A local Weis grocery store was renovated recently and their grand re-opening is this week. I don’t shop at this store, but the loss leaders and sales for that one store were worth the 4 mile drive, vs the half mile drive to the Weis right around the corner from my house. They also had […]

I have a bit of a problem with sugar. My husband wants me to admit that it is an addiction, but I’m not ready to go that far. I like dessert. I like sweet things. But don’t come near with sugar replacement products. I don’t do artificial, nor sugar-free. I do sugar, pure and simple […]

My husband’s favorite dessert in the whole wide world is a big, fat brownie topped with raspberry ice cream. Being the loving wife that I am, I am happy to oblige. Our problem is that when I make a pan of brownies, the pan mysteriously disappears in a matter of hours. Every time one of […]

Our week day mornings just got a little less hectic. I had 2 cups of pureed roasted butternut squash in the freezer that I wanted to use up. I found a recipe for pumpkin pancakes online and made two batches using the butternut squash in place of the pumpkin. I flipped 2 dozen pancakes swatting […]

Have you taken advantage of the flour deals that have been going on since Thanksgiving? I bought a few packages around Turkey Day for about $1.50, but this week Wegmans was offering their store brand flour for 99 cents for the 5 lb bag and the unbleached was included. I thought that was a fantastic […]

I was frustrated. I needed to make a menu and shopping list for the week and when I opened a cupboard door, a box of graham crackers fell on my head. How can I make a grocery list when my cupboards look like this and I can’t even tell what I have on hand. I […]