Category: Back To Basics

  • Cough Medicine Alternative – Back To Basics

    The FDA issued a cough medicine warning to all parents of small children. It states that, over-the-counter cold medications should definitely not be used for children under the age of two. It’s not a wise move to give your older children the medication either. Doctors say, “Find an alternative.” Vicks Vaporubfoot The cold and flu…

  • Scratch Recipes For Salad Dressings

    A scratch recipe for salad dressings is getting down to cooking basics.  With so much rich food that grace our holiday tables… it’s nice to offer a good healthy “Green Salad”…  to even things out.  I promise, your guests and family will appreciate the extra effort you go to, if you use these scratch recipes…

  • Winter Automobile Emergency Preparedness

    Besides making sure your automobile has plenty of coolant… you should consider having an emergency preparedness winter kit in your car. Last winter, here in Utah, we had an unusual storm hit the “point of the mountain”, as we call it.  This area is south of Salt Lake City, just as you enter Utah County. …

  • Home Canning Back To Basics

    Home Canning is getting “Back To Basics” for me…back to my childhood.  During the summer, I could be found along side my mom at the kitchen sink canning bushels of fruit and veggies for the approaching winter.  It wasn’t much fun at the time… being out with my friends was far more appealing.  After my…