As most of you know, Dave is really the cook in our family. After several years of me just cooking every once in awhile, we decided to share the task. Now we alternate cooking every two weeks. Since we rarely eat out, this includes planning and cooking two meals a day. We’ve been trying to…
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Yummy Veggie Recipes
As most of you know, Dave and I trade off cooking every two weeks. It really has been fun, but especially a challenge this time of the year when we are trying to move the harvest from the garden to the table. Since veggies are plentiful, I’ve been looking for recipes to use them. I’m…
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I’ve been having so much fun cooking again. Dave has been doing almost all of the cooking after we got married in 2007. At the end of last year we decided to share the cooking by alternating every two weeks. At the end of my two weeks I made this new dish. Our friends Barbara…
Read MoreSaturday Soapmaking: Tea Tree Lemongrass Avocado
Our friend Carla had been wanting us to have another soapmaking lesson at our house so we got together Saturday with our friend Teresa and a new friend Donna and made two soaps: Tea Tree Lemongrass Avocado and Peppermint Honey Oatmeal. Dave posted on his blog the recipe for the Peppermint Honey Oatmeal here. You…
Read MoreVegetable Pepper Quiche
Before I tell you about this quiche, I’ve made the chocolate avocado pudding several times and have come up with some changes to the recipe. Check it out here. I recently pulled out this old recipe for this quiche to fix something different and to use up some of our eggs. However, when I looked…
Read MoreChocolate Avocado Pudding
UPDATED May 19, 2012 Since I posted this recipe, I’ve made this several times and have tweaked it. See below for changes. We’ve been eating avocados lately. Unfortunately we can’t grow them, but we still try to fit them into our diet. I’ve been craving chocolate for the last several months since I’m trying to…
Read MoreCherry Upside Down Cake
Dave and I don’t do much for Valentine’s Day. We usually give each other a card, homemade preferred, and maybe a couple pieces of candy. I wanted to make him something special for dessert and surprise him when he returned home from his volunteer gig. What could be more special than using some of our…
Read MoreReviewing Our 2010 Soaps
This year Dave and I decided to bake all of our bread this year. I started with the HB in Five group attempting to bake through the book. Dave made a variety of wonderful breads from other resources. It was fun and healthy and we’ll do it again in 2011. If you’d like to read…
Read MoreThree More Soaps
We made three more soaps over a month ago. I’ve been wanting to post about them, but just haven’t had the time. The first is Lily of the Valley Olive Oil Soap. This recipe is the same of the Calendula Olive Oil soap except I left out the calendula and added lily of the valley…
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