tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73595882634647270672019-09-11T10:30:52.162-04:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger972125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-39292445160035950922019-09-05T10:27:00.002-04:002019-09-05T10:27:54.414-04:00

 I think that I'm going to find out. I keep meaning to, but I get side tracked with life. I would love to hear what extras you put into your spaghetti to make your family love it instead of rolling their eyes lol! My Day So Far...  A nice long hot shower.  Now I think that I will watch a cooking show. ;) Also Available...Thoughts For An Early Morning I think that I began to love quotes

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 "Sometimes I drink water just to surprise my liver." Unknown... but I thought it was funny!  I was really looking for quotes about eating liver lol!  I don't eat it anymore, but my mom was soooo good at frying up liver and onions that it was awesome!   I'm sure that I ate it as a kid. Now it makes me cringe!! My Day So Far... Time to go for a walk and then I think that I will peruse an old

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 "I'm not sure I'm a good cook. But I like cooking, and it's a real family thing - an expression of love being together."Genevieve O'Reily My Day So Far... Time to go for a walk and then I think that I will peruse an old cookbook for some new recipes to try this week. I hate using the same recipes over and over again!! Also Available...Thoughts For An Early Morning I think that I began

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-45566593522575877862018-12-30T11:36:00.000-05:002018-12-30T11:36:17.434-05:00

 I have to say that I make the most awesome baking soda biscuits.  No, they weren't always awesome but something kept me going until I can pretty much make them in my sleep.  Funny thing is... my mom couldn't  make them  if her life depended on it and I even gave her my recipe!!  I'm not sure what she did to mess them up but we used to laugh about the fact that there was something that I could

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-70699197568566554692018-12-29T13:12:00.003-05:002018-12-29T13:12:28.043-05:00

 I have been  holding off on my sugar intake today so that I can indulge in some eggnog this afternoon. That means no biscuits with my coffee!!!  I can't believe that no one else in the family likes it!!  I can't understand what there is not to like and the spiked eggnog is even better... especially the one with Brandy. Not overly keen of the bottle with Rum in the recipe, but brandy is awesome!

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-56035603832192973612018-12-28T14:57:00.003-05:002018-12-28T14:57:28.941-05:00

 Grilled Cheese sandwiches with crumbled bacon!  And we paired it up with tomato soup. Doesn't get much better than that!!  And while we are talking about grilled cheese, I wonder how other people make theirs?  I have had it with powdered sugar... still can't understand why anyone would put sugar on a sandwich, but maybe it's tradition.  My daughter always fancies our us with different herbs. I

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-4643870260783803852018-12-26T11:43:00.000-05:002018-12-26T11:43:23.630-05:00

 By eleven a.m. I was ready for a snack and I chose a mixture of plain and strawberry yogurt... can't stand plain yogurt but I'm definitely cutting back on the sweet version. I also added 2 teaspoons of sunflower seeds.  I really need to add a piece of fruit but the yogurt was as much as I could manage. I will have to be sure to add the fruit at lunch.  We have bananas and tangerines so I should

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-91278467727533581142018-12-23T12:51:00.001-05:002018-12-23T13:51:45.579-05:00

 Yesterday no one felt like making lunch so I made a pot of plain oatmeal and tossed in couple a sachets of Apple and Cinnamon Oatmeal. It actually tasted not half bad! I even chopped a few walnuts into the mixture for good measure!!  I now how enough for a couple of snacks too if I really don't feel like even thinking up a snack lol! How can you go wrong with oatmeal for lunch... Update... be

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-75113097487431353772018-12-22T14:02:00.001-05:002018-12-22T14:05:47.669-05:00

From our garden... If you love apple pies, we found that by combining the dwarf apples along with the crab apples, the end product is an awesome tart flavour that is perfect with ice cream or hot custard.  We tend to flip back and forth between apple pies and apple crisp, depending on our moods. ps... try juicing the crab apples. Amazing alone or mixed with sparkling water. The

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-58938759349795917962018-12-19T14:57:00.003-05:002018-12-19T14:57:43.271-05:00

We are home again so no eating out for us today. Egg Salad Sandwich... but here's  a version you might have never tried. I mash the egg up with mustard and relish instead of mayonnaise today...   I get bored easily with the same old, same old. ;)  As for sides, I had carrots sticks and cheese doodles.  Not quite as good as eating out but I haven't had egg salad in a while so it was a nice

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-51779815844144562162018-12-17T17:01:00.002-05:002018-12-17T17:01:45.126-05:00

 Okay... ate out, but I should be able to duplicate this lunch quite easily!! Here's how my day went! I had a great day!!  We stopped for lunch at Panera... I think that is how it is spelled and had lunch... just hubby and me before we hit the mall.  He had a turkey, apple and cheese sandwich and I had half a tuna salad sandwich and a bowl of the creamiest tomato soup on the planet!  It was

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-42150968761231019002018-12-16T11:23:00.001-05:002018-12-16T11:23:24.960-05:00

 I was wondering around the supermarket with my daughter and I spied prepared pie dough!  All I would have to do is unroll it, sprinkle it with sugar and cinnamon and then roll and cut into bit sized pieces!  I told her that I wanted the pie dough for Christmas. She thought that I was crazy but it makes perfect sense to me. I don't have any of the prep work to do or the cleaning up and I have

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-25189612482254768132018-12-05T14:07:00.000-05:002018-12-05T14:07:10.590-05:00

Flatbread turned into a pizza.  All the toppings were taken out of the fridge and we made our own. Took no time and I got to add ingredients that no one else would want on their pizza!!  And we used a toaster oven instead of the oven... which we seldom use anymore now that toaster ovens come with two racks!! My Day So Far... Time to go for a walk and then I think that I will peruse an old

