Ahhhh… a relaxing day at home with the house to myself. Doesn’t happen very often. I’m watching movies, doing a little knitting, a little illustrating, and a little reading. I’m making my mom’s go-to comfort food dinner tonight…a Minnesota favorite called “Hurry Up Dinner,” aka…the humble hamburger casserole. Do you have a favorite, easy, frugal…
You may be asking yourself why anyone would attempt to make bread in a crockpot. When I heard about using pre-made bread dough to make dinner rolls this way, I asked myself the same question. Crockpot bread is not something you leave cooking all day when you go to the office. You have to keep…
I have to admit I’m getting tired of the overlapping days of snow…snow…snow… Looking forward to Spring now. There have been some vague indicators of it’s arrival. The temperature will rise up to around 40 one day, and the outside air will smell like spring and wet leaves, and icicles dripping from all the housetops……
I love waking up in the morning to the wonderful scent of something amazing cooking in the kitchen. Sometimes on the weekends Jeff will make pancakes, bacon and French press coffee. There’s something so cozy about being greeted with these smells as soon as you awake. We’ve always said that our house reminds us of…
When I make these “doctored” baked beans I think of cattle drives and the movie City Slickers. It just seems like the kind of dish that an elderly gentleman named “Cookie” or “Spur” would be stirring over a campfire under the stars. I love to make this for family gatherings, pot lucks, and summer picnics.…
Okay…getting my bearings here. So many awesome things happening that I’m having to run to keep up! How are you? It’s funny, I’m always telling you everything about meeee and I very rarely get to hear what YOU are doing. I’d love to hear your news. I’m headed out for a walk around the neighborhood…
Another snow day here in Minnesota…Gracie and I just watched a movie and I’ve been cooking and illustrating and listening to my favorite radio shows. It must have snowed all night because we woke up to at least a foot more of the white stuff. And it just keeps coming down… We might bundle up…
Hello there, and happy Sunday! We’re headed out to see a movie and get some fish & chips at the local pub, but I just had to take a minute to write to you and give you this recipe! Are you ready for SUPER easy and delicious? This is one of those recipes that I…
Hello Friends! Happy Friday! I have been working on my tea book like crazy this week. Just finished deciding, once and for all, exactly which recipes to include. I had a BIG breakthrough concerning this little book yesterday. Actually this one isn’t going to be so little…it will be my biggest book yet, over 400…
I’m working on photos, recipes and illustrations in my studio today, and looking forward to getting a bunch of stuff done. Before I do that, though, I just had to stop by and drop off this recipe for you. These turned out so wonderful, and I’m enjoying one with my morning cup of Assam as…