By Amanda Rose | Half Pint Fun
It’s a simple recipe — you’ll recognize all of the ingredients and probably make a personal bread pizza like this fairly regularly, but it’s all about the style in this case and, perhaps, a cheese a bit harder than Mozzarella. I offer you “Mummy Toast,” a popular Pinterest phenomenon (who knows where it started but […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Natural Remedies
It delights me that my sons can walk right out into the garden and pick herbs to aid various problems, including a restless sleep. It also delights me that they love to do just that. 🙂 Here they are with their “formula.”
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By Amanda Rose | Nuts and Seeds
Do you live next to or near an oak tree? If so, you are looking at a ready source of nutritious food: Acorns! Yes, acorns. You read correctly. Keep reading and you will be amazed at how easily you can bring this free and ancient food source into your cooking. California is wealthy with oak […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Winter Squash
So you have a big pumpkin sitting on your porch and you wonder if you can actually eat it. Yes, you are good to go as long as it is not spoiled. Is yours spoiled? It’s really pretty hard to say. Some areas are pretty cold during the fall season, others are not. Here in […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Liver
“Liver” as a class of meat is packed with nutrients — a host of minerals, B vitamins, and the fat soluble vitamins A and D. Cod liver in particular is so prized that its oil is extracted and sold as a supplement. Many of our parents grew up on the somewhat-notorious “cod liver oil,” an […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Winter Squash
Butternut squash is a perennial favorite among the winter squash and for good reason. It has great flavor and color and it stores for several months in a root cellar. The deep orange color comes from its vitamin A/beta carotene content, but it is also rich in several other vitamins and minerals. Butternut squash is […]
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