Passions I can't deny
Posted in Recipes, body care products, crafts, soap making on Sep 2nd, 2010
Well, I’ve been wanting to make this soap for quite a while. My friend Marsha is allergic to all nut oils so I’ve been itching to make some olive oil soap for her. In fact, my whole reason for infusing calendula flowers in the olive oil was for her soap. Anyway, last week I finally [...]
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, preserving on Aug 5th, 2010
While we were over at Reid’s Orchard picking up some peaches, we also picked up some early apples. We usually wait for the main harvest to come in, but thought we’d like to see what these tasted like. They weren’t real good for eating – a bit too mealy for us – but they make [...]
Hubby and I were heading out to a book discussion group Sunday and I thought it would be nice to take something to eat. And what better to eat while discussing The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle than chocolate chip cookies?
These chocolate chip cookies come from the Deceptively Delicious Cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld. I bought [...]
It sure has been hot here!
I remember as a kid, we just loved to hear that guy peddling the bicycle with a refrigerated case on the front yelling, “Popsicle Man.” I’d run inside and ask mom for a few cents for my favorite treat. By the time I got back to the street, the popsicle [...]
Posted in Ramblings, Recipes, gardening, preserving, tomatoes on Jul 17th, 2010
I’ve been busy drying tomatoes and putting up our blackberries and blueberries. Before I write more about that, Kristina had asked what the tomatoes look like when they are dried. I’ve never looked at them side by side, and thought it would be neat to see how they compare.
Here is our favorite to dry – [...]
So here is my recipe.
So let’s get started!
I put blackberries in a sauce pan.
I simmered them bringing them to a boil. Then I turned off the heat and gently pushed down on them, releasing more juice.
I let them cool for awhile. It was now time to get rid of the pulp.
After pushing the juice through [...]
Our blackberries are coming on fast and furious now! What to do with all of this fruit? Well, the first thing I make is a cobbler. In case you are just joining us, here is my recipe.
Then there are blackberry smoothies. Recipe here.
Then there is Blackberry Syrup. Recipe Here.
And tomorrow a new treat made with [...]
Posted in Baking, Cooking, Photography, Recipes, gardening on May 31st, 2010
Yes, we have cherries! Yeah! I get so excited about these tart cherries. They’re pretty and so yummy!
So now that we have these cherries, what do we do? Make a cobbler, of course. I use the same recipe for the cherries as I do with my blackberries except I add a little vanilla. This recipe [...]
Well, asparagus harvesting is now just a memory. Today I got out early before the heat and weeded about a third of the asparagus patch. Won’t be long and the whole patch will be a mass of ferns. I just love that look. However, right now, it’s just a little bare and not really much [...]
Posted in Recipes, body care products, crafts on Apr 20th, 2010
When I was a kid, I just loved Dreamsicles. Well, I still do. We have a local ice cream shop here – a small neighborhood stand with just outdoor seating and a limited menu. If you are looking for a variety of flavors with fancy smancy toppings, this is not your place. In addition to [...]
