Submitted by Granny Squares
Easter was always a special event when my kids were little. First of all we would spend all day dying the hardboiled eggs and decorating them. I well remember that chrome kitchen table covered with newspapers and kids sitting on their knees in the chair carefully drawing on their eggs and then choosing the colours they wanted their egg to be. I would make up pint mason jars with all different colours by putting about a cup of lukewarm water in each, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, and about a teaspoon of food colouring.
Of course you could make the colours lighter or darker if you wanted by regulating the amount of food colouring you put in each jar. We only had red, green, blue and yellow food colouring, so if you wanted other colours you had to mix them together. Red and yellow makes orange, blue and red makes purple, blue and green makes turquoise.
My family loves home-baked anything, but my baking powder biscuits are always a favourite. They are so easy to whip up for any meal as well. The ingredients throw together fast, and they bake up in just a few minutes. I’ve noticed one of the local coffee places now offers a choice of a breakfast sandwich made out of a baking powder biscuit instead of an english muffin. They can be a bit more crumbly, but they certainly are delicious.
I have a small crockpot that I use nearly daily to cook roasts, soups, etc. I can put my meat dish in the crockpot, set it on low and be gone all day without worrying about my meal either burning, or not getting it cooked on time.
