My husband received an Apple TV for Christmas. Recently, Ryan showed me that I could watch video podcasts on it if there was nothing on television. First of all, I like all of Rick Steves’ products. His travel guides are so good I like to read them for fun. His website is amazing and offers [...]
Filed under: Travel on March 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
In the April addition of Family Circle there were several good lean beef recipes. I tried this one last night and it was wonderful. The following recipe is not the exact same as in the magazine. It is modified to my tastes. I will definitely be making this again! Serves 6 - Prep: 15 [...]
Filed under: Food on March 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
Sophie’s haircut! She is smiling for the picture. When I took her in the stylist said she would probably have to shave the bottoms of Sophie’s ears because they were matted. I felt horrible and assumed she would look hideous when I picked her up. They got the mats out without shaving her and she [...]
Filed under: Sophie on March 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After I got married, I started cooking and accumulating recipes. Some of the recipes were from my mom, some were cut out of magazines, some were my grandma’s, some were from the internet, and some were from cookbooks I had received. After using the various recipes for close to a year, I knew which ones [...]
Filed under: Food on March 24th, 2008 | No Comments »
I kept hearing about this wonderful little Italian restaurant called Napoli’s. It was close to my house so I decided to take an out-of-town friend there for lunch. At only $6.95 for the lunch special, which included a salad, I thought it would be a nice outing.
To begin with, we had the homemade bread on [...]
Filed under: Food on March 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
The recipe I found online to make this type of frozen yogurt called for strained yogurt. I have made it both ways and don’t notice much of a difference.
Here is how I made this batch:
In a blender, liquidize: 3 Cups Plain Nonfat Yogurt & 1/3 Cup Sugar
Pour into running Cuisinart Ice Cream [...]
Filed under: Food on March 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
I just finished this cake for my cake decorating class at Hobby Lobby. The roses and flowers I made myself. Making roses was challenging at first but I love how they turned out. For next time, I will make the frosting for the roses stiffer so it is easier to get the [...]
Filed under: Food on March 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment »