Easy recipe for chicken rice mix. A great alternative to store bought mixes.
My family really enjoys having rice with dinner. We have tried many of the Rice a Roni flavors, and chicken flavored and herb and rice are our favorites. In the past I have made a homemade herb rice mix, and my family really enjoyed it, so I decided to try a chicken rice mix. It’s…
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Good, old-fashioned recipe for canning homemade garlic dill pickles with a water bath.
You will love these hot garlic dill pickles. They are one of my favorite easy pickling recipes. There is a story behind why I started canning hot garlic dill pickles. Years ago in Sacramento, California, I ran across an old man selling pickles at a swap meet. He made the pickles in his own kitchen…
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Easy recipe for canning asparagus. Pressure canning for beginners.
This is the first year I have canned asparagus. It is really easy! I first made pickled asparagus, but then I ended up with a whole bunch of little pieces of asparagus that I didn’t know what to do with, so I decided to can them. Canning asparagus is easy if you follow these instructions…
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My twin boys recently celebrated their 10th birthday, and they wanted to have a Call of Duty theme for their birthday party. I am not an expert cake maker, so I needed to find something easy that my boys would still like. In the baking section of the grocery store I found a “camo…
Read More How to Make a Camo CakeBy the time my twin boys were 18 months old, I was excited at all the new foods they were now eating. No more pureeing all their food! Not that they weren’t picky about their food, however. Many times you have to introduce a new food to a toddler many times before they will accept…
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