This time of year, I could live on soup. The other night we were trying to decide what to have for dinner and Vince suggested soup. I told him I had a couple of cans of clam and could make chowder. That was so good and the perfect "soup" for a cold evening. It gets dark so early here - it's hard to eat at 5:30 or 6, when it's already been dark a couple of hours. Addie was enjoying the ...
The All Butter Pie Crust
Tonight I made the Erin McDowell's all butter pie crust. The Video: This blog post has my thoughts on her video and a link to the video. It's over an hour but so worth watching. The Book: Her book, The Book on Pie, is beyond amazing. I have carried it around with me ever since it arrived, hoping to have a few spare minutes to sit down and read more of it. There are three new pie ...
After the Fall
Last night, getting to sleep was kinda hard. My right elbow hurt so sleeping on the right side was uncomfortable. My left knee hurt so sleeping on the left side was uncomfortable. Once I fell asleep, I was fine - slept like a rock, as always. I was careful getting out of bed this morning but everything seemed to work fine. I avoided going up and down the stairs today, kept ice packs on my knee ...
Emergency Card
I have been meaning to do this with Addie but after falling yesterday, I did it this morning. Using an index card, I wrote the following and stuck the card in the top drawer of the stand by the front door: 911 - and our address hereGrumps - his phone numberMom - Nicole's phone numberDad - Chad's phone numberJeremy - The guy we bought the house from who only lives 5 minutes away - his numberTwo ...
Pie Test Baking
I tend to do this with all things new and exciting but I can't put "The Book on Pie" down. There are so many recipes I want to try. Once Vince goes back to Texas, I think I'm going on a pie for breakfast, lunch and dinner diet! The method of pie crust making that the author uses is different enough from how I've always made pies that I want to test it before using it on our Thanksgiving pies. ...
Pitchers
I love using Mason jars for everything from leftovers to drinking glasses to pitchers for Kool-Aid. I have always used just a Ball screw on lid for jars containing Kool-Aid, tea, juice or leftovers but I didn't bring enough wide mouth lids with me and haven't been able to find them online. These are the regular lids and I have plenty of those. Chad had mentioned how expensive half gallon jars were ...