If you've ever wondered how much chicks grow in a month... I took the above photo of Fingers a couple of days ago. And, this is what she looked like about a month ago! Yes, they're pullets now, and really starting to look like real chickens. And by the way: When they were chicks, Mabel …
Last week we talked about Splenda hiding in everything from Quaker reduced sugar oatmeal to Capri Sun Roaring Waters. Today I went to Costco and bought children's liquid Aller-tec (generic Zyrtec/cetirizine) -- two bottles for $9.99. Since Mr. 7's dose is 10 mg (2 tsp), each 8 oz bottle should give me 24 doses, so …
I caught part of this story on NPR the other day about shifting grocery store shopping in Chicago -- it starts at about 39:30 in the audio, if you want to skip and take a listen. Did you know ALDI has the largest number of stores in Chicago of any grocery chain? Fascinating. 🙂 It …
Our bonus mid-week Sunday Scratchups recipe is in honor of these tomatoes keep coming and what do I do with them? Well, here's another option: Simple Oven Roasted Tomatoes are so easy, and slow roasting them in a low oven concentrates their sweetness until they taste almost like candy. Junior High Guy goes nuts for …
Here's a bonus Sunday Scratchups recipe for your evening to go along with the earlier Copycat Chili Garlic Sauce recipe. If you're a spicy food fan like me, there are just so many easy and delicious ways to use chili garlic sauce -- lately I've even been adding it to those cheap little EVOL burritos …
Welcome back to Sunday Scratchups, weekly recipes from scratch around what's on sale at the grocery store... or what's ripe in the garden. Today: Copycat Chili Garlic Sauce! So you know how the people near the Sriracha factory were suing to shut it down a while back because of its eye watering odor? Well, rair …