At Home My Way

My Six Favorite  Gardening Channels on YouTube    Am I the only person who has a thing for YouTube garden channels?  Talk about an infinity of garden information – plus links - to all of the best supplies and equipment to use.  The folks who create these channels are like your favorite teachers times 100. They have extensive knowledge and use their very own homes and gardens as their classrooms. They can take a beginner (like me) and give her garden wings to really grow some good stuff!  Gardening has arrived and the coolest kids are doing it!   If you are like me and life has gotten stressful, then take yourself away. These trips are only a few clicks away.  Switch off Forensic Files and the nightly news, and enjoy the gardens.  Or - when the view outside your window is frozen with ice and snow - head on over to YouTube and enjoy learning to start seeds, see lush zucchini plants, skyscraper tomatoes, and happy little beans plump fo...

Cream Cheese Brownies Printable Recipe Here The brownie recipe itself in Cream Cheese Brownies is a variation of my Homemade Brownie Mix recipe .  (The dry ingredients can be mixed and stored in baggies or jars in your pantry for mixing up a pan of brownies at a moment's notice and Ditching the Box.)  You can find other "Ditch the Box" recipes HERE .   Brownie Ingredients: 1 cup white granulated sugar 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup (1 stick real butter) (or oil works in a pinch) 2 eggs (I use medium or small eggs for this) 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream Cheese mixture : 8 oz block cream cheese 1/2 cup white granulated sugar 1 Tablespoon all purpose flour 1 egg (using only the egg white will result in a whiter cream cheese mixture but I used the whole egg) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Directions : Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 8 x 8 square pan w/ cooking spray. Mix up the brownies first: Melt butter (I used the micr...