Each year a little group of ladies that I am friends with gets together and buys a BUNCH of strawberries from a local farmer. Last year one of my friends told me of a trick to making the task of slicing all the berries easy peasy! It's so great in fact that I feel a bit like a … [Read more...] about Strawberry Days are here again
Baking
Life these days
I found this Luna Moth late last week. It's wing was damaged and it looked to be dying. I brought it home to show the kids and to add to our nature collection once it was dead. I sat it on our shelf and it remained there for hours and hours. Then, through the night we heard … [Read more...] about Life these days
*Pi* Day
Yesterday being March 14th or *Pi* day, I decided to make a fun supper for the family. A hearty supper pie and a dessert pie.I got some sausage from a local market and browned it with onions, garlic, mushrooms and spinach. I made a double pie crust to decorate the tops of … [Read more...] about *Pi* Day
Bread Baking
We've been getting back in the habit of really making our dollars stretch. It's so easy to slip out of the habit and get loosey-goosey and frivolous... a few dollars spent here and there for junk. Anyhow, we have made a commitment to get back to basics and that means, following … [Read more...] about Bread Baking
Nannie Black’s Egg Pie
Few things can spark a memory like the smells that come from your kitchen... Certain foods can take you straight back to a moment, a memory, a time that you may have long since forgotten. As a kid one dessert we would often have for holiday meals was "Egg Pie". It was … [Read more...] about Nannie Black’s Egg Pie
