I have always hated making red icing...or should I say "trying to make red icing"? The color never seemed to come out right...until now. Thanks to Bridget I now not only know how to make royal icing, I know how to make it red, and the simple secret is: Americolor Super Red Gel Coloring. It works so quickly, adds no funny flavor...I love it! Really, if you need to dye something ...
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Make-It-Yourself Monday: Cream of Chicken Soup
This weekend, as I was making a wonderful chicken pie recipe, I did something I've been wanting to do for a long time: I made my own cream of chicken soup. I knew it was a fairly simple thing to do but just had never taken the time to do so, even though I really don't like using the stuff in a can. Why? Because I can smell the salt, for one thing. Canned condensed soups have more sodium than ...
Daily Bread…A (much-needed) new perspective
I don't know about you, but I want to walk in victory. I want to live a faith-filled life. I want to be the things I believe. But, more often than not, my faith and flesh are weak, my mind and heart are divided, and I walk around in defeat. And I hate it. Why? Because I know it is a lie. I know that "we are more than conquerors," but I don't feel like it. I know that "the old has gone," ...
Notes from Nana: “Behold the Birds”
Outside my windows early this morning, the silent gray fog covered the trees like Carl Sandburg’s “fog on little cat feet.” I don’t want any cats around my trees for we enjoy bird-watching. Now the fog is lifting and the sun has cut through most of the haze. The bare-limbed trees are filled with birds anticipating their morning breakfast from my husband! Bill regularly feeds our birds. (We ...