For those of you who are new to baking and thought the dough to be ‘too wet’… it is! When the recipes says to to roll out on a ‘heavily floured’ board; well that means, add the flour needed to make it manageable to work with, but don’t add so much that the dough is [...]
Here is a photo of the celebratory paella we had for the birth of Jude Baptiste, our 25th grandchild. The other couple talking to Anita are their French neighbors. Amazon.com Widgets
Last week, on July 25th, our 24th grandchild was born to Bobbie & Ron DeVos. Ava Katherine DeVos has joined her siblings: Joel Alexandra Jesse Wesley Riley Winston Audrey & Annabelle at home in Virginia. Of course we are very excited and feel rich with God’s blessings. She looks so much like her mom when [...]
I got these hot-dog buns on special last week…30% off. This week, I’ll be working at getting them used up. The obvious is to have hot-dogs for our 8pm (our lightest meal) one day this week. Other ideas include: make garlic toast grilled cheese & meat sandwiches sloppy joes I’m determined to use the food [...]
Today is a big day for me in the kitchen. Making pizza for 25 is going to be a ton of work, but I’ll begin the chopping and shredding early in the day. I’ll start the dough and get that in the fridge early on. It’s going to be a lot of fun. I’m not [...]
Isn’t this the most beautiful quilt you have ever seen!?! The colors are gorgeous for our beige walls and fits our bed perfectly. Cheri made this quilt called Blooming Nine Patch. I looked on the internet to read about the history of this pattern but couldn’t find any information. Our son John made the comment [...]
Like I don’t have enough to do! Well, the garden and canning and now sausage making are the activities I do to: save money eat better learn new skills add to my pantry relax get out of the office be a better homemaker Here are some photos:
Man! I have tons of tomatoes on my 24 tomato plants! It looks like this year will be fantastic for canning tomatoes and for making gazpacho. here is the status on the other plants: zucchini- we have eaten about 6 of them so far. onions- wonderful! and I keep replanting them as I use them. [...]
I’m very encouraged by my little efforts with my garden. Again, I only have a small patch of land in the back yard, but I’m determined