Monday Evening...

In the old jar is lavendar buds and some dried rose petals on top,so simple and so pretty...




Mrs. WaddleMeyer is getting used to me and actually let me get close enough for pics...



Well,she started getting a little puffy,"Too Close,Too Close!"LOL

Monday Morning...

Monday Mornings,so much to do,have to have COFFEE.I got some Starbucks coffee in beans at Target,cheapest place to get my coffee,and grind it up in my little grinder.


So Mr Sunflower kept knocking the birdfeeder off and eating the seeds before the birds could even get to it of the mornings.My husband put the feeder up on a tree branch.Mr Sunflower gets peanuts left out,we always get peanuts when we go to Five Guys,hey they're free and bring him back some.


I love Mums...

Okay,the Miss Sugar Baby wanted glaze on the cake,so...
I melt a tablespoon of butter,put in 1 tsp of vanilla,one and a half to two tablespoons of milk to one cup of powdered sugar.It depends on how thick I want the glaze,I just put a little at a time,don't measure,but it gives you an idea of how much milk.Mix it up and drizzle on cake.

This week I am making more strawberry jam,get strawberries at Costco when not in season in the Spring.I cut up the strawberry ends,any bad places,mash 5 cups of strawberries.I put these in the freezer till I make up the jam this week.


I put in dinner in a crockpot,so much easier when I'm homeschooling.I throw in a pack of meat,four cans of beef gravy,usually use three cans and one mushroom soup,didn't have it.Then I put in some seasonings of garlic salt,Steak seasoning,dried onion and two bouillion cubes.I normally put in a Lipton dried onion soup pack,ran out.But the dried onion and boullion cubes are the same thing.I put on low till dinner.I'm doing mashed potatoes,but you can put it over noodles..

Shaker Bread...

Today I made bread,again.For dinner I wanted breakfast,so I just thought,well why not.I made bacon,scrambled eggs and my Shaker bread with butter and honey.Oh,it was so good.Why doesn't my bread look as pretty as the ones in the book?They taste good,just don't look the same.I guess that's what matters.;)

I put a 7-up cake in the oven...




Seven Up Cake

INGREDIENTS
* 1 cup butter
* 1/2 cup shortening
* 2 cups white sugar
* 4 eggs
* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 teaspoon lemon extract
* 7 fluid ounces lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and lemon extracts. Beat in the flour alternately with the lemon-lime soda, mixing just until incorporated.
3. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool on a cake rack for 30 minutes before removing from the pan.

You can put on whatever frosting,some just sprinkle powdered sugar.I'll mix up a powdered sugar,vanilla flavoring and milk glaze on top. You could add a tad of lemon juice to that.


I just sprinkled powdered sugar with my Powdered Sugar Shaker.It just looked pretty and I wanted to see it. :)

Molly says..Quit Looking at Me...

I'm sleeping here,Hello?


I'm just trying to get a little gosh darn sleep here,ya mind?


Oh forget it,she's not going to leave me alone till I do something cute,Pfftt!

Pantry Cleanup...

Okay,so I am a cooker,I love to cook and have a bad habit of just throwing it back on the shelf.Sorry,holding my head in shame. ;) So,I am excited about Fall,because that's when my kitchen really buzzes with apple spice,cinnamon and pumpkin scents.I was looking at my shelves and seeing what I would need to stock up on for the holidays.Wow!I just realized what a MESS my pantry was,so I decided to take this opportunity to do a before and after post,hee hee.Here's three Before pics and five After.Above is Before,first two under here is Before...




And now,TaDa!!!Here are the After pics...






So alright,what do you give it,about a week?LOL

Bread Day in My Kitchen...

I woke up in a cooking mood,a Bread cooking mood.My husband brought me in a rose,nice way to start the day so early in the morning.


Okay,it's getting light outside,so where do I begin...



Click on the above pics,they enlarge with recipe and instructions,I got to step two,decided to take pics...


Letting it rise below...


It had risen to top of pan,I put two fingers in,it went down a little,but holes stayed...


I rolled it out just to where it's about 14x7 and started to roll it...


Back in pan to rise another hour till it is a little above top edge...



Yay!It's ready to bake,350 for about 40-50 minutes.My oven cooks hotter and it was done in about 40 minutes...

MM...Ready for the Butter and Honey...



Below,I made a SourDough starter for the bread Sunday,click and it will enlarge...

Flower Window