Tuesday, July 01, 2025
Monday, June 30, 2025
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Saturday, June 28, 2025
banana bread and muffins
i used the recipe from Trish Magwood's book and these were a big hit. I used half whole wheat and half all purpose flour, and left out the optional chocolate chips at The Misters request.
Friday, June 27, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
2 recent sunday brunches
one with photos and one without.
lets start with the one without photos
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blt avocado brunch salad (no egg)
fruit
hash brown patties
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this was so good and easy to put together. we did the jam on the side of the sandwiches, because of the kids, but the adults all opened their sammys and added it. the kids refused to try.
the salad was delicious - a definite make again, as were the sandwiches.
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hashbrowns
yogurt
granola
fruit
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a little more complicated that the first brunch sandwich, but well worth it. the boy made most of the sandwich and sauce on his own, with his dad anxiously watching over his shoulder. we left the tomatos off for the tomato haters, but i fried them and we added them to the tops of sannies.
some people had yogurt parfaits, with the granola and fruit on top, some had straight yog, and some had none at all
Monday, June 23, 2025
a divisive meal - stuffing meatballs
the girl hated them, but she hates everything.
the boy seemed indifferent- he ate his dinner but offered no opinion before he vanished into his room.
the mister didn't love them but didn't hate them, and was unsure when i asked if he would have them again
i had to eat the most of them because no one would eat the leftovers, and i was torn too - some bites were quite good and others were weird, which doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's how it went. i'm really not sure if i would make these again or not.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
reading watching listening loving eating
reading - all the sinners bleed by sa cosby
watching - season 2 of the traitors
listening - i have just discovered sierra ferrell
loving - the rain we've had the past few days
eating - still lots of easy dinners - stir frys, tacos, pasta
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Sunday, June 15, 2025
family recipes
i am done moving all my recipes that were saved on paper from the green binder and just laying around loose paper to my new notebook systems. i saved the best part for last - family recipes written out by my mom. i always thought she had the best handwriting. i wanted to make sure i had something handwritten by her to remember how cool her writing was.
I absolutely did not want to get rid of her originals, and I found (yet another) blank notebook in the basement, this one standard paper size, and pasted in her originals
my whole childhood and well into my teens, my mom would spend a lot of time and effort before christmas to make huge treat boxes for both sets of grandparents - cookies, chocolate, sweet bread, and her most excellent caramel corn. i always was recruited for this one, to do the stirring every 15 minutes. she would make so much of this every year, but it was so good and the only time of year we got to have it.
please enjoy this magazine page from 1984 (!) which was a fancy ass meal when i was a kid. my mom never messed around and made the puff pastry, just the chicken, but i do remember this dish and i recall making it in my early 20's, the occasional time i was flush enough to be able to afford to buy both chicken AND bacon on my minimum wage paycheque.
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
in the bin 4
Hello, and welcome to episode 4 of in the bin, where I share with you any and all assorted products I've used up or discarded recently