Marilyn Mueller » Cooking

No Melt Ice Cream

Marilyn — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:47:14 +0000

Cold Stone Creamery has been busy putting little gourmet ice cream shops in malls and shopping centers all over the country. I’ve tried it a couple of times. As much as I love ice cream, I can’t justified spending $5-$6 per person for a cone of ice cream.

But this morning I read that Cold Stone has invented an ice cream that does not melt. It looks like a pudding or mousse and, according to the report, still tastes like ice cream. That might be worth a try!

Corn on the Cob

Marilyn — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:35:51 +0000

One of the best things about fresh summer vegetables is the abundance of corn on the cob. I’ve tried to grow my own sweet corn, but have never had much success. So I do appreciate what the farmers go through to get these huge beautiful ears of corn to the market for us to enjoy with our dinners. I don’t mind paying up to a dollar an ear for good, fresh sweet corn!

Happy Turkey Day!

Marilyn — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:22:13 +0000

My favorite meal of the year: Thanksgiving Dinner!

We’ll have all the goodies that go with turkey: whipped potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, buttermilk biscuits, jellied cranberries, and pies.

What did you have and who did the cooking?

Big family dinner

Marilyn — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:21:38 +0000

Whew – we had a big family dinner here this afternoon/evening. People started arriving around 2:30, left about 7:45. Everyone brought some food item to share, and it was all really good stuff. I was the hostess, so I didn’t get as much time to visit as everyone else, and I spent a lot of time “fetching” things, but that is OK. At least that way I don’t stick my foot in my mouth and get into trouble!

My kids helped me clean up after everyone left, and now I have a moment to sit at the computer before I collapse into bed. I’m going to sleep well tonight!

Had pork chops for supper tonight

Marilyn — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:24:29 +0000

Last weekend my hubby went grocery shopping with me and asked me to buy some pork chops. He promised he’d cook them on the grill. I haven’t had much good luck myself cooking porch chops, so I agreed. I figured that way if they came out lousy it wouldn’t be my fault! Well, he cooked them on the grill tonight, and he also fixed some rice and green beans. It was delicious! He’s a good cook. I’m starting to think maybe I’ll hang up my apron for good!

I love chocolate!

Marilyn — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:02:00 +0000

One of my favorite indulgences in life is chocolate! I try to always treat myself to at least one or two pieces of chocolate every evening after supper. Chocolate Gifts are always appreciated for my birthday, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Anyday!

Gertrude Hawk Chocolates is an online retailer of fine gourmet chocolates, chocolate gift baskets, and fund raising chocolates. They have a wonderful Holiday gift assortment, too. They use only the finest ingredients in their chocolate. Their website is www.gertrudehawkchocolates.com. If you like chocolate as much as I like chocolate, I suggest that you check them out! I’ve heard that dark chocolate is a health food, too!

Was late getting home tonight

Marilyn — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:16:39 +0000

This afternoon’s bus run took longer than usual; there were two delays at the railroad crossings that I have to go over. As a result I was about twenty minutes later getting home than usual. It was unfortunate because even though I told my hubby that I’d call him as I was leaving the bus yard parking lot and on my way home (which takes about 20 minutes) when I called him to say I was on my way he was upset because he had supper already on the table, and it was cold when I got home.

I’ve apologized several times, but he’s still upset with me. He told me that I should have called the train engineers and told them to hurry up because my supper was waiting!

As if I could really DO that! LOLOL!

Tea

Marilyn — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:08:48 +0000

Tea is one of my favorite beverages. I love to drink a cup of tea in the morning when I first get up. My youngest son also enjoys tea when he first gets up. I learned to love tea when I was a little girl. My parents drank tea in the morning, the basic black pekoe tea with sugar and milk. It was a great treat to be allowed to have a sip of it in the morning!

In the summertime, our family drank a lot of ice tea, sweetened with lots of sugar! More recently we have started to drink flavored ice teas, and I have been trying to drink decaffeinated ice teas. My doctor has recommended that I consume less caffeine, so I try to limit myself to only one cup of “regular” tea per day.

As I got older, many of my friends encouraged me to try different flavors of tea. I had never heard of different flavors of tea! So I started experimenting with herbal teas, and found that I like them too! I usually add a spoonful of honey to them.

More recently I have been learning about the health benefits of Green Tea. I have heard that green tea has antioxidants which have are said to have many health benefits and assist in losing weight. Green tea is the only kind of tea that my youngest son will drink now that he is older! I like it with a little bit of honey in it; he prefers it plain. There is a green tea product on the market called Green Tea HP that is made from fresh green tea that is a blend of highly-concentrated green tea, noni juice, pomegranate juice, resveratrol and trace minerals. This Green Tea HP comes in six different flavors and is delicious hot or cold and can be purchased through their website at http://www.greenteahp.tv

The greatest invention since sliced bread!

Marilyn — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:59:54 +0000

We love to use room temperature butter in our family. Ever since I can remember we always had our butter dish on our kitchen counter to keep the butter soft and spreadable. The only problem with that was that the butter spoils quickly that way! I just found out about a special low-tech Butter Bell butter dish that allows you to keep butter out on the kitchen counter for up to thirty days without spoiling! What a great invention! What a unique gift! I’ve got to have one!

The butter dish is sold at the website www.vat19.com, which specializes in unique gifts. I am going to bookmark that site and spend a lot of time looking at their products!

Great coupon site

Marilyn — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:17:27 +0000

I love to clip coupons from the Sunday paper. I save a lot of money at the grocery store with them. In fact, this morning I went grocery shopping and saved $20 from using the coupons I had clipped out!

I just found out about another great source for grocery coupons – an Internet website called ppgazette.com. That site has Free Grocery Coupons that you can print off on your printer, and it also has free recipes, grocery store circulars online, and links to cooking articles.

You have to register with the site to get the coupons, which takes a couple of minutes. And you have to install coupon printer software to get the coupons to print.