By Amanda Rose | Half Pint Fun
Here’s a little Friday fun — a spoon that changes color when it hits cold food. I can’t tell you how much my kids love these spoons. Just last night my mom sat at our dining room table eating ice cream after a long day in the heat and Alastair (6) got out the spoons […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Eggplant
When summer is here and the garden is in full swing, you can sometimes get overloaded with eggplant. After using your three favorite recipes a couple of times each, you need a new plan. Here is a primo suggestion for enjoying eggplant today or saving it for winter. These are roasted eggplant cubes that serve […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Chocolate
When I was a kid, one of my favorite dessert treats when we went “out” was a soft serve ice cream from Foster Freeze dipped in chocolate. The chocolate was liquid and hardened when it hit the cold ice cream. If I craned my neck, I could see the person at Foster Freeze dipping my […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Tomatoes
This is just a quick tip for you tomato-lovers out there. Your plants are probably getting pretty big (knock on wood) and you probably wish you don’t have to go to the trouble of staking them in some way. Really, it’s a lot of work to stake them and then you have a bigger clean-up […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Rice
I’ve been trying to think of the first time I had horchata, the Mexican rice drink. Having grown up in a town that was 80% Mexican, I suppose I just grew up with it. It’s nearly a staple in the Mexican diet and is a very popular summertime drink. It’s sweet and nicely spiced with […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Basil
Basil is a kitchen basic. Almost any seasoning company you can name supplies dried basil. I have purchased commercially dried basil when I have been desperate. However, even the top brands cannot compete with the flavor of basil you dry from your garden. You have control over all the aspects of drying basil leaves, including […]
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