~spa brownies~ My friend Jana gave me this super-easy, yummy and pretty-darn-good-for-ya recipe for spa brownies. This recipe is going to sound a little weird, but trust me. It makes a batch of ooey gooey brownies that you don’t have to feel guilty about eating. I made some last night and both Gracie and Jeff…
Date Night with Jeff ~ Sarah’s for Dinner & Jimmy’s Pub for Dessert
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Jane Grigson’s Walnut Bread from Southern Burgundy
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I absolutely love James Beard’s book, Beard on Bread. In my opinion, it is the definitive bread cook book. I made some of this walnut bread last week and we’re already down to the last loaf. It was wonderful with my pork chops, apples & kraut…and made a very interesting, yummy egg-in-a-hole for this morning’s…
Six Senses Saturday
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~Seeing~ The icicles melting… ~Tasting~ egg in a hole… yummy, buttery toast made with homemade bread fried with an egg in the center… mmmmm!….. ~Hearing~ THIS LOVELY MUSIC Taller Children race you Mama’s Boy by Elizabeth & The Catapult …and hearing the tea kettle chirping… ~Smelling~ Banana Cinnamon Bread Baking I used the recipe from…
Notes from a Reluctant Bee Keeper ~ by Guest Writer Cami Funkhouser
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I wrote the following article at the request of my friend, Babette Sicard, for inclusion in the introductory issue of her newsletter “Tending Midgard.” So, to celebrate the arrival of Springtime, I am sharing it with you!! Welcome the Sun!! I hope you enjoy it! ~Cami I became a beekeeper in the Spring of 2009.…