Moving right along on the A to Z Food Challenge – P, I only have 10 days left in this challenge! So what’s looking good for the letter “P”? The Peppers are looking great! We had a good crop of peppers in our garden and Lia was out checking them every day she was with us. She would take her basket, look through the pepper plants and pull them off when they were ready. I cut the peppers in quarters after I remove the seeds and freeze them so we
O boy, we are up to the A to Z Food Challenge – O! Wait until you see the different “O” foods I found. Let’s start the day with a delicious bowl of oatmeal. I like to sprinkle mine with cinnamon or add drops of jam on it. Don’t forget to make some oatmeal cookies! Of course if you have a sweet tooth, Oreos will always do the trick. When I have Oreos I need a glass of very cold milk for dunking. I like to add onions to many
I am just over half way through the A to Z Food Challenge – N and that’s just Nuts that it went by so fast! Speaking of Nuts, that’s what I’m talking about today! I love all kinds of nuts and my favorites are cashews, hazelnuts, almonds, pecans either alone or mixed together! I make the best trail mix with cashews, almonds, peanuts, dried fruit, and shredded coconut. I use unsalted nuts and unsweetened coconut but the dried fruit has a sweetness of it’s own. Here is my trail mix
The A to Z Food Challenge – M is going to be delicious. Lia loves Mac and cheese and when we ask her what she wants to eat, she opens the pantry, grabs a packet and says, “Mac and cheese please!” I remember when I was young I loved the mac and cheese my grandmother made but she made homemade Mac and cheese. It was loaded with cheese that she shredded herself, no bag of shredded cheese like we have today. She also topped it with MORE cheese and did
It’s Friday Story Time by Lia again! I’ve been “sew” busy the last few weeks with baking, working in my gardens and getting ready to take a trip to Indiana to see my mommy! But before we left I did some sewing and had so much fun with mama and me creating a pillow by Lia! After I helped mama cut out the rose print and Minky fabrics, we pinned them together. Then I put the pillow under the sewing machine foot and stitched the pieces together. The next step