My 11 year old grandson has been bugging me to make him banana bread. I explained you need really ripe bananas and bananas never last that long in grandma’s house. He said OK, when can you make it? Well here it is! 🤣 http://www.InDianesKitchen.com
The grocery store puts Pork Butt Roasts on sale all the time. The meat isn’t cut from the butt; it is from the upper part of the shoulder and sold with a fat cap on one side. The one we bought was 9 pounds so I cut it in half and froze one half. Half feeds 4-5 people, is very […]
We are at our last stop on our trip out west, marking off another place on my bucket list. We were lucky enough to get a hotel right on the river and this was what we saw. Our balcony that looked down at the river. Looking across the river from our balcony. Dining room where they gave us a […]
Pre-washed Produce Fresh produce is high on the list of things we really should wash before eating, especially if it will be eaten raw without cooking. Cooking is the stage that kills bacteria, which is why vegetables such as lettuce and sprouts so often cause foodborne illness. While the USDA endorses washing or rinsing most produce before you eat or […]
Twice baked potatoes are easy and delicious. Made with potato, butter, milk, green onion, cheese, sour cream and seasonings. The next time you bake something in the oven, wash some potatoes and lay them on the rack while the casserole bakes. Let them cool and refrigerate for the next day, half the work will already be done. Bake potatoes whole […]
My first time seeing a car driven without a human driver, nope not for me! This was the best Mexican food we have ever had. The service was fantastic too! It was so colorful inside. This was the appetizers and a delicious drink. My happy husband. They serve SO much food. Next up is Arizona State Park. Every day […]
It’s been a little over a year since we remodeled our kitchen and bought all new Bosch appliances. The gas range was the first gas range I have ever owned, I used electric my entire adult life. My new range has a convection oven included with the regular oven. After all these years of baking in an electric oven […]
Have you ever tasted Clafoutis? I decided to make this for my granddaughter because she is in her second year of taking French class in high school. This is an easy and quick dessert, like a cross between cake and custard with delicious sour cherries to offset the sweetness. I used frozen sour cherries, but fresh sour cherries will also […]
Here is the rest of our pictures from Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix Arizona. The temperature was 96 degrees at 4:00 pm in March, the only hot day in our two week vacation. Did you know that the Saguaro Cactus take 50-100 years before the arms start to grow? Cactus flowers in Arizona bloom from mid-February to mid-June. Next Wednesday […]
The history of silverware tracks the evolution of eating utensils from prehistoric stone and bone tools to sophisticated metal implements, eventually becoming a symbol of wealth and status before mass production made them commonplace. Spoons: The earliest eating utensils, spoons, were made from shells, animal horns, and wood chips before the advent of metal. Knives: Knives, used for hunting, defense, […]