Barefoot conTerra

I was never really taught how to do things in the kitchen. Growing up, I didn’t want to learn anything about cooking and baking. By the time I did, I was 9 hours away from home, in the middle of Tennessee, learning from friends and websites. Chicken is one thing I’ve always been unsure about [...]

or at least I will be. Knowing that it isn’t forever helps me keep a pretty good perspective on things. So, recipes around here may not be as cheesy or creamy or milky as they used to be, at least for a little bit. But, because I have a bajillion recipes saved on my toolbar [...]

We’re thinking that our youngest (now 9 months) may have a wheat intolerance/allergy/something…. We’re investing in Mum Mums for this kid, but tired of buying cases from amazon.com Any snack ideas for a kiddo at this age who is having issues with wheat?

I posted on our freezer meal swaps on Once A Month Mom. This blog has QUICKLY become one of my favorite blogs! Peek around and I think you’ll agree!

So a month or so ago, I made a chocolate cake and the recipe directed me to put flour in the cake pan. Thankfully, it was just for us to eat. I never would have taken it anywhere. It looked moldy and old!! I was bound and dertermined to never have that happen again! I [...]

It inevitably happens, you chop an onion…now your hands stink!  Did you know wetting your hands and then rubbing baking soda on your hands – all over and then washing them clean will remove the stink? (Thanks to cuisinecuisine.com!)

Easter is coming up and many people hard-boil eggs for painting and hiding. Do you constantly find your eggs are cracking while boiling? Add a tsp. or 2 of vinegar to the water – this should prevent your eggs from cracking! Let me know if this works for you!

I went to make pancakes the other night…and then realized we had no eggs! I had tried applesauce in place of eggs before but hated the texture… I had tried bananas, but of course we were out of eggs as well… I was frantic! Then I found this… EGG SUBSTITUTION FOR PANCAKES Quincy Vagell from [...]