Mike and Donna celebrated our 25th Anniversary by taking their first cruise! They visited Cozumel where we zip-lined into “cenotes” which are fresh water sinkholes. It was much more fun zip-lining in Mexico where you did’t have to wear a helmet and safety vest, like in the USA! They ate a traditional Mayan meal which was pork and… Read more »
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Merry Christmas from Cornerstone Family Restaurant
Join us this Holiday Season for home cooked food and family service. Cornerstone Family Restaurant in Eureka, IL Serving all of Eureka, Washington, and Peoria, IL areas!
Bloomington, IL Farmers Market
This Saturday, October 31, 2015 is the last weekend for the Bloomington, IL Farmers Market. The Market is open from 7:30 a.m. to noon every Saturday morning from May through October. Located on the historic downtown square, the Farmers’ Market is managed by the Downtown Bloomington Association. Click here for more details on the market!… Read more »
How to Ripen Fruit
Do you ever get fruit from the garden or from the grocery store that needs a little help ripening? We do and there is nothing like waiting days for that to happen. Here is a great article that describes how to speed up the ripening process of different types of fruits. If you have any… Read more »
Best Camp Fire Foods!
One of the most fun things to do when going camping is to have a fire. No one really knows why, but it’s always fun to just sit around a fire with friends and family. So since you have a fire going, why not put it to use and make some tasty meals using that… Read more »
Washing Garden Vegetables: How To Clean Fresh Produce
We came across this great article written by Amy Grant over at gardeningknowhow.com. It goes over the full process of how to clean your fresh produce. This topic seems to be one of the more talked about one out there at the moment as there is so much revolving around “chemicals” and “organic”. We liked… Read more »
Seven (Easy to Find) Foods That May Help Prevent Cancer
A bowl full of bright green steamed broccoli. You say either “Yum!” — or “Where’s the double cheeseburger?” But you know the broccoli is good for you, especially sans melted cheese. The question is, how good? And more to the point, can it — or any food — help prevent disease, such as cancer? Read… Read more »
The Perfect Springtime Sweet…or Breakfast
We came across this recipe, Strawberry Coffee Cake Muffins and just couldn’t help sharing it. Tell us that just doesn’t look delicious! Now of course many may think this to be a treat but we bet it would go pretty good with that morning cup of coffee and we don’t see any reason the kids… Read more »
Bacon Onion Ranch Burger
Our new Specialty Burger is the Bacon-onion-ranch Burger with pepperjack cheese and chips! This is a fresh, handmade burger topped with homemade mayo-onion sauce!
Here comes Autumn!
Here comes Autumn with it’s shorter, cooler days and here comes the farmers into the fields! So when you visit us, just step over the corn husks that blew into the building with each opening of the door and pay no heed to the thin layer of “dust” that invades just as often! (At least… Read more »