I am the type of cook that drives her friends and family crazy. I tend to just toss ingredients together with whatever I have available according to my current whim….not measuring….not following a recipe. So if the meal item turns out really well and my family wants it again or my friends ask for the [...]
Filed under: Kitchen, Practical, Random, friendship, health, miscellaneous on April 1st, 2010 | 2 Comments »
…..hello yummy muffins. I was recently reading some of Laine’s Letters and stumbled across this muffin recipe that calls for leftover cooked oatmeal. Oh could this possibly be the answer to our slimy science experiments lurking in the back of the refrigerator??? My family and I love muffins so I decided to give the recipe [...]
Filed under: Kitchen, Practical on March 22nd, 2010 | 8 Comments »
If you are like my mother and I and LOVE to cook and bake with fun gadgets and things to help cooking be a little bit easier at times, Here is a giveaway that is the best one yet! Over at THIS blog, a lady is giving away two Kitchen Aid Mixers! The trick is [...]
Filed under: Kitchen, Random, friendship, miscellaneous on March 8th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Filling Your Hope Chest Part 2 Today we will be discussing another idea for filling your hope chest with lovely, practical, useful, simple things that make hope chests so wonderful! *Please know that my lists are not exhaustive nor mandatory. Something I think is essential for my hope chest may not be practical or useful [...]
Filed under: Christian Living, Kitchen, Practical, Random, friendship, miscellaneous on January 5th, 2010 | 5 Comments »
O.k. when I saw this giveaway, I just had to share with my sewing friends out their this AMAZING giveaway the Long Ladies at “Marie Madeline Studio” are having! Here are some pictures of some of the patterns below and a word from the Long ladies! head on over to their blog and sign up! [...]
Filed under: Kitchen, Practical, Random, friendship, miscellaneous, sewing on November 7th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I realized that I have not done a single Autumn post so far! Oh, my! That is going to change today! Here is a wonderful soup recipe from one of my favorite blogs : “Country Hearts At Home” Italian Tortellini Soup Hands down, this is my family’s favorite soup! I hope you will try it [...]
Filed under: Kitchen, Practical, Random, friendship, health, miscellaneous on November 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I thought that it would be fun to share a fun easy recipe that is sooooo much fun, and easy to do! My whole family loves this bread, and is really good as sandwich bread if placed in loaf pans instead of braided! I got this wonderful recipe from “Goose Berry Patch Country Baking” cook [...]
Filed under: Kitchen, Practical on August 14th, 2009 | 6 Comments »
On day four our taste test showed the pickles were not ready. They had great flavor but we could still taste the sweetness of the cucumber. At that point the brine had not fully penetrated them so we left them alone for a few more days. We tasted the pickles again on day seven and [...]
Filed under: Kitchen on June 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Little by little my daughter and I are learning to make our own food items. Part of the reason is to save money and stretch the grocery budget. However, the main reason for making our own is we know exactly what was and was not put into it. If you would like to see what [...]
Filed under: Kitchen on June 1st, 2009 | No Comments »
