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I Cook!

Day Four Prompt: Who do you like to be with when you’re feeling sad?

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Looking at the days prompt and as I thought about this, I realized that I don’t really go to anyone person when I’m sad. If I do I will go to my baby sister and baby brother because they always seem to make me laugh as well as look at things from a different point of view.

I realize that most of the time when I’m feeling down I will cook something. I will start working on a new recipe, sometimes its something I pulled from one of my cookbooks or I will just see what I have in the house and go from there.

There’s just something about working in the kitchen that makes me feel better and things are a little bit brighter when I create something. Continue reading “I Cook!” →

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I Thought I Would Have Pie!

Pie

Food evokes all the senses: the scent of pastry baking, the sound of a fork clinking on a plate…This week, make our mouths water with stories about pie.

Mom’s Pineapple Pie
My favorite dessert

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Growing up I remember picking apples and peaches from the trees we grew and with my sisters having to peel all that fruit for mom to can or freeze. Though we enjoyed climbing the trees and gathering all the fruit we hated having to sit down after all that fun to peel each and every one and god forbid if we took off too much of the fruit with the peel. Continue reading “I Thought I Would Have Pie!” →

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DIY Day and Boozy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!

Because I’m that kind of girl, when I read something about food that sounds really good, well I have to try it out and that’s how I ended up making a few do-it-yourself projects on my day off. Plus I had to make cookies for Nick’s father for his birthday so I did that too.

Getting Creative
Getting Creative

My first project was after reading through David Lebovitz cookbook “My Paris Kitchen” and he talked about salted butter and making your own, so of course he made it sound so good that it was the first thing I had to try. It was very simple and one that I will have to try with various salts. I use mines to sauté veggies and they come out with just the right amount of seasoning.

Make Your Own Salted Butter
¼ to ½ teaspoon of large flake sea salt
1 stick of unsalted butter
Simple knead salt into softened butter and then rechill.

See told you it was simple. I don’t have a picture this time because I didn’t have a cute container to put it in. Continue reading “DIY Day and Boozy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!” →

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