Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Friday, March 9, 2012
Free Reads
I was happy to read this book from former Facts Of Life child star Lisa Whelchel.
This was a fun read.Friendship for Grown~Ups is a kind of self~help book on maintaining friendships.Women today are busy .It's not that easy to make and maintain friendships.I liked this book and would love to see more books written about female friendships.Lisa writes about her need for friends and how difficult it was to find and maintain these new relationships.She talks about her faith , how it played a part
and helped her in this journey of discovery.
http://www.amazon.com/Friendship-Grown-Ups-Missed-Learned-Along/dp/1400202779/ref=cm_rdp_product
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Southern Fried Green Tomatoes
Here's how I cook green tomatoes from the garden.
The tomatoes are usually cut into 1/4 inch slices, dipped in buttermilk and coated with cornmeal, breadcrumbs, or flour, then fried in hot oil or grease for about 3 minutes on each side until the bottoms are browned. Alternatively, one can dip the tomatoes into beaten eggs before coating with meal for a firmer dish.
The traditional recipe consists of green tomatoes sliced thinly and coated in plain coarse cornmeal. The tomatoes are then pan fried in vegetable oil up to a depth slightly shallower than the thickness of the slices. This keeps the tomatoes from floating, allowing gravity to hold the cornmeal to the bottom side.Oil may be drizzled over the top to allow it to firm up also.The reason for all this is that cornmeal without a "wash" like eggs tends to fall off in the oil; however, with a wash, the meal becomes thick and not nearly as crunchy. The tomatoes are flipped after a minute or so, depending on oil temperature. They are cooked to a golden brown and season with salt and pepper.
Alternatively,tomatoes can be fried in bacon fat.You can dress up this dish with sour cream on top.This is great as a side dish or with eggs for breakfast.Enjoy!
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Summer Update
The recycle bin project got completed.It's nice to have one place to toss all of our cans and bottles.
The garden is doing much better than I expected and we are sure to have tons of tomatoes soon.
The garden is doing much better than I expected and we are sure to have tons of tomatoes soon.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wild Raspberries!
BLACK RASPBERRY COBBLER 1/2 c. melted butter
3/4 c. cream
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 c. flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 c. black raspberries or any mixed of berries that you like
Pour the melted butter into the bottom of a 7"x11" baking dish. Mix together the cream, sugar, flour and baking powder. Drop this mixture by the spoonful into the butter. DO NOT STIR.
Pour the berries over the batter and butter. DO NOT STIR.
Pour the remaining sugar over the berries. DO NOT STIR.
Bake the cobbler at 350 degrees for 30 to 45 minutes, or until the crust is browned and set.
Went for a walk yesterday and discovered the wild raspberries that were growing everywhere.We thought it would be funny to collect some and soon we had about 3 cups(Just enough to make a cobbler)
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Organic Veggie Garden
As you can see,our garden is coming right along.
Here's what we have planted:
Butternut squash 3
Eggplant 2
Tomatoes 6
Peppers 3
Mint 2
Lavender 5
Marigolds 10 (from seed)
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