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Author: Heather L

I'm proudly married to my best friend, an active duty US Marine. I'm happily taking care of our homestead and our ever growing entourage of animals. I enjoy writing, reading, cooking, crafting, diy projects, and various outdoor activities. It's all about enjoying the journey of life with my family.

Cheesesteak Recipe

Posted in Homemaking

Cheesesteak Recipe Ingredients:OnionsGreen PeppersProvolone CheeseAll Beef Sandwich Steaks (found in the freezer section at grocery store)Hoagie Rolls Recipe: 1. Saute onions and green peppers until onions are translucent.2. While these are cooking, break frozen sandwich steaks into pieces (they come in thin layers) and cook.3. Mix the onions & peppers into the steak.4. Place pieces of cheese (I break up into smaller pieces) on the steak mixture and allow to melt.5. While these are melting, toast the hoagie rolls.6. Put the meat mixture into the hoagie rolls (add extra cheese slices if desired) and enjoy! You’ll want napkins as this…

Anti-Procrastination Challenge: Monday

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It’s the final day over at The Sparrows Nest for the Anti-Procrastination Challenge. It’s been a blessing to me even though I didn’t find out about it until later in the challenge. Several things have been accomplished that probably wouldn’t have gotten done otherwise. So, thank you Mrs. Wilt for the challenge. Today, I need to take out the recycling. I have several bags of newspaper (nicely organized), but they still need to go as well as the bag of cans. I also need to finish a craft project with munchkin that I’ve been meaning to finish up, but haven’t…

Baked Mac ‘n Cheese

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This is my grandfather’s Mac ‘n Cheese recipe — passed down to my mom — passed down to me — and someday to be passed down to munchkin. Ingredients:1 1/2 C macaroni1 tsp salt1 1/2 C grated cheddar cheese*2 T flour1 1/4 C milk (optional use 1 egg & 2 C milk instead)2 T butter Recipe:1. Melt butter; blend in flour & salt2. Add mild and cook. Stir constantly until thick.3. Add cheese and stir until thick and melted.4. Cook macaroni as directed on pkg**5. Combine cooked macaroni and cheese sauce in buttered casserole dish.6. Sprinkle top with cracker crumbs.***7.…

Meal Plan Monday

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I do my meal plans a little different than many. I prefer to have a list of items (usually on a dry erase board in the kitchen) that we will have to eat for supper during the week. Each day, I pick out what we’ll be having from that list based upon what is going on that day. Here’s the menu for this week: 1. Baked Mac ‘n Cheese 2. Grilled Cheese and Soup 3. Spaghetti 4. Steak with veggies 5. Loaded Potatoes 6. Tacos 7. Cheesesteaks

Daddy Daughter Day

Posted in Family, and Thoughts

Today has ended up being a Daddy Daughter Day at our house. I’m in bed with a stomache bug of some sort. Yuck! They started off the day with some leftover pancakes from Daddy’s cooking session yesterday. (He always makes extras, so we can have them during the week.) After breakfast, they have watched The Living Bible: John. It’s basically a verse by verse portrayal of the book of John. They had in previous weeks watched The Living Bible: Acts. They both really enjoy these. Sometimes they follow along in the Bible and sometimes they just watch. John was a…