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Kitchen Experiments – Beans for Dessert?

Flourless Coconut Great Northern Bean Blondies It seems like these days I am continually searching for new recipes and especially things made without flour. Anita and I have been on our low grain and fruit diet now for over a month and we are sick of what we are eating. We keep looking for different ways toContinue reading “Kitchen Experiments – Beans for Dessert?”

The Best and Most Beautiful

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart” ~ Helen Keller

Life Itself

“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.” ~ Walter AndersonContinue reading “Life Itself”

Calling all Gardeners!

Well, have you started yet? Did you get those peas in the ground? What, not yet! I totally understand. Can you believe how late it is already and I am only just beginning! Do you remember last gardening season? I think that I had my peas planted in March. Are you kidding? Not this year. Continue reading “Calling all Gardeners!”

No More …

Procrastination! “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ~Walt Disney (1901-1966) I blogged about it last week; I brought the container of seeds up over the weekend; I finally looked in the container on Sunday and separated the seeds into what needed to be started now and what needs to waitContinue reading “No More …”

First Sign of Spring!!!!

“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The distance between them is sometimes as great as a month.” ~Henry van Dyke Spring onions and snow drops! A sure sign that spring must be just around the corner!

Is it really time?

What is today? Spring Equinox? This does not look like spring to me!!! Isn’t there something about planting your peas in the garden on St. Patrick’s day? I can’t even see the ground in my garden yet let alone plant something! Usually by this time I am so excited about spring and gardening that IContinue reading “Is it really time?”

Faith

“When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly” ~ Patrick Overton

Smell – What Smell?

So, we had a very unfortunate incident at our house this past week. I came home from dropping my daughter at the bus stop to the blaring of smoke alarms as I opened the front door! At first, I could not comprehend what was going on. There was some smoke in the upstairs and myContinue reading “Smell – What Smell?”

Kitchen Experiments: Say Cheese!

I am obsessed with nut cheeses! I have tried cashew, almond, and hazelnut nut cheeses and each one was delicious. If you are one of those unlucky people like I am, who can not digest regular cow’s milk cheese, and have not been able to eat the substitutes because they contain casein, the protein foundContinue reading “Kitchen Experiments: Say Cheese!”