I finally gave in. I’m getting chickens. My husband has been wanting some for a while now. Having never been around chickens, he does not understand about the chicken poop <sigh>. But he will soon find out. I was not raised on a farm but I did spend the majority of my summers growing up on one. My grandparents were […]
I love to share recipes and the other day one of my readers asked me about a recipe for Hawaiian Bread. It just so happens I do have a bread machine recipe for Hawaiian Bread similar to King’s Hawaiian bread. I’ve tried several recipes and this one is by far my favorite. Hawaiian Bread Recipe ¾ […]
I’ve debated for a while now about writing a post and sharing my experience with writer’s block and finally decided it’s time. I know I can’t be the only one to have experienced this and if I can help others through what I dealt with then it makes it all worth it. As you may […]
As some of you may know, I love my crockpot and bread machine. They have saved a lot of money and a lot of time. Time better spent writing. For crockpot recipes I highly recommend Stephanie O’Dea. I love her Make it Fast, Cook it Slow recipe books. You can also find a lot of the recipes in those […]
I cut way back on ice tea (I used to drink ice tea all day every day) and my sugar consumption, which mean no more daily chocolate. I’m infamous in my family for being a chocoholic—so infamous as a teen when my sister complained about me stealing her chocolate that she got from Trick or […]
I know I’ve been posting a lot of recipes lately and my apologies for that. I promise to get back to a variety of blog posts. I’m always on the lookout for bread machine recipes and I found a really good one. Oh my golly goodness! I made these the other night and all I […]
I made these yesterday because I was out of chocolate chips and my youngest was dying for some cookies. They turned out really well. Nice taste. Like a butter cookie with a little extra. Chewy Coconut Cookies Ingredients 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup butter ½ cup packed brown sugar ½ cup white sugar 1 egg ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 ⅓ cups flaked […]
I’ve been promising this recipe for a while now and I finally remembered to ask Kimber if I could share it. This is a family recipe from my good friend and critique partner Kimberly Gardner. My boys fell in love with it and named it Kimber Sauce and it had become a staple in our […]
So I got my garden up and going and among the herbs I planted this year was lemon thyme. It smells awesome! So I got it and then I was like, ok now what do I do with it? Which lead me to searching the internet. I found a lemon thyme tea cake recipe and… […]
Nope, not the Judy Blume story which is a great one, by the way. Actually, I wish I were talking about the book, but hey if you can’t laugh at yourself… A couple of years ago, I was sitting on my chaise reading a book and my husband was at his computer. Our oldest […]
