movie night!

I'm so excited!! I'm going to see Julie and Julia tonight with my daughter and some friends!! I met and talked to Julia Child's in 1994 at the Food and Wine Food experience in Aspen, Colorado with my friend,Gloria! We took one of her classes and stood in line forever(about 1 1/2 hours) for her to sign our cookbooks! What an honor to talk to her. She was just an ordinary Joe schmo, not haughty! I'm taking my camera and will stand by the billboard for a photo opt!! HA HA!!Blessings! P.S. I'll have to make something French in honor of the movie this week!

new cookbook

I bought my best friend a cookbook for her birthday(which is Wednesday)! It's called "How to Cook without a Book"! I can tell you this as she doesn't read my blog(watch, she'll read it)! anyway, it's an interesting book. Tells you how to saute and then tells you all the other things that you can saute to use that technique on! I'm impressed!!! No, don't buy it for me, family!! It's by Pam Anderson(not that Pam Anderson) and I heard of her on The Pioneer woman blog! Please try some of her recipes from that site!! So, go and search out some new cookbooks and tell me about them!! Kara, that's for you!! Blessings!!

Town and Country Days with Kayla

Town and Country Days are a big deal in our area! It's one of those weekend activities that people from far and wide come home for! Kayla is the person whom I'm under from The Pampered Chef and is a Shell Lake native! So, she was right at home to be there with her wares from Pampered Chef! It was so fun to sit with her for a few hours today and get to know her better(I know her from the store as a teenager/college student)as an adult!! She had a beautiful display of wares and so smiley!! Way to go, Kayla!!! It was a beautiful weekend to be outside and the breeze off the lake today was great! So, as the weekend is winding down, I hope and pray you are enjoying this time! Blessings!!

Erika

Our daughter's birthday is today! Trevor(her husband) planned a little party for her which included Jean and Larry(his parents),Gordon and myself, and Robin, Chuck and Sydni! There was plenty of food there! Grilled turkey, corn on the cob, 2 salads, deviled eggs, baked beans and potato salad! It turned into a beautiful day to be outside to eat, visit, take pix, and laugh!! So, I'm giving my jello recipe away for you all! Recipe: 1 large pkg of Strawberry or Raspberry jello, 1-8oz. pkg of cream cheese, 1 banana, 1 small can of mandarin oranges(drained), 1-18oz can of crushed pineapple, and 1/2c. of chopped walnuts. Empty jello pkg in large pan(9 by 13),add 1 cup of boiling water and mix well! In separate bowl add cream cheese and banana, mash that together, add to jello, add nuts, oranges, and the pineapple(not drained). Let it set up in refrigerator for 2-4 hours! Enjoy!!! Blessings!

blackberry jam, baby!

My sweetheart went and picked blackberries for me, so I made him jam!! He likes jam, but never thinks about till I say"Hey, you want some jam?" I found a pretty easy recipe on line and followed that, but made this into freezer jam as I ran out of jelly jars! Have a great weekend!! Blessings!

cookouts

This is the last big weekend of the summer! Boo Hoo!!! Summer went by so.....fast!! We had maybe a handful of very hot days, mostly a very nice, but cool summer! What are your plans for the weekend?? Mine are to go to the farmer's market, Erika and Trevor's house for her birthday/including a late lunch, church on Sunday, Town and Country Days in Shell Lake craft fair, and maybe a nap!!Trevor and his Dad are grilling a turkey(which I love), his Mom is bring beans and potato salad, I'm bringing the cake and Erika's favorite jello. Recipe for jello to follow another day with photos!! Have a great time!! Blessings!

key lime pie

I have never made key lime pie, but heard about an easy recipe and brought home the ingredients to make the pie tonight. Gordon is fishing and I have time to play in the kitchen! So here's the recipe: 1 graham cracker pie shell, 1 can of sweetened condensed milk, 1/2c of key lime juice and 2 cups of cool whip! Open the can of condensed milk and add the key lime juice in a bowl, whisk together, then add the cool whip. Whisk that all together and pour into pie shell. Refrigerate for 2-4 hours. YUM!!! Enjoy this one and send me one of your favorite easy dishes!! After looking at the photo, I think it could use some lime zest or lime strips on the top to dress it up! Blessings!