Thanksgiving

I am so happy I have people too cook for this Thanksgiving.  It’s normally my favorite holiday of the year, mainly because it doesn’t have the pressure some other holidays do.  I love to cook for others, and this is a great excuse to make an abundance of sides and not feel bad.  Plus, a [...]

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Homemade “Ice Cream”

Take 2 bananas, cut and freeze for an hour or two.  Throw in a food processor and whiz it around for a minute.  Scrap sides. Add a tablespoon of peanut butter (I used all natural honey-nut).  Whiz again.  Serve. It really tastes like soft serve, and surprisingly isn’t overwhelmingly banana-y.  Best of all, H loves [...]

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the start of canning season

In the midst of the hustle and bustle of the last week and a half, I found time to do some canning.  One of my dreams is to have a large, walk-in pantry in our house.  We had a butler’s pantry in one of the houses we rented and I loved it.  And, even though [...]

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You should make these

I’m calling them smookies, because they are what a smore and cookie would be if they got together and had a delicious, delicious baby.  The recipe calls them Halfway Cookies. If When I make these again, I’ll probably cut the chocolate in half (1 cup) and only put 3/4c of brown sugar in the meringue. [...]

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Catching Up

Where does the time go?  Here are a few random catch up things: I finished spinning up the Orange Cranberry Tart roving from Tuscan Grove. Being a new spinner, I wasn’t sure that I’d love the look of a two ply, so I navajo plied the first bobbin.  I really liked the look of the [...]

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