Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker :

Challah Bread: The Secret Recipe Club

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It's time once again for The Secret Recipe Club.  Our numbers have tripled since last month.  If you would like to join us, visit this link and fill out the form.  As long as you let Amanda know before the assignments are handed[...]

Your Recipe, My Kitchen

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This week, I am doing something a little different.  Once a month I participate in The Secret Recipe Club, a group of bloggers that are assigned a blog within the group and then get to make one of the recipes from that blog.  If you[...]

Saturday Stories: Finding Relatives

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I had a slightly unusual childhood...maybe.  At least from what I have gathered from friends, it seems a bit different.  Because my father was a career military man, we moved far away from upstate New York where both of my parents grew[...]

Cranberry Crumb Muffins

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I am going crazy trying to repost all of the scheduled things that Blogger lost for me yesterday.  Just saying. It always seems like just about the time that Spring is ending and the temperatures start to climb above 80 degrees, I start[...]

Stuffed French Toast and Strawberry Pepper Jam Review

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When you ask someone from Arizona if they would like to try some strawberry pepper jam, the first thing that pops into their head is jalepeno peppers or Hatch or poblano or any of the plentiful peppers grown and eaten with abandon in the[...]

Rye Spelt Bread

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Have you ever gone into a grocery store and bought ingredients because you have always wanted to use them, but really had no particular plan?  That happened to me a little while ago.  I was in a health food store (a very dangerous[...]

Your Recipe, My Kitchen: Shrimp Fajitas

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These fajitas almost didn't make it into this post.  I had been meaning to make them ever since I drooled over Jennifurla's post   on her blog Indigo's Sugar Spectrum back in April.  Then, when I finally did, it was a comedy of[...]

Saturday Stories: Things I Learned From My Mom

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Since I was old enough to be as tall as my mom, people have told us how alike we are.  I have never thought that we actually looked much like each other, but our mannerisms, the timbre of our voices and our likes and dislikes are[...]

Curried Morel Shortbread with Morel Chutney Cheese: Marx Foods Morel Challenge!

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It's time for Marx Foods' 3rd Annual Morel Mushroom Recipe Challenge!  Each year, a group of bloggers is sent a sample of dried Morels and is asked to create an original recipe using these lovelies.  This year, we participants were[...]

Strawberry Jell-O Cake

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(this post originally aired in April 09, but without pictures)  After my sister in law was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, we received a huge box of Jell-o, ice cream syrups, candies, puddings and other sugar filled things from[...]