Growing up in West Africa, Bananas were a huge part of our everyday diet. We kept a large stalk of bananas in the covered area between our house and kitchen. those bananas we removed, or picked off, quickly ripened enough
BUYING BANANAS
SEVEN LAYER SALAD
Our Mom, Edna VanderStoep Chaffee, made this amazing seven layer salad on rare and special occasions. It was not an easy salad to make back in the ’60s, seeming to take hours of time to put it together. She
BUYING SPINACH
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CROCKPOT “ROASTED CHICKEN”
Warmer weather is upon us, and it is possible to have a lovely freshly “roasted” chicken at home without running to the store and buying one from under the heat lamp, or even heating up the kitchen. Use your
MAKE GREAT ICED TEA EVERY TIME!
It was the week of July 4th, and my job was to make gallons and gallons of sweet tea for over 400 campers at our annual week long teen camp. It was hot and super tedious work, using a lot
TWO SMALL WORDS WITH ONE BIG IMPACT
Before I began my blog, I followed a number of others and read some that really touched my heart. This is one of them. I too have struggled as she struggled. With her permission I am sharing this today, exactly