Freezing prepared foods
I have heard a lot of people say they are doing a lot of cooking during this stay-at-home situation and I am one
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Lake Pepin Drive
We love the drive around Lake Pepin. For 19 years, while we owned and operated the Candlelight Inn Bed and Breakfast, whenever we
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At home activities
While we are all confined to our homes due to COVID-19, here is a fun activity: Every day of the year has some
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Make Your Own Mixes
People who know me sometimes lament, “You love to cook—what about someone like me who hates to cook but loves to eat and
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Barefoot Girl
My mom was born in 1910 and she used to tell us wonderful stories about her girlhood in North Mankato, Minnesota. She had
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March and April Snows
It’s been quite some time since we’ve experienced back-to-back snow storms in Minnesota. And this March—purported to be the snowiest month of the
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100 Mile Garage Sale
Our annual “hundred-mile garage sale” has been postponed from May to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It made me think again how
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April Fool’s Day
Today is April Fool’s Day and I have always wondered how this celebration began—so I set out to discover the origins of Fool’s
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Soup and Bread
Making soup has all sorts of benefits: It’s fun, it uses all sorts of healthy ingredients to “soup” up your immune system and
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Traditional meals
With all the pain and problems that this covid-19 is causing, there are a few good things coming out of it–family togetherness, for
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