Creative Chicks

Tried this recipe for Sweet Potato Chili a couple weeks ago.  The recipe came in our little magazine from the health clinic.  Loved, loved, ...

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

I canned a batch of soup over the weekend. Part of my crew was pheasant hunting and it was rainy. So it turned out to be a great time to do ...

I've been trying to change up my diet a bit--much to the chagrin of my family. Have I ever mentioned how I like change, and they don...

As Emily wrote about earlier  last month, we all are having some changes occurring in our respective lives. A couple things for us include...

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...

My neighbor Vicki came over earlier in the week to use my canner to make some jam.  Her kitchen was slightly out of commission as her husban...

I took advantage of cooler weather this week, especially in the mornings, and canned some more dried beans for the pantry--red kidney, pinto...

One of the things that I love most about summer is homemade ice cream.  For years growing up we had a hand cranked ice cream maker that we e...