The Best Garlic Smoosher

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Deborah

I love Garlic….but I also hate smooshing Garlic.

It is messy, sticky stuff and makes your hands smell like garlic for days. Which is fine if you want to ward off Vampires. I also do not care to spend $20 on an over-priced, hard to clean garlic press gadget with some famous company’s logo on it.

Now I am not one for product endorsements, especially when I get nothing for it, but I found the perfect, cheap (frugal!) garlic press and I just have to share this wonderful invention…

Meet The Garlic Chop…

It is a clear, plastic piece of … Read more...

Marching toward Spring

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Deborah

As we begin the month of March,

the days are noticeably longer,

the ice starts to melt away

and the promise of summer is around the corner….

We wait, day by day,

as the warming rays of the sun awaken the frozen earth…

The Best of February

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Deborah

We can thank the almighty Shirahime-Syo for making our lives miserable in February. I don’t know about you, but I am MORE than ready for Spring to officially arrive this month.

What? You don’t know who Shirahime-Syo is?

Shirahime-Syo is the Snow Goddess in a Japanese manga anthology…

OK, nevermind, but suffice it to say she flung enough of the white stuff around to ensure the local body shops and wrecking yards have a very profitable month this year.

So with February over and done with (thankfully), and in case you missed them the first time around, I am featuring … Read more...