I LOVE THIS WEBSITE!  All recipes . com is a great resource for all of us stuck in the kitchen this Thanksgiving week!  Personally, I like being in the kitchen, so the adjective “stuck” should be changed to “creating”!  All recipes has innumerable recipes posted by cooks all over the world.  It is organized, just type in a recipe you are looking for in the search box and a choice...

Last night, around 10:50, I was standing outside my local movie theater in a line of 100’s of teenage girls with their mothers. It was about 10 degrees outside, and I was wearing boots, a sweatshirt, my winter coat, 2 pairs of gloves, and a hat.  I, along with thousands of girls around the country all waited in lines for hours in order to get a glimpse of the worshipped Twilight movie. I’ve read...

This will be the first post of several recipes my family always requests at Thanksgiving.  The most requested is STUFFING.  Thirty one years ago, the day before Thankgsgiving, my husband and I were married.  I didn’t understand why my mother didn’t like the date we picked and kept trying to get us to pick another date. Now, from my different perspective as the “Thanksgiving Cook”,...

The past few months we have been remodeling our kitchen.  You wouldn’t believe the mess!!!  Electricians, carpenters, and the worst, the plumber tromped through my house grinding in the dirt.  Up and down the stairs, across the recreation room leaving their trail. I became very aware that my entire basement carpet badly needed to be cleaned.  I turned to my copy of “Clean Your House and Everything...

Years ago,  my husband and I went on our second date to a wonderful seafood restaurant that has since gone out of business.  I came across this recipe for their clam chowder in a cookbook my grandmother gave me as a wedding gift.  It has now become tradition to have this Clam Chowder every Christmas day.  With its realitive ease of preparation this recipe works great after the big Christmas Eve meal that...

Now, to begin reviewing books you can put in your neat and tidy book closet, or shelf!!!  (See previous post)I thought I would list four books today, two for older children 6 – 10, and two for younger children, 4 – 6, however, I feel children of both age groups will enjoy all four books. For the younger age, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs“, by Judie Barrett. A darling tale of raining...