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  • Crock Pot Chicken Broth

    Crock Pot Chicken Broth

    Do you make your own chicken broth?  You should!  It’s so easy and almost free if you would otherwise throw out the chicken bones.  You can also save the ends of carrots, celery and onions in the freezer until it’s time to make broth. If you want clear broth it’s best to make it on…

  • Fastest Way to Shred Beef

    Fastest Way to Shred Beef

    This is the fastest way yet I’ve found to shred beef for enchiladas, tacos and so forth.  I had some leftover pot roast and decided to make beef enchiladas. Usually I would use two forks to pull the beef apart into shreds or I would get lazy and just chop it up. But I do…

  • Cleaning your Oven

    If you cook, your oven and stove are going to get dirty for sure.  My oven is self-cleaning but you have to remove the racks before using the self-cleaning cycle.  I just saw this post on cleaning your oven with baking soda and vinegar and think I will try her method on my racks if…

  • Menu Planning – Free Downloadable Planner

    Menu planning always simplifies things.  It probably doesn’t save me money as much as others because I’m just not in the habit of getting takeout if I haven’t planned dinner.  But if you are then menu planning will save you money as well as simplifying the dinner hour.  For me, I usually just end up…

  • Cinnamon Sugar Topping

    Cinnamon Sugar Topping

    I like to keep a small jar of cinnamon and sugar mixed up together.  You can use this for cinnamon and sugar toast, yogurt topping, coffee cakes, muffin topping and so forth.  It really comes in quite handy. Vary the ratio to suit your individual tastes. 1 cup sugar 2 Tablespoons cinnamon Mix together and…