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 It's a "this and that" sort of post today.  It seems to be that in-between season of slowly emerging from winter resting to spring activities.  The weather continues go all over the map.





We purchased this popcorn seasoning last year sometime, and the bottle is about empty.  I just now realized it has fennel in it.  Anyway, we cannot locate it in any stores, and apparently it's made in Indiana.  I'm sure it's for sale on Amazon, but I'd like to find a recipe to make this myself.  We love popcorn as a snack, and often times after a hot day in the garden, alongside a cold iced tea.

We love this seasoning, as it is not super salty, and offers the herbs for healthy flavorings (added health benefits).  I've sent an email off to inquire within a store.  I may be experimenting with my own homegrown herbs, if we cannot locate it again.  


Current puzzle.  Nothing news-worthy going on, other than we are getting outside more often as the weather gets nicer.  The puzzle came in a collectable tin.  Sorry the light in the photo is not that great.








As for any purging/organizing, I finally got around to moving my printed recipes from the broken binder into two new binders.  I'm so glad I did this too.  It took a while to do too.  I needed the recipe for pumpkin oat breakfast bake, so I decided it was a good time to get this project finished.  By the way, we are still enjoying frozen pumpkin puree from last year's garden.

 When I emptied the old binder, I found a stack of printed and unfiled recipes in the back pocket (sigh).  I tossed a few, saved a few to try, and filed the ones we already tried and wanted to keep.  I have had this project sitting in a living room chair for over two weeks.  

Project is done, and no I do not intend to add any more recipes, other than we are looking for a homemade, healthy French salad dressing recipe.  As the weather gets warmer, we are wanting salads more often.

 I found one recipe in my mess of unfiled recipes, but it calls for "chili sauce." Not sure what that means.  Regular chili sauce?  Sweet?  And would I find a non-gmo brand?  Hm.  The recipes for French dressing seem to all call for sugar, but this particular one calls for honey.

This and That  ©  March 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

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Far Side of Fifty said…
I bet you can make that popcorn salt!!
March 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Far Side of Fifty, I am hoping I can, but will need to play around with amounts I think.
March 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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