Did you know you could shred chicken with your stand mixer, oh yes, you can. I used to dread shredding chicken, and it would take me forever to shred the chicken with two forks. Not anymore. Simply bake or boil your chicken breasts. While they’re still warm, put them in your stand mixer with your flat […]
It’s not that I’m a city girl, but the farms I grew up around were like distant planets to me. I knew they were there, but didn’t know much else about them. So when Janeal Yancey asked if any of the Arkansas Women Bloggers wanted to attend the Moms on the Farm tour, I jumped at the […]
Milder onions for salads. I love raw purple onions in a salad, but sometimes the flavor can be a little overpowering. If you soak your sliced onion in water with a little salt for half an hour, it knocks the edge off of them so you can enjoy them in your salad and not have […]
No pie pan? Use a cast iron skillet. Your cast iron skillet is the perfect dish for baking a cobbler, a crumble or a pie. The iron holds the heat well so your dessert cooks evenly throughout. Plus a cast iron skillet full of goodness in the middle of a table is one of the […]
It always puzzles me when a recipe calls for the “juice of one lemon,” because it seems like some lemons have more juice than others. But here are a few ways to get more juice from your lemons (and limes). Lemons juice better at room temperature. Besides, cold lemons are harder to squeeze. Roll your […]
by Jerusalem Jackson Greer This time of year is the season of weddings, graduations, showers, births and party after-party. It can be hard to know what to bring as a gift – whether it’s for the party hostess herself or the honoree-hostess-to-be, for each and every event. Here is a simple homemade gift idea that works for […]
Water is so good for you. Drinking water helps you stay hydrated, helps keep your skin healthy and can even help you lose weight. Water is abundant (at least here in the US) and is practically free. Yet, I constantly hear people say they don’t like water or that water is boring. It doesn’t have […]
by The Park Wife Simple Hospitality. Opening up our homes, pouring out ourselves, to serve and love friends and strangers. It creates connections. It builds community. Sharing friendship, laughter, and the occasional tear over good coffee. Who of us doesn’t need a little of that? But, sometimes I need motivation and ideas. That is when […]
By Katherine Trauger My first lesson in pasta-making came right after I married. My brand new in-laws considered pot roast served with egg noodles cooked in the broth a necessary skill and my husband’s mother, bless her, made sure I knew how to make the noodles: Just mix an egg with a little flour. At […]
Hello friends! Well, after just a few short weeks of posting, I can already see the handwriting on the wall. And, since I no longer have a toddler running amok, crayon in hand, I know this handwriting must mean business. Here is what the wall said: “Greer, you need some help with posting ideas.” Here […]