I love to cook.  I get a lot of ideas from food shows on TV, Martha Bakes, Emeril Live, Mad Hungry, 5 ingredient fix, and several  others.  I also get many from the internet. Some of these recipes will have ingredients that you can not find in the stores near you, if you are not in a city where there are mega stores, but Wal-mart will have most anything you need.

In my area, the two things I have never been able to find are andouille sausage and Kreme Fresh.  But there are substitutes out there for most anything and you can find a good substitute by doing a google search for just that.

I was forever looking for Mascarpone Cheese ( sort of like cream cheese, but not as sweet)  no one had it, recently I found it in Krogers in Columbus, and most recently I found it in Riesbeck's.

Here's a good tip for making ice tea.  If you make your tea this way it will be the best tea you ever tasted.  Heat purified water (.25 cents a gallon at Riesbecks and Value Fresh) til ready to boil, but do not let it boil.  Put in your sugar to taste, I use only 2 1/2 tablespoons for 2 quarts pitcher.  Put in your tea bags, I use three decaffeinated family size tea bags. Do not le them steep more than 8 - 15 minutes.  I usually leave it the full 15, because I add more water to make the 2 quarts.  Do NOT squeeze the tea bags, remove them and throw them away without squeezing.  This is where you get the bitterness in your tea.  Probably more important in a cup of tea, than in a pitcher of tea.  Let the tea cool to room temperature before refrigerating it. If it is not the best tea you ever had, then I don't understand it.

I may not be on here tomorrow as I'll be helping out in the store, but next time i write, I'll try to have a great recipe for you, something I have made up myself or one I have tried.  Possibly some couponing hints.  Have a great evening and enjoy some good food.  I'm off to make some pumpkin rolls!

BJ