Fat Frog Diary

  Cold Tangy Carrots My partner Dave swears this is a recipe from his youth, and despite the disparate nature of the ingredients, he swears it's delicious.  Notes: Sources: Joys of Jacksonville by the Navy Supply Corps Officer's Wive's Club. (Approx 1985, since it refers in the notes to a news event in 1984.)  ************************ Disclaimer: I am not a chef, nor a licensed food service professional of any kind. I'm a grandmother who loves to cook and loves efficient cooking. Anything I post has been checked out by me, but in no way do I guarantee that my suggestions will work for you. YMMV (Your mileage may vary.) Some links may give the original poster a small commission on products sold via the link. I personally am not an affiliate, nor do I earn commissions on products. The links provided are examples of what's available online.  Lena Austin www.fatfrogdiary.blogspot.com

Bias Tape- Love it or hate it, you have to have it when you quilt or sew. Well-meaning friends often give a quilter/sewer lots of scrap fabric, whether it's suitable for quilting or not. I have received bags full of absolutely stunning high-quality wedding silks, a footlocker full of grandma's table linens, and an entire 18-gallon tote of upholstery fabric. Then again, I also have my own Mount Scrapmore. I can't bear to throw away anything larger than 2-1/2" wide. It's still useful.  I confess I hated making bias tape. That was one of the reasons I stopped quilting. I always screwed up the angles making bias tape until Dave found this method below. Within a day, I was zooming through my scraps making all the bias tape out of all the 2-1/2" strips I'd been holding onto for years. If my cats hadn't practiced their interference mastery skills by laying all into my piles (sorted by color) I probably would have been falling asleep at the sewing machine.   

Stop paying high prices and wasting your spices by not using the whole bottle.

You hardly need more instruction than this. Impossible Pies really do seem like a miracle, making their own crust.  Notes:  I personally love coconut and don't just "sprinkle a little" on top. My coconut fills the pie pan before the filling goes in! I serve this pie cool in summer and warm in winter.  If your pie isn't completely set after 40 minutes, turn off the oven but don't remove the pie. Let coast to its final destination in the cooling oven. The pie is done when it doesn't jiggle in the center.  Disclaimer: I am not a chef, nor a licensed food service professional of any kind. I'm a grandmother who loves to cook and loves efficient cooking. Anything I post has been checked out by me, but in no way do I guarantee that my suggestions will work for you. YMMV (Your mileage may vary.) Some links may give the original poster a small commission on products sold via the link. Lena Austin www.fatfrogdiary.blogspot.com

  Any Fruit Bread (Apple Butter Bread Reimagined) Use apple butter or any other jam, jelly, or  preserves! This bread's flavor changes with each jam/jelly used. I personally make the small because it does indeed have a high rise. Play it safe the first time and make a size smaller than you normally would.  Sources: The Bread Machine Cookbook by Donna Rathmell German ISBN 1-55867-025-4 ************************ Disclaimer: I am not a chef, nor a licensed food service professional of any kind. I'm a grandmother who loves to cook and loves efficient cooking. Anything I post has been checked out by me, but in no way do I guarantee that my suggestions will work for you. YMMV (Your mileage may vary.) Some links may give the original poster a small commission on products sold via the link. I personally am not an affiliate, nor do I earn commissions on products. The links provided are examples of what's available online.  Lena Austin www.fatfrogdiary.blogspot.com