If you’re interested in making your own yogurt to save money, this probably isn’t the recipe you want. On the other hand, if you love yogurt and you’re looking for a healthier alternative snack to replace that 1/2 gallon of ice cream in your freezer, you may have just struck gold.Continue reading
Author Archives: Brenda Bell
Instant Pot Tacos
Tacos in the Instant Pot? Yes! I googled because I was curious about whether it was possible and I found several recipes. I’m particularly fond of my own spice blend, so I rolled my own.
Instant Pot Guinness Stew
Two days ago, it was 55 degrees and sunny. Today, the temps plummeted to 30, the wind howled and it even snowed for a few hours. It was a perfect stew day.Continue reading
Instant Pot Potato Salad
I love potato salad and always bought the tubs from the deli counter at the grocery store. It’s edible, but I find it incredibly dry and flavorless. I’ve adapted my old recipe for the Instant Pot and I won’t be going back to store-bought.
Social Injustice: The Impossible Conversation
A few hours ago, I signed out of Facebook feeling a level of frustration and misunderstanding I never knew existed. In retrospect, I should have known better than to try to have a meaningful discussion with people who have zero interest in such things.Continue reading
Instant Pot Journey: Trash Night Penne
Trash Night…
… is the night I go through my fridge or freezer and pick one thing that’s been sitting longer than I’d like. It either gets cooked or tossed. On this journey, I eliminated frozen Italian sausages, 3 partial bags of frozen veggies, the remains of a container of sour cream and the last of a block of parmesan.Continue reading
Knitting Gauge Tutorial
I believe gauge is the most important knitting concept because it is the sole principal that determines whether a knitted item will be the right size when it is finished. For an afghan, you have a bit of leeway in that a slightly smaller or slightly larger afghan is still acceptable. Continue reading