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Whether you are planning a backyard adventure, camping in the woods, celebrating a holiday, or need a simple meal for dinner Dian’s delicious recipes and easy to follow instructions are bound to be a tasty success.

Dian provides her tips and tricks for cooking over an open fire, with a Dutch Oven, and even using house hold items to create a DIY oven. Her innovative ideas are excellent for both beginners and experienced outdoor enthusiasts.

Kabob Cooking Tips and a Delicious Teriyaki Chicken Strips Recipe
Kabob Cooking Tips and a Delicious Teriyaki Chicken Strips Recipe

Kabob Cooking Tips and a Delicious Teriyaki Chicken Strips Recipe

Dian Thomas2025-01-17T23:13:33+00:00January 16th, 2025|Backyard, Delicious Food, Outdoor Meals|

Kabobs – A Crowd-Pleasing Favorite Kabobs are always a favorite in outdoor or even indoor cooking. Kabobs can be served as a main dish, a salad or even a dessert. The nice thing about kabobs is that many different bite-sized foods can be arranged on [...]

Creative Food Servers for Your Pioneer Day Celebration
Creative Food Servers for Your Pioneer Day Celebration

Creative Food Servers for Your Pioneer Day Celebration

Dian Thomas2025-01-17T23:13:33+00:00January 16th, 2025|Backyard, Holiday Fun, Outdoor Meals|

Unconventional Food Servers for a Memorable Pioneer Day Bowls and baskets are wonderful conventional food servers, but you can also create alternative or additional food servers from unconventional items. Pioneers and mountain men occasionally used disposable large leaves and burned-then-scooped-out pieces of wood for bowls [...]

How to Turn Your Backyard into a Relaxing Outdoor Experience
How to Turn Your Backyard into a Relaxing Outdoor Experience

How to Turn Your Backyard into a Relaxing Outdoor Experience

Dian Thomas2025-01-17T23:13:33+00:00January 16th, 2025|Backyard, Family Fun, Outdoor Meals|

Escape the Fast-Paced World in Your Backyard If you are looking for a slow-paced "experience'' in a fast-paced world - look no further than your back yard. Nothing can be more relaxing than to sit around a campfire and share experiences with your family and [...]

10 Key Insights Into Traditional Chinese Food Culture
10 Key Insights Into Traditional Chinese Food Culture

10 Key Insights Into Traditional Chinese Food Culture

Dian Thomas2025-01-17T23:13:33+00:00January 16th, 2025|China, Delicious Food, Healthy Eating Habits, Travel|

10 Key Insights Into Traditional Chinese Food Culture As I often travel to China and observe their way of life I also gain new insights into the culture. I have been in China this time for the Spring Festival, which is their biggest holiday. It [...]

Pomegranates: Delicious to Eat and Easy to Deseed
Pomegranates: Delicious to Eat and Easy to Deseed

Pomegranates: Delicious to Eat and Easy to Deseed

Dian Thomas2025-01-16T16:04:31+00:00January 16th, 2025|Delicious Food, Healthy Eating Habits|

I was first introduced to the pomegranate when I was a very young child. I remember my mother would buy each of us a pomegranate.Once the fruit was open, it usually took the better part of the evening getting the tiny seeds out and eating [...]

How to Make Healthy Fruit Sauces for Pancakes, Yogurt, and More
How to Make Healthy Fruit Sauces for Pancakes, Yogurt, and More

How to Make Healthy Fruit Sauces for Pancakes, Yogurt, and More

Dian Thomas2025-01-16T16:05:54+00:00January 16th, 2025|Healthy Eating Habits, Weight Loss|

Craving Pancakes Without the High-Calorie Syrup When I started my journey to lose over 115 pounds, I decided that pancakes were no longer in my food program because of the high calorie syrups. About a year ago I had a huge craving for my pancake [...]

Exploring the Rich and Unique Culinary Traditions of China
Exploring the Rich and Unique Culinary Traditions of China

Exploring the Rich and Unique Culinary Traditions of China

Dian Thomas2025-01-16T16:03:41+00:00January 16th, 2025|China, Delicious Food|

China has a culture that is over 5000 years old and many of the traditions have been passed down for thousands of years. The Chinese enjoy a plentiful breadbasket today, but for many years food was very scarce and many even starved. China is geographically [...]

Warm Up This Winter with These Top 10 Soup-Making Tips
Warm Up This Winter with These Top 10 Soup-Making Tips

Warm Up This Winter with These Top 10 Soup-Making Tips

Dian Thomas2025-01-16T16:03:40+00:00January 16th, 2025|Delicious Food|

With cool days and cold nights ahead the perfect thing to warm you up during the winter months is soup. Valerie Phillips, a very good friend of mine, has put her creative juices together and now put out a wonderful book entitled, Soup’s On! We’ve [...]

How to Embrace Healthy Eating with Fresh Fruits, Veggies, and Homemade Sauces
How to Embrace Healthy Eating with Fresh Fruits, Veggies, and Homemade Sauces

How to Embrace Healthy Eating with Fresh Fruits, Veggies, and Homemade Sauces

Dian Thomas2025-01-16T16:03:21+00:00January 16th, 2025|Healthy Eating Habits, Weight Loss|

Embracing the Best Time of Year for Healthy Eating I always get excited about this time of year as everything is going for you to lose weight. Days are long, walks are nice, and there is a bounty of great fruits and vegetables. Tonight I [...]

Creative and Meaningful DIY Gift Ideas for Cherished Memories
Creative and Meaningful DIY Gift Ideas for Cherished Memories

Creative and Meaningful DIY Gift Ideas for Cherished Memories

Dian Thomas2025-01-16T16:03:20+00:00January 16th, 2025|Crafts, Delicious Food, Dian's Journey, Family Fun|

Creative and Meaningful DIY Gift Ideas for Cherished Memories I can remember when I was young we did not have a lot of money. I am not sure that we realized that as we drew names and each one of us had the responsibility to [...]