Week in Review

Meals for the week Chicken burritos Braised chicken with carrots and rice Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy, potatoes au gratin, corn on the cob Apple pancakes, sausage, bacon, scrambled cheese eggs, fresh fruit Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, stuffing, broccoli Chicken sausage and mushroom calzones Thanksgiving sandwiches, fresh fruit Eye Towards Rhythm Circle time was re-established! [...]

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Blueberries!

Yep, 10 whole pounds of local organic blueberries!  I picked them up from co-op yesterday and I’ve been busy freezing them in batches. Of course, I’ll keep some out for enjoying now and a wee bit of baking.  Any suggestions? Kudos to  Blueberry Patch Farm for growing such lovely, tasty blueberries!

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Peach Wine

Remember those peaches from last summer?  I got a little happy learning how to can and kept stocking up on fruit.  I did it first with peaches and we made some peach jam and peach wine. Well, almost an entire year later, after many months of fermenting, settling, and a wee bit of filtering, it [...]

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A Little Help

This is her favorite spot in the kitchen, the corner of countertop.  She sits there when I chop stuff up.  She sits there every evening while I cook dinner.  She especially likes to sit there when I’m baking so she has first dibs on the licking!

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Co-op Pick-Up

This is our small weekly summer produce share for the week.  We also picked up a bottle of Trader’s Point yogurt, our monthly local Amish butter, our local raw cheese order, and our Frontier order – all from our co-op. I know I’ve said this before, but I adore our co-op!  Shopping from home with [...]

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Happy Birthday!

Another birthday celebration here yesterday, this time for one special papa!  I helped Izzy make the cake in the morning.  Alex did the base layer of frosting and…. All three kids got a bag of colored frosting and went to town decorating the perfect birthday cake! I think James liked it!  Even though he had [...]

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Three Little Monkeys

I took a break from bread-making these past few months.  It was one responsibility that I could give up in order to have more of myself to give to my family in other ways, but yesterday, I felt called back to it… in the form of monkey bread.  If you’ve never had monkey bread, you’re [...]

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Pantry Organization

It’s been on my to-do list for weeks and I finally got around to it!  I’ve been getting containers through Frontier ($2.10 for the gallon size) for the past couple of months to have some sort of affordable storage system and I’m quite happy with the results. Storage on the top shelf for serving baskets [...]

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In the Kitchen

I didn’t give up the computer for Lent, but I have somehow managed to spend more time away from it lately, which definitely has it’s benefits, but does mean less blogging and such. I found two cool baking sites that I wanted to share: Baking Bites – Yummy recipes for making Girl Scout cookies.  I [...]

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Bread Recipes

Maple Oatmeal Sandwich Bread yields 2 loaves 1 cup milk 1 cup water 1/4 cup maple syrup 1/4 cup maple sugar (may substitute brown sugar or maple syrup) 1 cup rolled oats 1 T honey 1/4 cup unsalted butter 1 T salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 T yeast 2 cups hard red wheat flour 2 [...]

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