Just recently I decided to really get serious about my blog again. I picked up some great ideas from Brent Ozar when he did an entire series on blogging. Awesome now I have some new tools and it’s time to start working out a new design. Before I could get started I was asked to write a blog post for the Lafayette Twestival. I was honored and scared to death. Me, a guest blogger? Much to my surprise I found it easy to write, so much so I had to leave things out and even not mention people that I adore. So here it is, but keep coming back because . . . → Read More: Special Guest
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I decided it was time I shared some of the greatest things I have ever learned. 🙂 Filmy build up on glassware and plates Let me start with the dishwasher. Did you stop using your dishwasher because it made all your glasses turn white and crusty? Well let me tell you the solution to this. CLR. Nope it’s that simple. I fill the prewash cup plus some full of CLR, pop the soap packet into the wash cup and check to be sure I have rinse aid. I do this every other wash if not every wash unless there are not many glasses and plates. If you have a big . . . → Read More: Tammy’s Tips part 1 of 2 Last summer I made Lemon Ginger Sorbetto probably for the same reason I am making it now. I needed a lemon and had to buy an entire bag. 😀 Last year I worked so hard scraping the freezing concoction every 30 minutes while this year I cheated and used the ice cream maker. Gotta love technology. This is a very refreshing and pallet cleansing dish. Even my mom liked it! Really what you need: 1 Cup Sugar 6 Tbl Honey 3 Cups Water 1 Cup Lemon Juice (about 8, but you can measure and I filled in with the bottled stuff) 2″ peice of ginger What you need to do: . . . → Read More: Lemon Ginger Sorbetto So you know I just really wanted to keep my site about useful information reciepes, prodcut and resturaunt reviews and the like. For some reason I just need to get this one off my chest and to be honest it’s not a big deal more like a splinter under my skin. Lately I have started increasing the number of people I am following on Twitter to include more of my hobbies and more of my work skills and that has brought on lost of new things to read. Most would find the information helpful, validating and new; I however have not. I really don’t mean to toot my own horn . . . → Read More: a minor rant I was watching a local station while visiting Nashville last week and over the lunch hour saw some recipes for summer time beverages. Well it’s been hot down there for a while but it was perfect timing for this Indiana girl. What normally happens is they use crazy ingredients you don’t have, expensive ones you won’t buy or they leave out some sort of detail. Of course here it was the details. So after some testing, I know such a sucky job to have here is what I came up with. Ingredients 3 oz of Vodka 3.5 oz of sweet and sour –see below (store bought is good too) . . . → Read More: Blackberry Lemon Shake-Ups Well the Mojito is a special drink and many are confused when I tell them what is in mine but let me explain. A while back we were at the Venetian in glorious Las Vegas Nevada, it was FREAKING HOT. I don’t care how many times you tell me it’s a dry heat 110 degrees is TERRIBLE and when you are 5’4.5″ like me you are close to the black pavement and the heat being bounced back at you. We decided to go sit by the pool for a bit one afternoon. Armed with a wad of cash I ordered a Mediterranean Mojito like the girl next to me just . . . → Read More: ahhh the Mojito I have heard from many people that taking the train to Chicago is a PIA. Don’t do it the train is always late. But then others tell me they did it all the time and it was a great experience. So here is what happened.
Upon arriving at the Lafayette Station some older gentleman who had a child in tow announced that the train was 2 hours late. I ask several questions as I have t plane to catch in Chicago. We were told that at 8 am they would be calling to tell . . . → Read More: Never trust Amtrak, always trust your friends. So we decided that upon our “late” arrival to PHX we’d skip the pizza joint and try an irish pub for dinner. I had discovered a place called Rula Bula but once we got into the shuttle the young male driver asked us what kind of place do we like? He followed it up with “party type bar” or a “local joint”. OH YEAH those are words we are always looking to hear. LOCAL JOINT PLEASE! So we ended up at Casey Moore’s which is an Oyster House. That explains the menu. It was a pretty dark and local joint, you could just tell by all the people . . . → Read More: Casey Moores, Phoenix AZ – Review Last summer I discovered Mexican Popsicles, Paletas while watching TV. There was a restaurant that sold them in any flavor you wanted. Funny that place is in Nashville, TN. Las Paletas. When it’s hot out everyone wants something cool and refreshing but what I discovered was that fruit bars and diet ice cream bars were not all the healthy and were loaded with calories. So I thought I would give this Paletas thing a try. So easy! You will be glad you took the time to make them. I actually have 3 or 4 molds so that I can make a big batch of them all at once. Today . . . → Read More: Banana Paletas So I am really far behind. I can’t really come up with a reason except that I just lost my motivation. Suddenly things are picking up around here and instead of doing something constructive I am going to give you a special treat! I love strawberry shortcake and since NOW is the time to get your fresh strawberries it just felt like a good idea to seek out a recipe for chocolate short cakes. You know nothing goes better with strawberries than whipped cream and chocolate. After making adaptions twice to a recipe I found in FOODTV magazine I finally think I found one worthy of sharing. Next time I . . . → Read More: Strawberries and Chocolate Shortcakes |
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