some amazing pics to get you going! 1, 10 ounce pkg frozen spinach, thawed 2 cups… Continue reading Spinach & Mushroom Skillet Enchiladas
A couple of days ago, I got the news that my cousin had moved to Hawaii. Jen has always been a true Island Girl. Yes, that’s Jen as in the Broccoli Salad I posted a couple of posts back. I have invited her to Guest Post as she is a great cook and an amazing photographer…I am… Continue reading In Stark Contrast
Cookie Butter is amazing! It is one of the most amazing things I have ever tasted. Which is the reason I am not allowed to have any for a very long time. Notice the scrape marks, I got as much as I possibly could out of those jars. The phenomena is that I can eat… Continue reading Cookie Butter Phenomena:
Inspired Home Cooking 