We all scream for SNOW ICE CREAM
We have all been stuck indoors for too long, and I’m sure you think you are running out of creative ideas for yourself or your family to do on a freezing afternoon, plus I think there is another snowstorm coming this way sooo it might be time to make quite possibly one of the best treats you have had in a while. Yep, snow ice cream. My grandmother used to make it for us kids, easy for anyone to make. Yummy for everyone to eat. •...
You Gotta Ricotta Cake
This cake is both elegant enough for company and easy enough for a weeknight. I think the secret to making this cake (or cookie) great is to mix the ricotta into the wet ingredients really well, that’s what makes it light. Also, I swapped out a bit of the flour for fine cornmeal and that is in this recipe, you don’t have to. Oh! I was looking for a simple way to apply a powdered sugar design for the top when Dave said he...
Pumpkin Cake with Honey Frosting
Pumpkin Cake with Honey Frosting This recipe is adapted from the kitchens of Martha Stewart. I have been making it every fall for at least ten years, it’s an easy recipe that always makes a moist, delicious spice infused cake, with a surprising honey icing finish. Cake One stick unsalted butter- melted 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 t baking soda 1/2 t salt 1 1/2 t cinnamon 3/4 t ginger 1/2 t nutmeg 1/8 t allspice 1/8 t ground cloves...
Kill Your Mum
Mums. They’re everywhere from grocery stores to flea markets this time of year and we are programed to sit them around and then try to plant it for next year (mine mostly die). With an average cost of $5 why not rethink your approach. Mums are beautiful, they come in awesome colors, have nice sturdy stems and the plant almost always has a nice variety of buds and flower size. Perfect for an artful arrangement. All you need is a...
low country boil
When Dave and I want the kids to come running home for a family evening of games and dinner, this no-frills meal is sure to get them there. We have a couple of favorites but the recipe we decided on is Dave’s specialty (and who am I to argue, I can sit back have a glass of wine and watch the cook)! Low Country Boil Serves 8 to 10 One cup of Old Bay spice 3 or 4 pounds small to medium red potatoes 8 ears of corn cut in half or thirds 2...
Seeing a red (or white, or blue) flag
I was planning a 4th of July party at my house and needed just the right thing to fill an area along a gravel pathway. Dave and I wanted our guests to walk our paths and discover the all the areas people could go. Earlier that week I noticed my neighbor was doing some landscaping, and in the yard were those little flags to show utility lines. That was it!! Found them online, inexpensive and come in lots of wonderful colors, the guests...