My daughter, Christi, made this just last night and sent me a picture. Of course I drooled. Of course I drooled when I saw this photo! Remembering she leaves the walnuts in big chunky pieces! I love her bread pan. Stop! Don’t throw those overripe bananas away. Instead make a killer loaf of banana bread!…
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How I learned to cook.
Did your mom cook like this too? Here is a recipe made today the way I learned to cook. Spoken by expert cooks of old. A little of this and a little of that. Season to taste! I love soup. Here’s a hearty stove top homemade soup. Mother made soup often and never had a…
Peach Dump Cake
Last week I mentioned cooking with my cast-iron cookware and mentioned a dump cake prepared by the campfire using my cast iron pot better know as a Dutch oven. What a popular subject. I had a request for my recipe so I dug around to find it. I was pretty sure I remembered the ingredients,…
My Cast Iron Cooking
I just love cast iron cookware. On January 1st, I don’t know what you were doing but I know what I was doing. Every new year, I feel a sense of new found vigor. I can put the past year to bed. In my journal, I write my life’s history–the good the bad and sometimes…
Sherry’s Farmhouse Apple Crisp
A beautiful plum tree on the horse farm! The crisp, cool mornings and the warm afternoons are my favorites. Back when I was a young mother and wife and had a fireplace, in the evening, I would build a fire to take the chill off the house. Cutting and splitting firewood is hard work (we…
Yummy Cranberry Salad by Cincinnati Star
This is one of the best, easy to make twist on a Cranberry Salad. It’s crunchy and delightful. Enough said. Give it a try this year. Its sure to be a hit. My Mother modified it by leaving out the cherries. You try it either way. It is crunchy and tantalizing to the taste buds.
From Tasha Tudor’s Cookbook
I am so excited to be baking my late Father’s favorite for our early Thanksgiving celebration tomorrow. Pineapple Upside Down Cake using Tasha’s cookbook. I love the syrupy mixture for the pineapples. I love using Tasha’s cookbook too. As you can see, I’m making a double batch; gonna have 33 people. Using my wooden spoon…
Grandma Fender’s Blackberry Jam Cake Recipe
This week on the farm………Grab a cup of coffee or tea and relax with me for a moment. While mowing the horse pastures this week on the farm, I noticed many blackberry patches around the field. They’re red now and prolific and plump from all the rain we have had here in Ohio. It won’t…
I Made the Best Banana Bread Ever!
My Way Banana Bread I found this wonderful recipe in the cookbook my mother gave me at my wedding shower 4 decades ago. I modified it slightly. Here it is. It is moist and light in color because of a key ingredient. 2 1/2 Cups Flour1 Cup Sugar3 1/2 Teaspoons baking powder1 Teaspoon salt3 Tablespoons…
Have You a Spontaneous Moment Gene?
Hello from the farm! Today, became another one of those ordinary moments that turned out extraordinary just because I was in search of a homemade noodle recipe. I was making a roast in the crock pot. Here’s a tip. Don’t use much water. It will create its own juices. Just salt and pepper….
