I bring thee…

… a loaf of homemade bread (well, by the bread machine). After my Sunbonnet Sue quilt was shipped off last week, I immediately went into baking mode just to do something different. I baked three blueberry pies, and a loaf of honey oatmeal bread. The bread was for a dear friend… thus [...]

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Orange Marmalade Bread

I found that making homemade bread (I mean, bread made in a bread machine) is a great way to make the house smell like I have slaved for hours in the kitchen. I tried an orange marmalade bread over the weekend:

It turned out very tasty, especially with a bit of apricot preserves:

Here is the [...]

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Spice Lentil Soup for a cold spring night

Easter this year was cold, wet and rainy for us. Plans to don springy short-sleeve dresses for church were discarded. Instead we wore long coats on top of our winter clothing…  and a spice lentil soup was served for dinner that night:

Following are a few shots of the simple springy tablescape I managed [...]

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Recipe: Japanese Fruit Pie

I have been asked for the recipe for my all-time favorite pie recently, and I thought I would go ahead and share it with my bloggy friends. I love this pie so much that I can eat it all day long! The best way to describe it is a pecan pie [...]

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Who doesn’t like a…

… winning chocolate chip cookie recipe? I tried this recipe for the first time this Christmas, and the cookies turned out to be my favorite chocolate chip cookies (from Christmas with Southern Living 1997)!

2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
1 cup firmly [...]

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From the belly of the whale…

My heart skipped a beat when I couldn’t find my turkey recipe in my recipe folder the other day! I searched online for it, but to no avail. I had a very pleasant surprise when cleaning out the “Belly of the Whale”!

You see, the “Belly of the Whale” was named by my brother, [...]

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Turkey-scape

I have shown you different autumn tablescapes. I thought for show-and-tell this week, I would show you some “Turkey”-scape I have been able to capture over the years. I never pre-carve our turkeys. They are always presented at the table. I figure since I labor for hours to roast a succulent and [...]

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In the door, out the door… and apple pie

Things remain to be hectic at my end.  But having things in and out the door makes me believe that I am making somewhat of a progress…
OUT THE DOOR — another quilt completed and being sent to “The Quilter“’s editor, and shipment of “Pieceful Garden” quilt kits:

IN THE DOOR — new fabrics from Benartex’s “An [...]

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Easy Apple Crisp

Much to my delight, my sister-in-law brought me some home grown apples over the weekend. Can you spot my “leaning” Tower of Apples?

I have been making rounds of Apple Crisp with the apples. The recipe is as follows:
5 cups sliced, peeled apples
2 tbs sugar
1/2 cup regular rolled oats
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup [...]

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Easy Pesto

For some reason, I have recently started liking some white/cream simple china. I even found myself doing research on the internet looking to possibly add a set of plain white china. These are antique pieces that I had come across at a resale shop last year from the Johnson Brothers Heritage White collection:

Shown [...]

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