Category Archives: Food

A Gift with Time

Every Christmas, for many years, my sister-in-law had a ham sent as a wonderful gift for our family.  Last Autumn, we asked her, I hope politely, to ease back the extravagance since members of our family are getting fewer at … Continue reading

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Soup for Supper

When I was younger and learning to cook, my mom often said the menu had to be what was already in the house.  She didn’t like grocery shopping very much, plus we had all kinds of home-canned goodies on shelves … Continue reading

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A Batch Done this Morning

Tonight at church is the first of the Family Fun Nights planned for Wednesdays. We serve supper at 5:15pm, then the family groups move along doing crafts and drama and lessons, using the same plans as Vacation Bible School. the … Continue reading

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Day Planner Full

No matter how busy I am, I still have to empty the cat litter box.  Nothing quite like walking across the laundry room all set to empty the dryer and fold the t-shirts, but to catch a whiff of heaven … Continue reading

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I was following medical orders, right?

When I saw the CNP a couple weeks ago, after all the lab work and doing a few range of motion exercises, the best advice she could come up with is to keep doing my walking and cook red meat … Continue reading

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Another Batch into the freezer

Another two bags of apples made into sauce. Gotta do some figuring here: umm a quart has 4 cups and there are 4 quarts in a gallon so that makes 16 cups total in a gallon and then 6 into … Continue reading

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Applesauce—Ready to Eat

I washed all the dishes I used for prep, and the last thing I did before I left the house was to put the applesauce into a container and into the fridge. When I got back, the house still smelled … Continue reading

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Starting Applesauce

Husband and I rode our bicycles to McDs for breakfast. When I got home, I started looking for a picture of my grandma to send to my cousin in Alaska.  Before I began organizing the study, I could have told … Continue reading

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Cookie Recipe

Susie, over at Uh Oh Now Look has asked for a Blog Cookie Recipe Exchange to help get into the Christmas Spirit. I will post the recipe for cookies I make year round. Oatmeal Cookies pre-heat oven to 350o lightly … Continue reading

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Recipe for Apple Cake

A couple weeks ago I bought a bag of apples.  For the first few days, I was eating two or three a day because they were so fresh and yummy.  I gave a few away to kids at HCC. Last … Continue reading

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