What's For Dinner? v8.51: Kitchen Gadgets!
The Old Man First a plea. Please, please, please volunteer to do a WFD diary. There are so many topics we could explore. You may not think you have an idea, but you do. Think about it and volunteer!...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v9.06: How to compose a recipe
Just wanted you to see what real baby carrots look like. They are not the ones you see in your local grocery store. Those are mature carrots whittled down. These are ones I had to pick to allow the...
View ArticleWAYWO: Creating Wearable Period Clothing
My Sweetie and I had been like ships passing in the day and night from 1997 to 2001, then it really got better. "Some Enchanted Evening" happened when I was just ready to give up on ever finding...
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: The Memory Quilts
My dear, sweet Great Aunt Zeipher was my Granddad's sister. The three siblings grew up on a farm with their Father (their Mother died when Aunt Zeipher was about 9 or 10) and NEVER wasted anything. She...
View ArticleDK Quilt Guild: The Memory Quilts Part 2
I am so thankful to have been blessed with so many quilts that bring back so many memories! Of the five quilts here, two are probably 1960's and the other three, I don't know. Maybe you do?
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v9.24: "I Threw It Out."
Over the last few years I have seen this phrase on food blogs and general comments here, there and everywhere. This last year my frugal lovin' soul saw it more than ever. The average family throws away...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v9.38: 6 Pound can of Tomatoes, Doggy Biscuits and ANZAC Day
One thing I do miss about living in Texas is growing beautiful red/orange/yellow sun-kissed juicy tomatoes 4-6 months a year (or some years more!) that I could turn into tomato sauce or paste or, of...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v9.44: My Mediterranean Ring of Fire
Lebanese Taste Treats Most people think of a "Mediterranean Diet" as foods from Greece, Southern Italy and Spain, but have you looked at a map of the Mediterranean Sea? What about all the other...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v9.50: A Corny Summer's Stovetop Bounty
Lovely Fresh Corn And you thought this was going to be exclusively about corn? Non, mon ami, it has been so hot here that oven cooking is out of the question and grilling is reserved for the weekends...
View ArticleWAYWO: Front Door Wreaths, I wish this diary was about birdhouses
I planned a diary about my current project, painted and decorated birdhouses for the backyard. BUT I fractured my pelvis, so, my front door wreaths will have to do. (The Craft room is upstairs)
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? A wee rant and Paella
Seafood Paella Once you know the procedure and have the right rice, paella is a snap to make. Being disabled even temporarily is hard and humbling.
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner: An Easy Turkey Day For Two or Four (with leftovers!)
Thanksgiving Day can be a day filled with family and/or friends or one can have a quiet day with just two or four to enjoy the season. This year my Sweetheart and I will be celebrating together... just...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v10.21: Christmas Candle Appetizers and Carrot Mash 4 ways...
Are you ready for the holidays? I’m a bit slow this year. So, here’s a quick appetizer and a quick side dish for a holiday meal.But first, I thought you would like a look at my beautiful brined and...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v10.30 How do you turn soup into gold?
Just add 24 carrots!!!Spring is springing in the PNW and carrots are sweet after a cold winter in the ground. I love growing and eating carrots in all their many, many ways. This week are simple soups...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v10.51 Gnocchi, Gnocchi, Gnocchi!
In the summertime, we like to make easy, quick meals. Gnocchi fits the bill for stove top cooking with great results. First off, I thought I wanted to make my own gnocchi from scratch, but after...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v11.04: New Friends, Old Friends and Chickpeas!
First off, it is hot here, but not as hot as where my Sweetie is in Oregon! Now at 109!!! EEK!So here I sit 20 degrees cooler and it will get hotter later and I won’t cook. I have my aces in the...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? 11.29: Finnan Haddie & Bone Health
Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. Burn’s Night, January 25th; a night many Scots celebrate. This year we had a...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v11.43 No tomatoes, caffeine, or chocolate, what! Well,...
The World Health Organization rates the USA #27 among some third world countries in healthcare for it’s people. AND if you do finally get to see a specialists, that can cause more problems to your...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v11.51 - Summer Salads and Creating Cookbooks
Two cannibals were eating a clown, when one turned to the other and said: “Does this taste funny to you?"Well, here I am again making salads! I really love eating, making, thinking up recipes and...
View ArticleWAYWO: Pots & Plant Hangers
Living in the PNW, I like color in my flower pots year round, so I paint them. It is easy to do and using Oops! paint or paint samples on sale or small bottles of acrylic paint from the craft store, it...
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