A dish detergent that actually works?!?!

I have an admission, I don't think that I have ever bought name brand dish detergent (I'm talking about the old fashioned kind you use in the sink, not dishwasherdetergent). I had always just assumed that sometimes no amount of presoaking was going to help some pans and that dish washing required lots of upper body strength.

I was wrong! I am staying with my grandparents and they have name brand detergent and it is fantastic–it got the baked on grease from chicken right off the pan with no scrubbing. I was astounded. What, you may ask, is this wonder liquid? It is Palmolive Oxy Plus. Never again will I buy generic dish detergent.

MoreThyme.com

I have found a great new menu planning site. http://www.morethyme.com/ I received a Real Simple that featured them as well as other menu planning sites. I have signed up for the MoreThyme 15 day trial. So far I really like it.

Why is it good? It lets you select different types of menus for your dietary requirements. You can enter the things you like and dislike and it will take that into consideration (for example, I don't like fish so it didn't put any fish recipes on my menu plan). It tells you the nutrition info for you menu. Also you can enter your weight, etc and it will tell you how your menu matches up to your nutrition requirements. And there are many more great features. The one drawback is that it isn't free (right now they have a special–$52 a year). Since it isn't free, I don't know if I will keep using it. If I decide that I really like it then I will but if not I will stick to my AllRecipes.com strategy.

Ignoring my poor blog

I have been ignoring this poor blog for a while. I am trying to figure out exactly how I want to take my blog. I promise though that I will start posting more regularly once I figure out what direction I am going to take this. I am kind of thinking of expanding my focus to include housekeeping tips/stories.