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Recipe: Crock Pot Turkey Roast
I know – it’s summer time and more often than not, it’s too hot to turn on the stove. Moreover, it’s rare that we feel like turkey and mashed potatoes, but this past week has been kind of cool with lots of rain, so turkey roast is what we have!! Ingredients turkey roast 3 tablespoons of butter salt and pepper The picture below, on the left, is what the roast looks like when you buy it. It’s an all breast roast that’s rolled in on…
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Home Improvement: Lighting
Home Improvement Lighting Lights are a great way (like barn doors) to update your home. When we moved into our home a couple of years ago (man, time flies!) the lights were not so nice. Boob lights, as they are most commonly called, flooded our ceilings and ancient-looking wall sconces decorated our walls. Some people may like those styles,however, we say flat out YUCKY!! Time to update… The light above is actually a DIY project my husband competed. Using old fashioned filament lights and electrical…
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DIY: Barn Door
DIY Barn Door A barn doors is an awesome way to make a statement in any room or any house. This project helps you make your own for about $150 (if you already have some of the right tools) instead of buying one for upwards of $1500! First, you need to decide where you want your bard door – we are using ours as a closet door. Second, decide how big you want the door. We use 2x8s – and 6 of them (about $30-$40).…
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Time – where does it go??
Time – where does it go?? Hi! It’s been so long, I know. Where does all the time go? Things have been busy around here, but I’ve missed blogging over the past few weeks…time to get back into it! I have a pile of projects, my camera is charged and I’m ready to go. I feel like time just slips away. Let’s try and live in the present and not get stuck on questions like which comes first, the chicken or the egg. Nah, let’s…
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Recipe: Stove Top Popcorn, circa 1953
It’s Saturday night – what does that mean? Movie night!! What do you need with movie night? Old Fashioned Popcorn!! So much better than microwave popcorn…microwave popcorn has chemicals, yuck. Here’s what you need… Ingredients 1 stove – yes, you need a stove 1 big pot with a good fitting lid oil – I use sunflower oil popping corn salt (just a bit) Step one – put the cold pot on the cold stove (don’t turn it on yet) and fill it with a thin…
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Recipe: Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins
Blueberry? Buttermilk? Why not! Muffins that are oh, so good. Ingredients 1/2 cup regular flour 1 1/2 cup cake flour 1/2 cup raw sugar and white sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs a full cup blueberries 1 cup buttermilk 1/4 teaspoon of salt First – cream together the eggs, both sugars and the vanilla. Then, add all the other ingredients except the blueberries. Mix well. Slowly add the blueberries and make sure your mixer is set on stir, otherwise it’ll breakup the berries and the…
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Recipe: Egg Casserole
This morning my husband was sleeping in – it was his turn! I was up early with the dogs and I wanted to cook breakfast for us…but, I didn’t want my husband to wake up to a messy kitchen. So, what a better way to enjoy breakfast than an egg casserole! I popped it in the oven and let it cook while I cleaned up – easy easy! Onion and turkey bacon are a perfect pair and adding jalapeño havarti cheese made it so…
