Good morning. Today is one of “those” days…Abram up before 6 am. He’s munching on cheese, showing me his latest dance moves right now 😛 We’ll see how long this lasts. A couple of off mornings for us since I way overslept two days in a row 😛 I guess I need some extra sleep. …
Strawberry Rhubarb Upside Down Cake
We got strawberries and rhubarb at the farmer’s market this week. A great combination for a spring dessert. Justin asked for a pie. But Rebecca insisted that we make a cake. She won 🙂 I did a quick search for a recipe yesterday morning and found one that looked good from Betty Crocker. It’s strawberry …
Homemade Thin Mints
In June of 2009 I came across a recipe on 101 Cookbooks for homemade thin mints. I printed the recipe…and put it in a pile somewhere. And there it sat. Now three years later, I finally got around to making them yesterday. The recipe is very simple. It’s a chocolate wafer that you dip in …
Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream
I love ice cream…if you hadn’t noticed. Rebecca and I make ice cream almost weekly with our fresh, raw cream. This week we decided to try a new flavor – sea salt caramel. Oh My Goodness…this is awesome! One of my favorite flavors we’ve made by far. I still used my usual base recipe of …
Ham and Peas Casserole
I subscribed to Every Day with Rachael Ray a while back…like years ago. I would often rip out recipes that looked good. I had a big pile of things I was going to try making…at some point. Well, last week I found that pile of recipes. I went through it and got rid of all but …
Meal Plans Week of 6-3-12
June is here. That means farmer’s market!!! I’m very excited that we can start our weekly walks to the local market this week. It will be so nice to have some fresh produce. But it also means my kitchen will be getting busier soon with preservation. In order to prepare we defrosted both freezers last …
Apple Honey Crunch – Three Ways
Rebecca has been helping me in the kitchen since before she was one. Now that she is four she is becoming quite a little chef! Rebecca often plays cooking and will come up with all kinds of meals/recipes/goodies. She actually has some really good ideas! When she does we try to make them. This week …
Butterscotch Sauce
Tuesday we made some awesome caramel sauce with our extra cream. But I didn’t use all of the cream. So yesterday we used a little more and tried butterscotch. I got the recipe from Smitten Kitchen. It is so simple to make (only takes about 5 minutes) and is sooooo good. I like the butterscotch even better …
Caramel Sauce
Every week I skim some cream from our fresh milk. Most weeks I have a purpose for it…and often wish there was more! This week I didn’t have an urgent need for it. I have plenty of sour cream. I think we are even good with homemade ice cream. So I decided to make caramel …
Meal Plans Week of 5-27-12
Thank you to all those that have served and those that still do serve our country! Happy Memorial Day (weekend). It’s unofficially the start of summer…and it sure feels like it! It’s supposed to be in the 90’s for the next couple days. Back to trying to plan my kitchen work based on the weather …