Creative Chicks

With this new house I  have a new set-up for canning. My kitchen stove has a flat glass top which is lovely most of the time, except for w...

Today our house goes on the market. Hallelujah! It's only 2 months after I had originally wanted to have it ready to go, but.....such ...

Two weekends ago it decided to cool down here in Minnesota.  We had been enjoying unseasonably warmer weather for Fall, which was fine with ...

Well, I'm back in town. Whew! Arrived yesterday evening and today I am trying to recover while doing laundry, sorting 2 weeks worth of...

If you have followed our blog for awhile you know that we've slowly done some work on our kitchen. Removing the half wall . Removed t...

I don't know about you but sometimes we are good about giving the kids' teachers a nice gift for Christmas and sometimes we're n...

Last weekend the young women at church had a pancake breakfast fundraiser for girls' camp this summer.  We had quite the assortment of g...

You know how as moms we disguise food so that our children will eat certain items--usually veggies.  i.e. broccoli pureed and put into spagh...

With all the green tomatoes that I picked off my plants a week or so ago I went ahead and made up some mincemeat to can.  Unfortunately it ...

...and I've decided I'm done covering up my tomatoes.  I cover them about 2 or 3 times before I decide that I'll just pick whate...

Well, now that the flooring is done in our kitchen it is on to the next step. For a couple of years now we've had a double oven sitting ...

This is what has been consuming my life for the past week or so.  We're moving slow as we started this a few days before grandparents ar...

We had 3 weddings here last month and sometimes that can get interesting when you're trying to come up with gifts.  Hubby always likes t...

So in Squash {Part 1} we gave you some info on winter squashes and how to can them, along with a couple recipes for Squash soup. It seems t...

Our cousin Tiffany and I have been slightly obsessed recently with all things squash. Winter squashes, unlike summer squashes, can be stored...

Well, I think that I have picked the last of my raspberries for the summer season. Bummer! However, we've probably had the most (32 pint...

You all know about Bisquick® from Betty Crocker --pancakes, strawberry shortcake cakes, easy cooking, etc. Here is a recipe for homemade Bi...

This is the first time I've made this pattern (Leslie's fav) for anyone. I was in need of quick gift for a bridal shower tonight (...

Last Fall I went to a craft show at one of our local high schools. It is an annual event that I have never attended in all the years that we...

....now you don't. This little half wall was located between our kitchen and dining room. It used to have wooden slats attached to it g...