A few weeks ago I showed you how to make yogurt in your slow cooker and mentioned how I used it to make Greek style yogurt. To make this tick, almost cream cheese like yogurt, simply put the yogurt in a strainer lined with a clean thin dishtowel (or preferably cheesecloth which I didn’t have)….
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Slow Cooker Yogurt – Make Yogurt In Your Slow Cooker or CrockPot
So I’ve always thought that I didn’t like yogurt but I buy it because my kids do. Purchasing organic yogurt (greek yogurt too) can get expensive and I’ve heard that you can make yogurt in a slow cooker so I started looking around at various recipes for slow cooker yogurt and found some short and…
5 Unique Vegetable Gardens
With our greenhouse progress slowed due to heavy rain I’m stuck just thinking about gardens so I’ve decided to put together a list of 5 of the most unique vegetable garden’s that I’ve come across online. In the desert there is limited opportunity to grow your own food but over at Desertification they figured it out how to…
Building the Greenhouse – Part 1
[ad name=”Amazon Patio Lawn and Garden”] We’ve been busy all weekend working on a greenhouse for our deck. We live in a contemporary with very little space inside the house. We have a large yard and nice deck though. Every year I struggle with the starts and where to put them. I sit them on…
Thinking about the Vegetable Garden
With the mercury hitting the high 40s yesterday it got me thinking about our garden. This will be our third year of vegetable gardening and each year we get a little bit better at it. Last year was our first foray into Square Foot Gardening . Instead of having crazy mounds like we did our first year we…
Friday Finds – 6 Simple Valentine’s Day Crafts Anyone Can Make
This week I have been working with my girls to finish up their valentines, we’re almost done. While looking up ideas I came across a whole bunch of simple Valentine’s crafts. Here’s just a few; Tick Tack Toe Hearts (via AlphaMom) – I don’t know about you but tick tack toe is a favorite in my…
How I Made a Four Layer “Cake” out of Marshmallows and Cereal.
My oldest requested a four layer marshmallow fondant cake back in June. Her birthday is in January so I happily agreed to make one, thinking she might forget. Fast forward six months and just days before her actually birthday when she reminds me that I’m going to make this four layered masterpiece for her party….
Filling Friday Finds – Leftover Roundup
The relatives are gone but the food is far from it. What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers is a challenge and if your family’s anything like mine you’ve cooked enough to feed a small army. Continue Reading ….