Sandbox Cake and Beating The Winter Chill – HBHW Newsletter
February 3rd 2010 Editorial I hope you had a great week. I had a very busy one. I spent Thursday – Monday at a conference in Atlanta. One of the highlights for me was to meet Scott from the Fatloss Quickie workout program in person. He is such a caring and warm person and has […]
Continue readingFamily Meal Planning – An Interview With Christine Steendahl
Christine, you’ve been meal planning for quite some time. You’re actually the one that first introduced me to it. Tell us a little bit about how you got started with it and why you decided to give it a try in the beginning. I tried meal planning initially right after I first got married. I […]
Continue readingQuick Dinner
Quick Dinner 1 lb smoked sausage or smoked Keilbasa—or brats—or sliced sausage in less amount—bias cut 2 sweet potatoes sliced ½ “ thick 2 apples cut in wedges ¼ cup orange juice 1 tbsp sugar 1 tsbp cinnamon The recipe reads: Quick sauté the sausage And add the rest….simmer for 30 minutes Serve with really […]
Continue readingGood Beef Stew
I work in a grocery store and an older gentelman gave me this very easy crock-pot recipe: 2# beef stew meat 1 can Cream of mushroom soup 1 can cream of tomato soup 1 can french onion soup 1 bag(16oz) frozen mixed vegetables 1 bag(16oz) baby carrots 4-6 potatoes,cubed 2-3 turnips, cubed Place all items […]
Continue readingGreen Beans, Smoke Sausage, and Taters
It is all according to your family size, as mine is large I will do this according to my family size. 6 cans or green beans, fresh is better 1 Package smoked sausage any brand will do About 8 potatoes peeled and cut into small pieces. You can add onion if you prefer, my house […]
Continue readingFrugal Living, Contest Winners and Veggie Corn Fritters- HBHW Newsletter
August 25th 2009 Editorial Last week I told you that I was making some small changes to the HBHW newsletter to make the “I’m looking For” section easier to deal with and more importantly to make sure you get your responses to the requests in a more timely fashion. It’s working out beautifully and it […]
Continue readingCool Summer Cooking Tips
It won’t be long before it gets too hot for us to cook using the oven and stove around here all the time. That’s why I asked our newsletter readers to share some of their best summer cooking tips. You can find them, and of course my own tips below. Enjoy! I do a lot […]
Continue readingLazy Day Roast Beef
1 4-5 lb. Rump roast 2 cans Campbells Golden Mushroom Soup 1 can Campbells French onion soup or 1 pkg of onion soup mix 2 soup cans of water 2 cloves garlic chopper 4-5 potatoes peeled and chunked up Salt and Pepper to taste for both potatoes and roast Place the potatoes in the crockpot. […]
Continue readingMenu Planning Made Easy
The concept of planning and preparing 3 meals a day, 21 meals a week or 1,092 meals a year is pretty mind boggling when you stop to think about it. Doing it all while short on cash is even more challenging. This is where the art of menu planning comes into the picture. By taking […]
Continue readingBread Machine Basics
What to do when your manual is missing. The Missing Manual People often ask me what to do with a bread machine that doesn’t have its own manual. It can be very frustrating, especially when you have never used a bread machine before. Some folks find used bread makers at yard sales. Other folks may […]
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