Simply making your house your home
Sweets and treats – need I say more? As with all the recipes found at Homemaking Jewels, these are tried and true family favourites. Auntie Linda’s Oatmeal Coconut Cookies Banana Bread Perfected Banana Chip Muffins Blondies Brown Sugar Fudge Butter Icing Butter Tarts Butterscotch Coconut Squares Chocolate Cream Cheese Fudge… Read more“Sweets and Treats”
Ultimate macaroni salad can be served as a main dish or as a side, and is a great addition to a family picnic. You can double it up easily to feed an army of friends and relatives. I like to serve it with my baked beans. INGREDIENTS: 1 cup Macaroni… Read more“Ultimate Macaroni Salad”
Appetizers have so much versatility. Will they start your meal? Will they be your entire meal? Will they be hot? Will they be cold? Whatever you decide, appetizers are fun. Baked Jalepeno Poppers Dip Baked P.E.I. Oysters Bruschetta Buffalo Mussels Salsa Subscribe to Homemaking Jewels today.
Vegetables are arguably the best part of any meal. They add nutrition, flavour, texture and colour to every meal. My vegetables are often cooked into the main dish, simply steamed for a side dish or served as a salad. Sometimes there’s a recipe for my vegetable dishes. These are what… Read more“Vegetables”
Salads fit into any menu and add interest and nutrition to your meal with a combination of ingredients. Just look in your fridge and pantry and see what you can create! There is such a variety of salads – tossed, pasta, fruit, molded, seafood and so on. Then there are… Read more“Salads”
This fully loaded chicken pot pie is a little untraditional, but your family is sure to enjoy it. I have borrowed the presentation from Rachel Ray because, like her, I don’t like a soggy crust! Serves 4 – 6. INGREDIENTS: 2 cups Cooked chicken, cut up into small pieces 2… Read more“Fully Loaded Chicken Pot Pie”
This is a basic, but delicious recipe for scalloped potatoes. To this basic recipe you can add ham, bacon, shredded cheese, diced onions or whatever you would like to try. Serves 4 – 6. INGREDIENTS: 5 -6 Potatoes, medium, peeled and thinly sliced 2 tbsp Butter 2 tbsp All-purpose… Read more“Scalloped Potatoes”
This recipe is my version of “Meatloaf Extraordinaire” by Jean Pare, Company’s Coming Easy Entertaining. The first time I made it for my husband he had four helpings! It is very good. Sure to become a family favourite! Add this recipe to your next meal plan! Serve 8. INGREDIENTS: Sauce:… Read more“Meatloaf”
Planting Growing onions is easy and rewarding. In the spring I plant a bag of red onion sets and yellow onion sets. In a few weeks I’m enjoying garden fresh green onions in salads. Here’s what I do: Work manure into soil and form it into mounded rows alternating with… Read more“Onions – planting, harvesting and storing”
Last week I planted my carrots and onions. As garden companions, I alternate my rows of onions and carrots to keep damaging bugs away. Carrots For my carrots, I use a coated seed. This helps me see where I’m planting them and if I drop some on the ground (that… Read more“Gardening Journal May 20, 2019 (Carrots and Onions)”
