Faith ~ Family ~ Outdoor Living
Posted in Homemaking
I’m running a bit behind on getting the posting up on this. Sorry Stephanie. The Make It From Scratch Carnival #16 is up. You can see more great Make It From Scratch Items over at Stop the Ride! You can see my entry for Fresh Summer Salsa here.
Posted in Family, and Homemaking
We spent all day Friday working on the deck. D cut and placed all of the wood and I screwed all of the boards down. That was a lot of work. D finished up the stairs on Saturday. Then, we set up the gazebo. We’re so please with how it turned out. It still needs a bit of “decorating”, but it feels good to be done. Now, if it stops raining, we can enjoy it.
Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking
Freezer Lasagna Ingredients: 1 1/2 pound lean ground beef OR Italian sausage OR mix 1 onion, chopped OR 1/2 cup celery, chopped 2 cloves crushed garlic 1 large can tomato sauce 1-6 oz. can tomato paste salt to taste 2 tsp. dried Italian spice 1-12 oz. carton ricotta 2 eggs mixed with 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon dried parsley 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 10-12 oz. gluten free lasagna noodles, uncooked 3 cups (12 oz.) shredded mozzarella cheese Directions: 1. Brown ground beef,onion/ celery and garlic in skillet, drain excess meat fat. 2. Stir in tomato sauce,tomato…
Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking
D absolutely loves sweet tea which is funny since we grew up in the North and sweet tea just isn’t the norm. Well, move ahead a few years to when we were living in the South. D started drinking sweet tea, but I didn’t personally know how to make sweet tea. So, it was restricted to when we went out to eat or went to someone’s house that had made sweet tea. Fast forward again to when we moved to Northern Va… It was not easy to find sweet tea. And no, tea with added sweetener is NOT sweet tea.…
Posted in Family, Gluten Free, and Homemaking
Tonight I tried my hand at homemade salsa, and even Munchkin liked it. So, it was obviously a hit at our house. It’s really simple. Ingredients: 1 Half Large Sweet Onion 6 Roma Tomatoes 1 Green Pepper 1 Half Red Pepper 1 Half Yellow Pepper 1 Medium Cucumber 3 Tbsp Lemon Juice You can either finely chop everything by hand or you can use a chopper to dice everything. Combine all the chopped ingredients with the lemon juice. This is a mild salsa. If you want something with more of a kick, you’ll want to add in some hot peppers.…
