Last year, I set about making my own decadent blend of vanilla extract and the results were so delicious, I’ll never buy vanilla from a store again. Yep, it was that good. You would have thought with all my years of baking experience, I would have tried to make vanilla extract at least once, but …
Patti Tucker
Having a mouse in the house is never a fun feeling. Your mind immediately start thinking about traps, then how much you like your fingers and are hesitant to set them, and finally to the awfulness of disposal after snapping the neck a cute little pest-riddled rodent. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral …
Tuesday, September 11, 2001 In the wake of all that has happened to the collective us in the last month, there is so much we’ll never be able to forget. To those who fight the good fight, to those who step up when times are unimaginable, to those who love in the face of terror, …
Sweet E is four, y’all…4 1/2-years-old! Time continues to whip past, no matter how I wish it would slow its jets. As the saying goes: The days are slow, but the years are fast. I was reading though some of the older Sweet E posts and I came across this one. It stands the test …
As a lifelong athlete, I need weekly (sometimes daily) relief from sore muscle knots. Did you know you can use a lacrosse ball for deep tissue massage and trigger point relief? YOU CAN! More to the point: I DO! I have one in every vehicle, four in the house and have left them behind at …
If you already love store-bought apple butter, homemade apple butter will make you into an apple butter fanatic. Trust. This recipe is insanely easy, adaptable to your apple and spice tastes and highly addictive. It makes enough to use now and freeze for later. Sweet E knows there is ALWAYS a jar available at Choochie’s …
I feel like everyone in the South has a go-to baked onion recipe. Why? ‘Cause they’re delicious and we know it! Baked onions are great year-round. Think cookouts in the summer, addendum to crock pot ribs in the fall, a side dish with Christmas dinner and an ever-present Easter favorite. Plus you can totally throw …
Summer has been a beast in Texas – just the way I like it! The heat and the heat and, oh yeah, the HEAT has been oppressive. Some days simply call for a refreshing reminder that summer was made for fruity adult fun. As we get closer to the end of summer, I always have …
Who doesn’t love cookies? Who also doesn’t like turning the oven on in the summer? ~ALL OF US~ Chocolate Yummies to the rescue. I make these every year for Christmas, but in recent years have also been making them in the summer when I neeeed cookies, but don’t want to heat up the whole danged …
Lasagna. Who loves to eat it but hates to make it? ~ugh~ So much time spent in the kitchen. Lots of folks hesitate to make it because it’s time-consuming, with the cooking of the noodles and the making of the sauce. What if I told you that this is the fastest lasagna you’ll ever make? …