March 2009

Homemade Puff Pastry

Breads

There’s no reason to fear puff pastry. It only contains 4 ingredients (including the water) and the major effort is waiting for it to chill several times before you can make it into flaky croissants, crisp palmiers, or delicious fruit turnovers, to name a few. Puff Pastry makes about 1 pound 7/8 cup unsalted butter [...]

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Hunka Heat Therapy Love

Crafts

We have a pile of these and use them every night. Not so much because we’re sore, but becuase they feel so good and make us sleepy. Heat Therapy Bags 3-4 cups field corn*8″ x 20″ Not-cute cotton inner bag material8″ x 24″ Cute cotton washable outer bag material *Deer Corn/Field Corn is best. There [...]

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Mama, my syrup is crunchy!

FLOPS

What happens when you’re making syrup for your kids’ pancakes and you let the the stuff cook for, like, ever? MAPLE CANDY. I had never done this before, but when I poured it into the bowl we spoon from, it wouldn’t ‘pour.’ The kids abandoned the pancakes and begged for maple candy all morning.

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No-Sew Rag Wrist Purse

Crafts

WOW, that’s a bad picture. I swear the purse doesn’t glow like that. Anyhoo, if you have only one of those giant-necked, perfect-fit Old Navy tees and you wanna recycle it. Here’s your project. 1. Refer to this post and this post for detailed descriptions of the technique. 2. Cut shirt into 1″ strips. Take [...]

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Pickles and Printable: Stretching Your Seed Stash

DIY

Some folks collect and store their own seeds. Some folks buy and store their seeds. But, what you do not want to do is buy new seed every year if you don’t have to, right? And most of the seed you buy this season can be kept for 3-5 years! Materials Needed: TBSP dry milk [...]

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