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Starting Off Nutty

This morning I ate the other oatmeal pancake from Tuesday night. This morning I topped it with 1/2 tbsp of cream cheese, a drizzle of honey, and some chopped walnuts. The pancake filled me up so I haven’t eaten the apple yet. And I washed it all down with some sweet tea. This morning I…

Fried Taters

Brian is working tonight so I have quite a bit of time on my hands, thus all of the posts. Tonight was my weekly dinner with my Pawpaw. As a plus my Mom is in town so I got to have dinner with her tonight too. We had cheeseburgers and my Pawpaw’s fried taters, which…

Oatmeal Pancake

1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup quick cooking oats 1/2 cup flour (I used whole wheat) 1/2 tbsp packed brown sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 tbsp pumpkin puree 1/2 tsp vanilla Cook oats in milk Mix flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt Add egg, pumpkin, vanilla, and…

Apple Tart

This recipe is a modified version of the KitchenAid Rustic Tart Recipe. 2  1/2 lbs (about 6 large) tart green apples, peeled, thinly sliced (I actually used Pink Lady’s) 2 tbsp lemon juice 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup flour 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 unbaked pie…

KitchenAid Pie Pastry

The below recipe came from instruction and recipe book that came with my stand mixer. All mixing was done in my stand mixer. 2  1/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup shortening, well chilled 2 tbsp butter or margarine, well chilled 5 to 6 tbsp cold water Mix flour and salt Cut butter/margarine…

Oatmeal Adventure

I am not an oatmeal eater. I can only get about 2 or 3 bites down and I am done. I have tried to flavor with PB and some other stuff, but not to the extent of some other food bloggers I read about. This is about as adventurous as I get with oatmeal. So…

Apples Galore

I tried a new ingredient at dinner last night, Acorn Squash. I did a Balsamic Vinegar kind of theme to the meal too. I cut the acorn squash into wedges and then tossed it in a mixture of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, dried rosemary, and a dash of cayenne pepper, salt,…

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