It's that time of year again where I am trying my best to shop my pantry and freezer and use up a lot of what we have around the house.While researching some inexpensive menu items I came across some history. I love history and I love learning, so finding new meals and new … [Read more...] about Coq Au Vin: A fancy meal for us peasants
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THM- Crabby Cakes
Crabby Cakes (THM S)(It's really Salmon not crab, but we are silly like that)2 cans salmon (work through removing bones, skin)1 egg per can of salmon, so 2 eggs for this batchSeason Salt1/4 cup onion1/3 cup oat flour1/4 cup canned jalepenos (Everyone ate these just fine, I … [Read more...] about THM- Crabby Cakes
Apple Chips
Today the kids and I made some apple chips, it didn't take long at all and they were so good... well, we almost ate every one by this evening. Grant it, we only had 3 apples to use. But that won't be the case for long, because we are hoping to pick up a bushel or two soon from … [Read more...] about Apple Chips
My Autumn Quilt
Very seldom do I make big projects for myself, simply because I am usually trying to make things for others or making things to sell.When I was changing things around here for the seasons in the last couple weeks, I realized that all my quilts were bright, summery colors. I … [Read more...] about My Autumn Quilt
Imperfection
For weeks I have been thinking about the first day of school and how wonderful it was going to be. How I planned to have a special breakfast, on nice plates, something that we didn't normally have and do things that we didn't normally do. Try to make it special and … [Read more...] about Imperfection
