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We love homemade peeps but I use honey only for a truly delicious peep which contains no HFCS or white sugar. Trust me they are delicious!

I have admit we rarely ever have much in the way of leftover rotisserie chicken but then with 3 teenage boys involved in sports we don't have much in the way of leftovers... EVER! That said I throw all the bones in my small Rikon Kuhn pressure cooker after dinner is over and make my stock up immediately. We end up with delicious stock, just enough meat for a chicken salad sandwich in hubby's lunch the next day, momentarily full teenagers, and all the mess taken care of in one short evening. Mmmmmm........ now I'm hungry!

I am definitely making this! And we have the majority of the supplies already... scrap wood for base, wire fencing, polyurethane, stain and maybe even the casters. This is the perfect solution for the "hamper" that our boys keep collapsing. I am going to try making a rectangular one with two sections. whites and darks Thank you for the inspiration! I can send you a picture once its completed if you like... :)

With 3 teenagers in sports and band, a husband who teaches two nights a week in addition to his regular "9 to 5" I KNOW for a fact this works! I did stop prepping things for a while and was shocked at how much our grocery bill went up as well as how poorly we were eating. So I'm back at it again. Yes I'm a stay/work at home mom but trust me my days are filled to overflowing because of that.

So kuddos to Tamar Adler and her book!

Oh just a note.... you can always check out used appliance stores as well as repair shops for oven racks and refrigerator shelves. It may take some time but we have never failed to find what we were looking for as long as we were patient. And no we've never lived in big cities..... smaller cities and towns along the lines of Fairbanks, AK; Youngstown, OH; Kokomo, IN; Omaha, NE; etc.....

I have to admit that for a number of years I quit baking my own cake but we had a local bakery that had a cake I was in love with... sadly we moved over 4000 miles away and then I learned the truly devastating news that my favorite bakery had closed its doors. So I am once again making my own birthday cake in hopes of finding a replacement for my favorite cake. I end up getting a lot of practice in as our eldest has his birthday 5 days before mine. (this year might be a bit bittersweet as he will be either off to college or in the military come his birthday next February... so we are having a decadent blowout this year!)

For a while we were very green when it came to kitchen waste but I was losing precious storage space having to have so many containers. Our lunches typically consisted of fruit, drink, sandwich or salad, and chips plus an after school snack to make it through sports practices multiply that by 4. I have to admit it was far easier when our children were younger but as teenagers... there has been more food to pack and a much tinier kitchen due to a move (over 3000 miles). So now we use paper and plastic bags (often reused several times), sold most of the plastic storage ware and have a little breathing room in our little kitchen. We still use 1/2 pint mason jars for such things as jello or yogurt though!

Thank you so very much! I made these when we were first married and had forgotten all about them (you know back in the days when there was no internet!!) I remember spending many an hour pricking cranberries while watching sappy Christmas movies. And to think I have 3 bags of fresh cranberries in the fridge right now!!

We have pizza on Christmas eve, every single year. And for the 5 years preceding last Thanksgiving/Christmas/Easter we ate at the dining facility at a small remote Air National Guard Base in Alaska. It was wonderful because they employed several professional chefs who were given liberty as to what all they made. (plus you could go back for more and take home your leftovers at no extra cost!) It was like having dinner with a huge extended family to include the eccentric "uncle" who loved to pull out the torch in order to carmelize the creme brules for the kiddos to watch! I truly miss it now that we've moved but loved every minute of it while there!

I know it has been forever since you posted this but thank you! I have been dying for some palmiers! and my son's french class will enjoy them immensely!

Okay it has been over full year since you did this review and I am going to ask how you like it NOW... you see I have had numerous ice cream makers in the past 21 years of our marriage. Lets just say enough to be able to pay for this one probably a couple of times. Oh having spent much of my childhood in Germany I love gelato and the European ice creams (trust me, very few if any american ice creams compare to those from much of western europe!)

I am anxiously awaiting your response because it will determine my actions in the coming weeks. Thank you!