• Recipes

    Simple and Delicious

    Years ago, my former sister-in-law passed on this recipe to me.  My entire family has been eternally grateful ever since.  🙂   A dessert so simple to make….and quite tasty too! Giant Cream Puff Crust 1 cup water 1 stick butter 1 cup flour 4 eggs Bring water and butter to a boil.  Remove from heat and add flour.  Stir well until the dough forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the pan.  Set aside to cool. After the dough has cooled, add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.  Spread this mixture in the bottom of a 9″ x 13″ pan.  Bake in a…

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    Ahhhh, Friday!

    Unusual weather we’re having, ain’t it? {The Cowardly Lion upon noticing the snow that had fallen on the poppy field ~  The Wizard of Oz} I have to agree with my lion friend……unusual weather we are having here.   Last Friday I was writing about cold, wet weather coming our way…….today it is bright and sunny, temps are close to 80F.  By the way…who doesn’t love The Wizard of Oz!!  I have watched it each year for many, many years……..I still love it like I did when I was a kid.  🙂 But not another weather post today…….today I have a recipe for the White Chocolate Fudge Filled Oat Cups I…

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 10.18.09

      Outside My Window…is gray, gloomy and windy.  At 7:30 a.m., it is 49F but could feel colder if you were outside because of the wind.  We are on the tail end of a double nor’easter that came through the end of last week.  The high today will be a whopping 3 degrees warmer than it is right now…..52F.  I had to turn the heat on for the first time yesterday.  We are forecasted to receive a bit more rain…..but the pavement is dry right now. I am thinking…how in the world three people can mess a house up so quickly?  And to make matters worse, we are not here…

  • Recipes

    No Knead Bread

    As promised, but a bit late, is the recipe for the No Knead Bread…..or Crusty Bread as I like to call it.  I got this recipe from an issue of Mother Earth News.  You can read the entire article if you like by clicking here. No Knead, Dutch Oven Bread 1/4 tsp active dry yeast 1 1/2 cups warm water 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting. You may use white, whole wheat or a combination of the two. 1 1/2 tsp salt Cornmeal or wheat bran for dusting In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add the flour and salt, stirring until blended. The dough will be shaggy…

  • Gardens,  Miscellaneous,  Recipes

    Skippity Doo Dah

    It’s finally Friday…….Skippity Doo Dah!!  🙂 I don’t know about anyone else, but for me one of the hardest weeks at work are the ones that immediately follow time off.  The clock couldn’t have moved any slower today ~ by 11 it felt like it should have been time to go!  Needless to say, the plans to prep the kitchen for painting never happened this week.  I did get some things accomplished, but not that.  This weekend will be too nice to stay indoors anyhow so it is probably a good thing I didn’t.  I plan to finish the outside flower bed by making it much smaller.  Right now it…

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    Yummmm ~ Hummingbird Cake

    As promised on Easter, but a little later than I anticipated…..we have the Hummingbird Cake. This was originally posted at Mennonite Girls Can Cook by Anneliese, a contributor to the site.  If you only want to see the page with the cake posting, click here.  I didn’t take photos while preparing the cake, just the finished product. Cake Ingredients: 3 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp salt ¾ cup vegetable oil +1/4 cup pineapple juice 2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups white or brown sugar 3 eggs 2 cups mashed bananas 1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple, drained 1 cup chopped…

  • Gardens,  Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 4.12.09

    Outside My Window…Simply beautiful…..blue skies, not a cloud in sight ~ but we are cool and windy.  It is only 47 degrees with wind gusts up to 23 mph.  We are forecasted to reach the high 50’s, low 60’s.  I guess I can’t complain about that. I am thinking…how I would like another week off to finish up my projects.  I was very optimistic in what I would accomplish this past week…..but I think we all do that when planning time off.  By the time I return to work on Tuesday, I will have finished cleaning up the backyard and the flower bed on the side of the house.  I…