ktmay1

@ktmay1 (22)

United States • Age 51

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Pizza

777330975 @777330975 (332) • Sri Lanka 19 Jul 07

Can anyone give me a good pizza recipe. I want to bake the Pizza base as well. I want to do this for my Kids. Can anyone help me in this.

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ktmay1 if you are interested in learning how to do grilled pizza, which is easy and fun, you can check out my blog for a recipe and how-to. www.recipes.contentquake.com/2007/07/17/grilled-pizza-pt-1/ and if you don't want to grill, you can still use the recipe...

21 Jul 07

Where tp find good smoothie recipes?

sedel1027 @sedel1027 (17846) • Cupertino, California 20 Jul 07

I am about to start drinking smoothies again for breakfast and have lost all my really good basic recipes that I can modify with my own ingredients (like honey, maca, and brewers yeast). Any idea of where to find some good basics?...

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ktmay1 i think the Whole Foods website has some good ones. www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/list_beverage.html try epicurious.com, too. there's great recipes and also a great forums for readers to share ideas. good luck! kate www.recipes.contentquake.com

21 Jul 07

gDiapers

ktmay1 @ktmay1 (22) • United States 8 Jun 07

does anyone out there use gDiapers?? i'm thinking of switching to them with the next baby (september) and i'm wanting to hear from moms on how they like them and how they compare cost-wise to disposables. thanks!

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Have you tried "once a month cooking"?

eden32 @eden32 (3973) • United States 4 Jun 07

I'm wondering if anyone here has tried the once a month (or once a week for that matter) cooking concept? Where you set aside one day to make a dozen or more meals, wrap them up & freeze them to be used during the month. I often...

once a month cooking

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ktmay1 i'll lightly cook them so that when i re-heat they won't be overdone.

5 Jun 07

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refined sugar-free jam or jelly

ktmay1 @ktmay1 (22) • United States 4 Jun 07

i'm just beginning to learn about canning/preserving. i'd really like to make a jam or jelly that is sweetened with fruit juice or honey. i can get in our health food store, so why not make it? i can't find a recipe,...

Have you tried "once a month cooking"?

eden32 @eden32 (3973) • United States 4 Jun 07

I'm wondering if anyone here has tried the once a month (or once a week for that matter) cooking concept? Where you set aside one day to make a dozen or more meals, wrap them up & freeze them to be used during the month. I often...

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ktmay1 i'm having my second child in september and man, do i remember how hard it was to feed ourselves with the first one, so i, too and planning to freeze some things. i'm also a recipe freak and love to cook, so this is right up my alley. here's what i'm...

4 Jun 07

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peanut butter sauce (for icecream)

ktmay1 @ktmay1 (22) • United States 19 May 07

does any one have a good recipe for peanut butter sauce? my husband loves hot fudge sundaes with hot fudge (of course) and peanut butter sauce. i want to make him some for father's day. a surprise treat. but i can't find a...

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cast iron pans

ktmay1 @ktmay1 (22) • United States 17 May 07

i love to cook. i love food and kitchen gadgets. i love my all-clad pans. i have one tephlon pan that's getting old. i feel like it's time i get a cast iron pan, but i'm intimidated. do you use one? do you like it? are there...

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break the binky habit

ktmay1 @ktmay1 (22) • United States 17 May 07

so, i have a nearly-three-year-old and we're trying to break the binky habit. you'd think i was taking a limb away the way he screams about it. he won't nap. which is making me crazy because it's my only time to myself to get...

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new to mylot

ktmay1 @ktmay1 (22) • United States 9 May 07

i've just started using mylot. i'm wondering--do you make money at it? if so, how much? and how much time do you spend? do you just comment or do you start discussions? any advice for a newbie?

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mother's day

ktmay1 @ktmay1 (22) • United States 9 May 07

do you have any mother's day traditions? or are you one of those who thinks it is a silly, manufactured-by-Hallmark-Cards holidays? i've been a mom for nearly 3 years and i have found that i wished i had celebrated my mom more....

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Sunblock

MrsWickham1 @MrsWickham1 (464) • United States 9 May 07

Do you put sunblock on your kids everytime you go out? Even if you aren't going to a pool or a park? I put it on my daughter because she is always in the sun in the car. I want to do the best to protect her from the rays. My...

protect kids skin

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ktmay1 i often wonder the same thing. am i being overprotective? but, in the end, i sort of feel like, "better safe than sorry." i remember how awful it was when i was a kid and i'd get a sunburn. it's the worst. so, why not try to prevent it?

9 May 07

The worth of Stay-at-home mom's

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 2 May 07

I was listening to this tonight on the news about the true worth about stay at home moms...Stay at home moms are available 24/7 for their families..work at least 90 hours a week... have to be a combination of a housekeeper, cook,...

stay at home moms

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ktmay1 it's the hardest job i ever had, that's for sure! i guess we get paid in other ways. . . but that cash would sure be nice!

8 May 07

Who cooks in your home?

BellasmamaTiff @BellasmamaTiff (2544) • United States 7 May 07

Does he do it? Does She do it? Do you share the responsibility?

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ktmay1 my husband hates to cook and really isn't good at it. i love to cook and so i do most of the cooking. that's great, but let's face it everyone likes to have dinner cooked for them now and again. especially a hardworking stay-at-home momma! so, he used to cook...

8 May 07

How close are your kids in age?

hannahjomommy @hannahjomommy (373) • United States 8 May 07

I have a little girl that will be 4 in August and a baby boy thats 10 months. is it too soon to have another in your opinion? how close is too close?

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ktmay1 i think that's such a personal choice it's hard to comment on. i'm pregnant with my second. she'll be 3 years younger than my first. the best advice i ever got about family planning is to not worry too much about the kids and to think more about what i and my...

8 May 07

how do you organize your recipes??

brand4less @brand4less (1061) • Indonesia 7 May 07

i have seen so many great looking recipes posted here and sometimes i think about them later and wish i would have copied or saved them rather than trying to search them down. Do any of you have a good system for saving and filing...

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ktmay1 i use Filemaker Pro and keep a database of recipes. . . at least i did until i became a parent and had less time to type them in. sometimes i still do, but when i can't i just print them out (in the most printer friendly format i can), put the sheets in...

8 May 07

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