Friday, January 15, 2010
Moving! Moving! Moving!!!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Apple Crisp Recipe
1 teaspoon cornstarch
additional sugar & spices, if desired
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla, optional
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup brown sugar
4 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice
1/2 cup oatmeal
dash of salt
6 Tablespoons melted or softened butter
We like this with a good vanilla bean ice cream!
I wish I could send you the awesome smell that fills the house while this is baking! Use this topping for other crisps such as pear or peach, even a combination of fruits. Adjust the amount of sugar depending or the tartness of your fruits and the spices as to your family's tastes.
The great orange bowl with dry ingredients in the top pic, I purchased from utilemud.etsy.com.
More of my recipes can be found on my other website, maryhanks.com.
See the Food for Thought page for an index of recipes.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Orchid Happiness
Saturday, October 10, 2009
A Quilt for Baby Zoie
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Kitchen Now Open!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
This is Vacation? or The New Kitchen Tile!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Square Foot Gardening
The first picture was taken yesterday; a bed of squash, cucumber, cantaloupe along with okra, peas, green beans and some flowers in front of a bed of azaleas. The second picture was taken of the same area 6 weeks ago (6/8/09). Most of my vegetable gardening has been in raised beds. This area had been filled with daylilies but was replaced with veggies.
Watermelon from the Mother's Day plant Jonathan gave me is coming right along. It may be hard to tell from this picture but this little melon is almost the size of a tennis ball.Bees are busy in this bed of various vines getting pollination underway. I planted cucumber and squash along with the watermelon plan but have a cantaloupes and a honeydew, volunteers, that fit right in sprouted from the compost that I'd added at planting time.
Cute little cucumbers...triplets on a vine! In a couple of more beds butternut squash have also come up from the compost. It has been interesting to see these surprise bonus plants. I guess the compost bin NOT being hot enough in its old location has some benefits!
A resource I found after I'd started the raised beds but one you might also find helpful is by Mel Bartholomew, All New Square Foot Gardening.