Menu Plan Monday – March 31

Last week, I had a great menu planned. I managed to cook the pork roast, which was tender, juicy, and delicious. The rest of the week, I somehow ended up eating out quite a bit.
Here’s what happens. I get home from work very hungry. I see a kitchen with [...]

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High Country by Nevada Barr

When looking for a book to review as an example of a fancy book report for my students to use as a guide when they do their own book reports, I thought of author Nevada Barr. She has a new book coming out April 1. It’s called Winter Study. I decided to [...]

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Menu Plan Monday – March 24

 

When I came back from Spring Break, I didn’t make a menu and ended up eating out more than usual.  This week, I was determined to plan and cook at home more.  When I’m not cooking (working, or exercising) this week, I have good intentions to continue sewing my spring wardrobe. 
 
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Sewing Saturday – March 22

I’ve been doing quite a bit of sewing lately.  I’m going to give information about each project that I’ve been working on since my last Sewing Saturday entry.

 This is the second shirt I did from Simplicity Pattern 3893. The first one had shorter sleeves.

 

This is the third shirt from Simplicity 3893.  It also has the [...]

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Works for Me Wednesday – Steaming in Re-Sealable Bags

I recently purchased some steamable re-sealable bags.  The reason was that I wanted to buy some frozen cauliflower.  The only package that was cauliflower only (not mixed with broccoli or something else) was a steamable bag.  The problem was that you had to cook the entire bag at once if you wanted to steam it [...]

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Strawberry Garden

In the past, my gardening skills have shown me to be more adept at planting than in the life-support of plants.  Thus, I decided to stick to a very small garden this spring.  I removed the large, falling-apart garden boxes from the side of the house where the shade kept things from growing properly.  Add [...]

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How to Make Pasta with Turkey Sausage

Following are pictures of when I made pasta with turkey sausage.
 

 I have three working burners (Can you guess which one doesn’t work?  That’s right, the big one on the lower right.  Yup, I have to use that giant pot on the front left over a tiny burner just like the one on the upper [...]

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Monday’s Menu – March 3

This week, I had a bit of trouble deciding what I was going to cook.  My preference would be to eat out every day.  As that’s not going to happen, I decided to try to use up some of my stores at home, both in the pantry and in the freezer.  Eating the same old [...]

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Cheeseburger Rolls

I’ve been adapting a cheeseburger rolls recipe.  Here’s what I made last week:

Here, I’m browning 1/2 pound beef with chopped garlic over medium heat.
 

I’ve added a chopped onion, light salt, freshly-ground pepper, cumin, and paprika.
 

Here’s the meat after it’s browned and ready to go.
 

I made whole wheat roll dough in my breadmaker.  It took about [...]

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Sewing Saturday – March 2

I just finished knitting another Jayne Cobb hat.  This time, I used 1 skein each of Patons Melody Quick and Cozy in Hot Pink and High Energy.  The yarn is thicker than the Vanna’s Choice that I normally use, so I used one strand instead of two.  I used Size 10 circular and double-pointed needles [...]

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