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-25219149616797591672018-12-05T12:22:00.002-05:002018-12-05T12:22:50.153-05:00

 Well, we are back home and I definitely have a story to share. While in Florida, we stocked up big time on food lol... yes, I hate to cook, but hubby loves it and he couldn't  pass up a deal when he spotted one. This means that our trunk was full of everything that we could possibly stuff into it. Okay,  it was supposed to be a good idea until on the way home... after dark, one of our tires

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-77605080998475499822018-11-29T09:32:00.000-05:002018-11-29T09:32:08.447-05:00

 We only have one day left before we head back, so we thought that we would have one last really amazing breakfast... out! Yes, we went to the CrackerBarrel and had the Old Timers Breakfast. I don't think that I will be having lunch today!!  Never heard of Sawmill Gravy before and here is what I learned... "the lumberjacks would accuse the cooks of substituting sawdust for cornmeal." I found the

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-60789162677672923302018-11-23T10:01:00.001-05:002018-11-23T10:01:21.709-05:00

 I decided that this morning was going to be a no sugar  breakfast... which isn't easy to do, but there is still a huge pecan pie and tonight I want some!!  So this morning was... Bran Flakes with chopped walnuts 1/3 of a banana Black coffee So far, I am good with it!! I was going to add toasted English muffin but the bran flakes seemed to be enough this morning My Day So Far... Time to go

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-14869268089286947902018-11-23T08:09:00.000-05:002018-11-23T08:09:10.483-05:00

Hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!  Our day went by sooooo fast. Here was our menu (a little more difficult when you are on vacation, but the house had most of what we needed!!) Turkey of course Green beans (not my favorite, but darling daughter loves them! No Brussel Sprouts... just noticed that as I was thinking back on what to write this morning. I guess dd couldn't find any!

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-32970101547534358792018-11-22T10:24:00.001-05:002018-11-22T10:24:09.573-05:00

 Breakfast consisted of Steel Cut Oats for oatmeal, brown sugar and walnuts. It takes me back to my childhood but apparently darling daughter didn't inherit our love for oatmeal. She can't stand it. Seeing that she inherited 50% from both of us... it had to be a 50% that didn't include oatmeal ;)  She did have toast and marmite... which she did inherit from her dad's side of the family.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-43788209514168642652018-11-21T18:48:00.002-05:002018-11-21T18:48:18.422-05:00

This is an easy one.   Penne pasta with a spinach sauce which is tastier than you might first expect. It's basically onions and garlic sauted and the toss in a good few handfuls of finely chopped spinach.   Combine all and then throw it all in a blender to form a sauce.  Add a handful of chopped walnuts to the mixture and then finish it off with a topping of grated cheese. Bread... french loaf

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-37599068241335492962018-11-21T17:38:00.001-05:002018-11-21T17:38:11.586-05:00

 Okay here goes... we all kind of shared what we had... hubby, a handful  pistachios, crackers and cheese me... Crackers and hummus and about a half dozen or so of hubby's pistachios and a section of darling daughter's apple. Darling daughter... a slice up apple and some crackers and peanut butter Oh yes... a little eggnog of course ;) My Day So Far... Time to go for a walk and then I

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-7227340862829476252018-11-21T11:48:00.001-05:002018-11-21T11:50:22.870-05:00

 Guess that I'm not having an Egg and Sausage McMuffin. Just asked (did I say that I don't do any of the cooking in our house?  I passed that over to my husband who actually likes it... don't ask me why but anyway he just announced that we are having bacon and tomato sandwiches so that we can use up the perishables. And it has to be toasted... bacon and tomato on plain bread tastes awful!

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-77953551754513962112018-11-21T09:12:00.002-05:002018-11-21T09:12:45.952-05:00

Guess that it is all in what your mood is at the moment. We are on vacation and hubby offered to make me a Egg and Sausage on an English muffin but it didn't appeal to me. I had Bran Flakes and Fruit Loops lol.  I usually love "Egg McMuffins" but not today!  I might be interested in it for lunch today though!! My Day So Far... Time to go for a walk and then I think that I will peruse an old

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-88975833351662852532018-11-19T08:20:00.001-05:002018-11-19T08:56:29.289-05:00

Hey, it's Monday... Bran Flakes with a sprinkling of Fruit Loops. Guess I'm still a kid at heart. Haven't had Fruit Loops in years, but I actually enjoyed it! And seeing that nobody else in the family wants it, it's all mine. Actually I read the ingredient list, and it's not all that bad! I really have to work on having a bigger breakfast though. This is supposed to be my biggest meal and it's

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-25244199239246690782018-11-18T12:30:00.002-05:002018-11-18T12:30:35.669-05:00

 I guess that there is something to not having much of an appetite!  Today, I have the other half of the burger I knew I wasn't hungry for last night!   You have to love left-overs.  I guess the trick is to always make more than you think that you are going to need... I do have room for the Christmas Cookies that I bought at Aldi's however... My Day So Far... Time to go for a walk and then

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359588263464727067.post-64678434981423393202018-11-16T10:50:00.001-05:002018-11-16T10:50:17.945-05:00

 Good thing that I have a small appetite because I only ate one slice of pizza and shared what the restaurant called a small Cranberry Nut Salad. Last night... we finished off the Eggplant pizza and my Margarita pizza. There's something to be said for left-overs, especially when they come from a restaurant!!  Oh, I forgot. Darling Daughter placed a plate laden with fresh veggies. *Going to have

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