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Savoring the Circus: November 2011
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Friday, November 18, 2011. Queenie's got a loose tooth! The name Savoring the Circus is really taking on more meaning these days. I can't believe how fast my gang is growing. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. Mae has become a fixture around here. She's officially one of us. At night she trots from room to room, taking a nap in each. She snores, stretches, grunts like a large bear, and rolls over on her back to sleep some more. She pathetically lowers her head and then looks up at you with pitiful eyes.
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Um, What Are You Doing?: Easy Nachos
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Um, What Are You Doing? Wednesday, March 7, 2012. I love easy meals, especially for lunch. We have some variation of this at least once a week. The sour cream sauce is what really makes it special. You can even double it if you're wanting a restaurant-yummy meal. Spread these ingredients on a large pan or cookie sheet in this order:. Tortilla chips (about 1 bag, 12 ounces? 2 cups of refried beans. 1 to 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese. 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce (I use 1/2 of the small cans). Lover of J...
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Um, What Are You Doing?: March 2012
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Um, What Are You Doing? Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Smoothie season is upon us! What a cool, delicious way to sneak in, er uh, enjoy lots of fruits (and even veggies) all at once! I like trying different ingredients and combinations, but this particular green one is my mainstay. It is sweet and really doesn't taste like spinach at all. 2 bananas, peeled. 1 apple, cored and cut into chunks. 2 cups fresh spinach. 1/2 cup crushed ice. Blend until smooth and creamy. Serves 2. Thursday, March 15, 2012. I love ...
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Um, What Are You Doing?: Strawberry Pretzel Dessert
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Um, What Are You Doing? Tuesday, May 22, 2012. I remember eating this dessert a long, long time ago before I knew much about cooking. I might even have been a kid at the time. I remember thinking when I ate it that whoever had made it must be the Best Cook Ever. It combines refreshingly sweet strawberries, cream cheese, and a buttery sweet and salty crust. It is so good and worth the few steps involved in making it. If you take it to a potluck, maybe you will become the Best Cook Ever to someone. In a me...
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Um, What Are You Doing?: Peach Salsa
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Um, What Are You Doing? Tuesday, July 29, 2014. We were blessed with a couple of bushels of peaches recently.And what a delicious blessing it was! I turned a bunch of the peaches into jam, which is my family's number 1 favorite jam. (Blackberry follows a close second.). And today, I made this amazingly fresh, sweet and spicy salsa. I liked it so much that I made another batch and canned it. 5 cups of diced peaches. 1 cup of diced tomatoes. 1 diced bell pepper. 1 cup diced onion. 3 jalapenos, minced.
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Um, What Are You Doing?: October 2011
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Um, What Are You Doing? Thursday, October 27, 2011. I was searching for a sloppy joe recipe at allrecipes.com and found this. (They call it Pennsylvania Coal Region Barbecue.) It was really delicious! Sweet, tangy and easy! You can even make it earlier in the day and keep it on low in the crockpot until dinner. (I added a little more brown sugar than the recipe called for, but I like my sauces a little sweet.). 1 pound ground beef. 1 medium onion, chopped. 1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar. The kids surpri...
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Um, What Are You Doing?: February 2012
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Um, What Are You Doing? Thursday, February 2, 2012. I like these granola bars because they are easy, versatile, and all of my kids like them! 4 cups of oats (instant or old fashioned)b. 1 cup of brown sugar. 1 cup of applesauce (today I substituted pumpkin butter and no one noticed). 2 tsp of baking powder. 2 cups of all-purpose flour. 1/2 cup of honey. 1/2 cup of chocolate chips. 1/4 cup of chopped nuts (today I used sunflower seeds). Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an...
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Um, What Are You Doing?: November 2011
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Um, What Are You Doing? Monday, November 28, 2011. The Best Collards EVER. I always knew collards were good, but I had no idea they could be this. Actually I did save some for hubby. Once. And you know what happened? He put them in the microwave to reheat and forgot. Okay, enough rambling. here is the recipe, straight from allrecipes.com:. Note: believe it or not, you can even leave out the bacon if you don't feel like frying any, and they are still exceptionally delicious! 1 tablespoon olive oil. Heat o...
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Savoring the Circus: January 2012
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Saturday, January 28, 2012. Today, as part of Sugar Baby's birthday celebration, we headed east to the beautiful coast. First, we made cupcakes with my mother-in-law. Then we headed down to the beach and explored. It was such a beautiful day,. Sunny and just a little chilly. One of the boys found this egg sack and discovered tiny baby conchs inside. There are so many beautiful things at the beach. Take these barnacles for instance. Mr C found a tree to climb. (and pose in). The sunset on the way home.
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Savoring the Circus: August 2014
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014. I have a goal to try something new in our garden each year and this year the new thing was dried beans. We eat a lot of dried beans around here! The beans grew beautifully! I think they probably should have been supported (as in pole beans) but they were planted so thickly that they became woven together and held each other up for the most part. We began shelling them in an organized fashion. neat little piles of beans and neat piles of already opened pods. We ended up with a ga...
