Johnson Home of Eastern North Carolina

Well, never say never but I found these two gems on Pinterest and haven't looked back. It's so nice knowing what your food is made of, not to mention being able to pronounce the ingredients. Most of the ingredients were already staples in my kitchen and I'm not much of an adventurous cooker or baker. Did I just say "cooker"? Wow. Chef is probably the term I was looking for. Simply Brownies- though no brownie is healthy, these are great and you can substitute the oil and egg for other healthier options (Google it!) 3/4 cup flour 3/4 cup sugar Play around with the sugar and flour if you want them more fudgey or cakey. 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 2 eggs 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Bake on 350 for 20-30 min or until the toothpick comes out clean. Disclaimer: I don't like measuring. Eyeballing it is more my thing so good luck. Taco Seasoning 1 part cumin 1 part garlic powder 1 part onio...

  Who doesn't love Pinterest? I think it could quite possibly be one of the best websites around right now. It might even be the next Facebook… it just won't go away. So many ideas all in one place. Sure, you could just Google anything you want but in the words of the glorious Sweet Brown, "ain't nobody got time fa dat!" Also, who sits around and THINKS of the these amazing ideas? Probably stay-at-home-ers like me. Except, I don't have a creative bone in my body. I can't sing even though I will most certainly belt out any tune at any given time, splitting Brad's ears. I can't draw. Even my handwriting is atrocious. I've tried my hand at photography and I'm not terrible at it but I've never been a patient person and frankly, I don't have the care to figure out what the hell apperature is.   Anyways, in the little over a year that I have been a "pinner", I've tried recreating some of the ideas I've seen on Pinteres...

  Alright, alright. I'm sure to have multiple disclaimers throughout this blog's lifespan (Lord knows how long that'll even be…). Disclaimer #1- I have a potty-mouth. I will try my best not to drop bombs all over the place because, well, it's just tacky and damnit, unnecessary.  Okay, now. What the heck is a Rivah Cricket you ask? I shall do my very best to explain. Disclaimer #2 (and I'm sure this will be the last one I number because I will most likely forget I have even numbered the dang things): if you are not from the Northeastern part of North Carolina around a small little river called the Meherrin (most commonly pronounced mah-her-ron… just kidding. It's really pronounce mah-hair-in.) somewhere near Como or Murfreesboro, then this explanation may be a bit confusing. For that, I will not apologize.   I grew up in the itty-bitty hole in the wall called Como and spent most of my life on the Meherrin River, named after the smallest NC American Indian tribe...