apple pie

My cousin Judy is making apple pies today, one for me and one for my uncle. We may choose to share or maybe not!! Anyway, I don't make good pie crust and Judy gave me her recipe, which I will share with you. Pie crust 101: 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of Crisco, 1/2 cup of water. Mix the flour and Crisco, using a pastry blender till it resembles very fine pea size, then very slowly add the water! Roll it out and put in the pie pan, then your filling, bake according to the fruit you are using! 45-60 minutes for apple at 350 degrees. We are having alot of fun! I'll tell you next time how I almost got arrested for stealing at Walmart, not really!! Blessings!

vacation

Gordon and I are going to Missouri to see my side of the family! I have an aunt and uncle with many cousins in Missouri! I remember as a kid when we would take my grandparents to Missouri to see relatives, my grandpa would start singing about the Ozarks mountains! He sang some little ditty and he would smile all the way!! I love that family and we have so much fun together! But I can tell you there was a time when we didn't see them as my Mother and her brother(my Uncle) had a 14 year riff and didn't speak! Oh, boy!! Well, that ended just before my Mother died!! God's grace is AWESOME!!! So, it may be a few days before you hear from me! Have a great day!!! Blessings!

spices

I just a new Penzey spice catalog!! It one of the places I order spices from that are really good quality! I really love the Bold Taco seasoning and the Italian sausage seasoning when we make our own Italian sausage from venison!! The catalog is beautiful and has a few recipes! I would look at the website and you can order from there, but I like to take my time with the catalog, dreaming!!!!! Blessings! P. S. I forgot to tell all of you, go see "Julie and Julia" it was great!!! Makes me want to wear my pearls everyday!!

nutella

I had Nutella when Erika and I went to France a few years back! It was on a crepe from a street vendor, YUM! It is this rich, creamy, satisfying chocolate sensation! Many of you know I'm not that in love with chocolate like some of you, but it does have it's place in life! If you haven't tried it, please run out to the closest grocery store and buy a jar! They have a really cool website and recipes for different ideas to use Nutella in! There is a mousse recipe, chocolate cookies and many more! I am up so early this morning and I think it's because we are going on vacation this week on Wednesday. I'm pretty excited to get out of here for a few days and not think about work! Pray for us as we travel! Blessings!

bacon

I love bacon! There I have said it! I recently found a recipe that is called "peanut butter bacon cookies", which I think is very weird!!! It has peanut butter,brown sugar, egg, and bacon. I didn't see that any flour is in it which I think is wrong because what will keep this together?? I might try this weekend to make it and see how it holds up!! It's all for you the reader that I experiment on my husband! Poor thing!! Let me know what you think of this recipe! I can't remember where I saw the recipe! Also, to let you know, I haven't done any new dips or salads at work! I don't know why, but it just hasn't happened! Have a great weekend! Blessings!

banana bread french toast

My friend, Gloria had a birthday recently! She and her 2 sons went to a local restaurant for breakfast! Gloria had banana bread french toast! She said it was fantastic! Why hadn't we ever thought of doing banana bread as french toast?? Well, I'm going to make some over the weekend and try the french toast thing! Actually, it sounds a little freaky to me, but I need to try it out for all my fans(some are still lurking around and haven't really declared themselves as a follower, you know who you are!). Let me know if you have had any freaky recipes that you thought might be weird, but was willing to try them out! Blessings!

zucchini cake

I made a meal for friends who just lost their daughter! The meal consisted of pork roast, carrots, bread salad, and zucchini cake. I got the zucchini cake recipe off the tastykitchen.com website. It sounds like a carrot cake, but has zucchini instead of carrots! Ruth said it was good!! YEAH! I hope for a moment it took some pressure off of them as they feed family and come together to remember their daughter/ sister/auntie! Pray for them as the funeral approaches and difficult days are ahead for them! Blessings!