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Barefoot Bloggers: Scalloped Tomatoes
The garden is doing quite well. I just started getting tomatoes. I have a feeling this is going to get insane in a few weeks. So this recipe is perfect to use up a bunch of these.I didn't have (well,...
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Barefoot Bloggers: Sour Cream Coffee Cake
First off, I would just like to point out how wrong it is to have the AC running full bore and the oven on when it's 95 degrees out. For some reason that was the day I chose to do it. Of course it's...
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Daring Bakers: Chocolate Pavlovas and Chocolate Mascarpone Mousse
OK this probably seems like a strange question but has anyone never been stung by a bee? I have not. Well, had not. I had started this post a few days ago. I got stung by a bee today. Somehow it got in...
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Garden Update
The garden is doing well. I get about 3 gallons of assorted stuff but mostly tomatoes every 2 days. That's typically because I stop picking because it's a pain. At least at this point most of the lower...
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Roasted Sunflower Seeds
I was told that you need flowers to attract bees to pollinate your stuff so that you get fruits/veggies. Naturally, I opted for flowers that I could eat. So I chose sunflowers. I decided to grow...
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Broiled Grapefruit
I had seen the episode of Good Eats were Alton Brown made Grapefruit Brulee. It's a fairly simple recipe. Cut in half. Sprinkle with sugar. Brulee. Sprinkle with salt. Eat. So naturally I had to mess...
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I'm baaaaack
*chirp chirp*HelloooooooooooooHelloooooooooooooHelloooooooooooooHelloooooooooooooHelloooooooooooooAnyone out there?That was an echo, by the way. In case you're wondering.So I figure the only people who...
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Linen Closet
Project #1 in my new house: Painting the linen closet. When I moved in, it was completely usable but not pretty.Before: Bare drywall and particle boardWhile I guess I could've just put my stuff in and...
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Decapitated Giant Lego Men
So I was intending for my next post to be lots of pics of my house after everything is unpacked and stuff. Or of the built in shelving that I am putting in, all shiny and happy and pretty. As the title...
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Cinnamon Ice Cream
I just realized I never posted this recipe. Apparently I haven't posted a bunch of my basic recipes. Because I keep coming here to find my recipes and can't find them. And I'm too lazy to go through my...
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Built In Shelving
So I've decided to call these shelves done. Not because I'm extremely thrilled with how they came out but because I've got too much other crap to deal with. Before:When I saw this space when I was...
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Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies
Hey look! Another post! Here's another recipe that I've made a bunch of times but when I searched here to find it, it wasn't here. So I guess I'm writing a blog post about how I didn't write a blog...
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No Knead Bread
OK so everyone else blogged this years ago but hey, I'm slow. I might be slow enough for this to be retro cool rather than just dated. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.So the reason I am actually...
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Compost
So it's mid September. Obviously I am not going to be planting a garden this year. But I can get things ready for next year.Here is the first piece of my garden, the compost pile. I brought home some...
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Cheesecake Ice Cream
The bowl for my ice cream maker is in my freezer. I put it there when I moved in. As long as it's there, taking up precious freezer space, I figure it needs to be put to good use. The first batch...
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Honeycomb Candy
I decided to take a day off from work. Didn't have a plan for what I wanted to do with my day off or anything but I figured I'd take it. I dug up my yard. After changing my mind about 8 times on how...
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Compost
The leaves have been falling and suddenly my compost pile is full. Although actually it was a lot fuller a couple days ago when I loaded it up so hopefully the leaves will break down more before I have...
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Playing House
Yay for taking some vacation! One that I apparently desperately need. For weeks now, every time I would say anything, my coworker would respond with 'man, you really need to take a vacation'I am taking...
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Article 6
Hey look! It's another post! This is no way guarantees future performance. Apparently I've heard too many investment commercials. So I guess I should provide some other updates as well. Well. So...
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Seed Starting
The first batch of seeds has been started! That is my water heater. It's the warmest place in the house. Until the plants actually sprout, they need heat, not light. Once they have sprouted,...
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