Colourful Threads » Food http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:46:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Depression Cooking with Clara http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2009/02/27/depression-cooking-with-clara/ http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2009/02/27/depression-cooking-with-clara/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:30:22 +0000 Jennifer http://www.wonderfulpages.com/?p=1251 I love cooking.

I love being frugal.

I love history.

I love biographies.

I love Depression Cooking with Clara. It’s the reminiscings of a spunky great grandmother, sharing meals and stories from the Depression.

You can view all the episodes here at the Depression Cooking Channel on YouTube.

I’ve included the first episode, Pasta and . . . → Read More: Depression Cooking with Clara]]> I love cooking.

I love being frugal.

I love history.

I love biographies.

I love Depression Cooking with Clara. It’s the reminiscings of a spunky great grandmother, sharing meals and stories from the Depression.

You can view all the episodes here at the Depression Cooking Channel on YouTube.

I’ve included the first episode, Pasta and Peas, here because I think that’s what I am going to cook for dinner tonight:

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We have the quaint little cottage of the LittlestPage nestled beside Page2′s ocean lighthouse.

And Page1′s peaceful Swiss chalet sitting neutrally between the rival castles of Page 3 and 4.

Tomorrow the wholesale massacre begins!

. . . → Read More: Walking in a Winter Wonderland]]> Today we made our annual gingerbread houses.

We have the quaint little cottage of the LittlestPage nestled beside Page2′s ocean lighthouse.

Gingerbread Houses

And Page1′s peaceful Swiss chalet sitting neutrally between the rival castles of Page 3 and 4.

More Gingerbread Houses

Tomorrow the wholesale massacre begins!

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Shared by Page1 (serves 4) Stir with mixing spoon until thoroughly blended in order listed: 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup of powdered milk 1 tablespoon raisins or currants

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Shared by Page1
(serves 4)
Stir with mixing spoon until thoroughly blended in order listed:
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup of powdered milk
1 tablespoon raisins or currants

]]> http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2007/09/26/glorified-peanut-butter/feed/ 2 Mixing Peanut Butter in the Jar http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2007/08/09/mixing-peanut-butter-in-the-jar/ http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2007/08/09/mixing-peanut-butter-in-the-jar/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:15:33 +0000 Jennifer http://www.wonderfulpages.com/archives/2007/08/09/mixing-peanut-butter-in-the-jar/ We buy all natural peanut butter, which means it separates when it sits out at room temperature.

To mix the peanut butter in the jar, I stick one (and only one) beater in the electric beaters, plunge it into the peanut butter and turn it on to low or medium low. I carefully move the . . . → Read More: Mixing Peanut Butter in the Jar]]> We buy all natural peanut butter, which means it separates when it sits out at room temperature.

To mix the peanut butter in the jar, I stick one (and only one) beater in the electric beaters, plunge it into the peanut butter and turn it on to low or medium low. I carefully move the one beater up and down until all the oil is mixed in.

Then I scrape off the beater and offer it as a reward to whatever child happens to be shadowing me in the kitchen. I store the peanut butter in the fridge and no longer suffer from dry crusty peanut butter in the bottom of the jar!

]]> http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2007/08/09/mixing-peanut-butter-in-the-jar/feed/ 1 Mixed Up Meals… http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2007/04/27/mixed-up-meals/ http://wonderfulpages.com/colourfulthreads/2007/04/27/mixed-up-meals/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:18:53 +0000 Jennifer http://www.wonderfulpages.com/archives/2007/04/27/mixed-up-meals/ It was one of those days yesterday. You know. The kind where everything just seems mixed up and strange.

Our meal chaos plan yesterday included:

Lunch for Breakfast (We had mini pizzas and leftover brownies.) Breakfast for Lunch (We had raisin oatmeal and OJ.) Snack for Dinner (We had cheese chunks, marshmallows, and cookies) and . . . → Read More: Mixed Up Meals…]]> It was one of those days yesterday. You know. The kind where everything just seems mixed up and strange.

Our meal chaos plan yesterday included:

Lunch for Breakfast (We had mini pizzas and leftover brownies.)
Breakfast for Lunch (We had raisin oatmeal and OJ.)
Snack for Dinner (We had cheese chunks, marshmallows, and cookies)
and
Dinner for Snack. (By the time I got back from the grocery store, it was 7pm! We had smokies on buns, with salad and chips)

And I’m a self-proclaimed health nut?!

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