I began making this delightful scrub a couple of years ago and find it easy and well worth the small investment of half-pint mason jars and simple ingredients. Great to give as gifts. So good for your skin and smells lovely, too! ENJOY!
New newsletter with a perk!
I finally took the plunge last year and hired a freelancer to teach me how to craft a compelling newsletter (I so hope you think it’s compelling)! I’m all about beauty and edification so it took countless hours to transfer that vision in my head and heart to a delightful e-letter format. Since I love sending snail mail complete with …
18th~century Kitchen
I confess to being a bonafide foodie & cooking along with my heroines, or in this case, baking. Growing up in my granny’s Kentucky kitchen, in which not once in all her 97 years did she do dishes by anything but hand (no dishwasher), everything else was from scratch, too! Sometimes she would make old-fashioned gingerbread which makes me wonder …
My Kentucky Kitchen ~ Cheese Stuffed Shells
INGREDIENTS 1 box of Jumbo Shells, 12 oz 2 pounds ricotta cheese, approx 4 cups 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided 2 eggs 1 teaspoon parsley 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon basil 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon garlic powder ¼ teaspoon black pepper 2 jars Marinara Sauce, 24 oz each INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 350° …
Christmas Mice ~ My Kentucky Kitchen
Christmas Mice INGREDIENTS 24 double-stuffed cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips 2 teaspoons shortening 24 red maraschino cherries with stems, well drained 24 milk chocolate kisses 48 sliced almonds DIRECTIONS Carefully twist cookies apart; set aside the halves with cream filling. Save plain halves for another use. In a microwave or heavy saucepan, melt …
Light, White Chicken Chili ~ and Cornbread
Light, White Chicken Chili Ingredients: 6 cups chicken broth 3 cups leftover diced rotisserie chicken 2 (15-ounce) cans Great Northern beans, drained 2 cups salsa verde 1 teaspoon ground cumin Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Chopped fresh cilantro leaves Directions: Heat a large soup kettle or Dutch oven over medium heat. Stir in chicken broth, chicken, beans, salsa …
My Kentucky Kitchen
Ingredients: 2 large Granny Smith Apples 2 cans (8 Oz. Cans) Crescent Rolls 2 sticks Butter 1-1/2 cup Sugar 1 teaspoon Vanilla Cinnamon, To Taste 1 can (12 Oz.) Mountain Dew Soda Peel and core apples. Cut each apple into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan. Melt …
My Kentucky Kitchen ~ Italian Sausage Bake
2 Pints Cherry Tomatoes (I use reds & yellows) 1 Red Pepper, Cored And Diced Into 1 Inch Pieces 1 Small Onion, Peeled, And Diced Into 1 Inch Pieces 3 Garlic Cloves, Peeled And Minced 1/4 Cup Fresh Chopped Herbs (Parsley, Basil, or Oregano, or even a bay leaf) Salt & Pepper 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 8 Italian Sausage Links …