By Noel Lizotte I don’t know about you, but we’re getting a bit of cabin fever at my house. We usually get this way in February. The weather is too cold to do much outside comfortably. The ground is either frozen or muddy. We’ve watched all our videos several times and we’ve read all the […]
By Noel Lizotte Valentine’s Day is this week. So is my sister’s birthday. That means sweets for us! When I was a little girl, we had one more reason to eat sweets this week. You see, Valentine’s Day was also my grandfather’s birthday. To celebrate grandpa’s birthday mom would load all of us kids in […]
By Noel Lizotte Sometimes you just want to have breakfast for supper. There’s a special feeling about eating eggs, bacon, pancakes, etc in the evening. It’s like you’re getting away with breaking a rule of some kind. Don’t tell mom, but we’re eating breakfast after a day at the office! I’ve always been a supporter […]
By Noel Lizotte Inquirer Correspondent Galion has a colorful and lengthy past. The events noted in this column are taken from the Galion Inquirer archives from years past. The focus will be items of personal or community interest from 10, 25, 50 and 75 years ago. The week of January 22, 2003 Third graders in Sue Jarvis’ […]
By Noel Lizotte I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly trying to change up the menu. I get tired of eating the same thing all the time. I picked up some tilapia when I went grocery shopping this last week. It’s the one fish my husband likes. Ok, it’s the locally available fish that he […]
By Noel Lizotte We eat a lot of chicken in my household. There are three good reasons for that. It’s relatively cheap. It’s easy to fix lots of ways. We like it. When my daughter was about eight years old, she told me “Home is where the chicken is.” Being the picky eater that she is, […]
By Noel Lizotte There are some foods that go together perfectly. Peanut butter and jelly. Tomato soup and grilled cheese. Mint and chocolate. This cookie recipe combines the two flavors of mint and chocolate into a chewy cookie. Talk about a favorite on the Christmas cookie plates! This cookie is dark and rich. The sweet […]
By Noel Lizotte I’m working on baking this month. Christmas for several of my family members is going to equal cookie plates. They have told me already how much they are looking forward to the cookies. I’m adding one cookie that doesn’t require any baking. These chocolate cookies are always popular at potlucks and cookie […]