Harvest from the Garden

May 28, 2025 On Monday (May 26), after it stopped raining for a bit, Bruce and I dressed up in our coveralls. We headed out to clear the section on the south fence under the trees. We had a lot of branches down from the storm last week. We loaded the branches into the mower […]

Eye Doctor Visit, Moving the RV and Salad from the Garden

April 22, 2025 Yesterday (April 21), I had an appointment with the eye doctor. The cataract in my right eye has gotten worse. I decided to bite the bullet and get cataract surgery scheduled. After my appointment, we went to the Florence AL RV Park and moved the RV. We were both so glad we […]

Caramelized Onions, Rice Plate, Sunset and a Cardinal

April 21, 2025 On Friday (April 18), I pulled out my food processor. I put some butter, 1/4 cup, into my large Dutch oven, put a piece of parchment paper down on my induction stove top, moved the heavy Dutch oven onto the large burner and set the temperature setting to 3 (medium low). While […]

After Baking

February 13, 2025 I meant to share the picture of the bread yesterday. Here’s the picture of the bread ready to go into the oven. Here’s the baked and sliced bread. There is a ting of red on the outside of the loaf, where it rose above the pan. The rest of the outside of […]

All Butter Angel Biscuits

This recipe is a modification of the Southern Living Angel biscuits. They are moist and fluffy, yet beautifully layered, a perfect combination of buttermilk biscuits and yeast rolls. I used the technique from Helen S. Fletcher of the Pastries like Pro blog to make more layers. Makes about 24

Tater Tot Breakfast Burrito

This recipe was something I threw together to use up some leftovers from toco night along with some fresh items. It was delicious! Serves 2

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Breakfast on the Induction Stovetop

December 12, 2024 This post is for my blog friend Anne from Mehrling Muse. Anne is very interested in cooking on an induction cooktop. I wanted to try out my new range hood installed on Tuesday (December 10). On Wednesday (December 11), I decided to cook bacon and eggs to see how well the hood […]

Another Apple Pie

December 7, 2024 I made another apple pie yesterday. I decided to cut out a bee flying towards an apple flower on the crust.

No Cane Sugar Apple and Cranberry Pie

I created this recipe for Thanksgiving 2024. Bruce loved the tart and sweet of this pie. The cranberries add a bit of surprise tartness and a dash of a beautiful red color to this pie. Servings: 6 to 8 Makes a 9 inch pie

Baking Bread in the New Oven (and House) for the First Time

October 27, 2024 Today, I decided to try out the new starter I purchased from King Arthur Baking Company. My old sourdough gave up the ghost after being too neglected. I made the the recipe that is on the last page of the pamphlet that comes with the sourdough. There was a little dog at […]