Cooking

Cute Curried Lentils

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Last night I came home and immediately went to work in the yard (after changing my clothes first of course!).  The front flower bed that we cleaned out and planted back in April had gotten a bit out of control again around the edges.  I pulled weed after weed after weed and got covered with… Continue reading Cute Curried Lentils

Cooking

Healthy Breakfast for a Crowd

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Yesterday I woke up to cloudy skies.  I was hoping to get outside for some yard work, but I dawdled around the house too long, writing about the best chocolate cake ever.  Before I knew it the clouds opened up and dumped rain all over everything.  And they continued to do that until the afternoon.… Continue reading Healthy Breakfast for a Crowd

Baking

For Your Chocolate Cake Craving

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Ever get a craving for chocolate cake and decide to make it right then?  You go in the kitchen and start getting out the supplies only to find you are missing one crucial ingredient?  At that point you have to decide whether you want the chocolate cake bad enough to go to the store and obtain… Continue reading For Your Chocolate Cake Craving

Cooking

Easy Strawberry Syrup

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I actually made this over a week ago, but still wanted to go ahead and share it with the blog world.  I woke up one Saturday morning and remembered that we had an entire box of frozen waffles I hadn't even cracked open yet.  I really love frozen waffles.  Movie Mom used to make frozen… Continue reading Easy Strawberry Syrup

Food · Garden

Must Be Zucchini Season

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People must be picking a lot of zucchini these days because I'm getting more hits than usual on zucchini: Zucchini grows like crazy and once it starts coming, it just doesn't stop until the bugs get to it.  I've given away several of our giant zucchinis from Friday night and we've eaten several and we… Continue reading Must Be Zucchini Season

Cooking

Potato Salad & a MIRACLE

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Last night I made the best potato salad ever.  This morning something occurred that was nothing short of a miracle.  What do you want first, potato salad or the miracle?  Let's go with the miracle: I FOUND MY RIGHT HAND RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still can't believe it.  If you remember, I lost this ring over three… Continue reading Potato Salad & a MIRACLE

Garden

Don’t Turn Your Back on Them

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Remember a week ago when I picked the first little zucchini?  It was small but I was happy because I knew zucchini would be plentiful in a few weeks?  Try ONE WEEK. Tonight I picked seven very large zucchinis!  I had also picked another large one earlier this week.  These zucchinis along with that one totaled… Continue reading Don’t Turn Your Back on Them

Food

How to Have the Perfect Lunch

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How to have the perfect lunch: 1. On a sunny day... 2. Pack some simple yummy food... 3. and an interesting book... 4. Head to a park... 5. Enjoy yourself! I had a really nice lunch today at my favorite little park.  I packed a peanut butter and honey sandwich and some corn and edamame… Continue reading How to Have the Perfect Lunch

Cooking

Artichoke & Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta

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 Last Saturday Benzo and I vowed to come straight home after church group and cook dinner instead of going out.  We're trying to be good for the next few weeks about not eating out much, since the past few weeks have been an eating-out extravaganza. My original meal plan was to make pizza on Saturday… Continue reading Artichoke & Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta

Garden

Look What Benzo Found

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 This weekend Benzo and I worked in the garden, hacking away at the crazy weeds that shot up while we were gone on vacation.  I was able to clear out a big section around some of the tomatoes, lettuce and carrots and Benzo cleared the weeds out of the potato patch. After the weeds were… Continue reading Look What Benzo Found