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Make It From Scratch Carnival #15 is now up over at Stop The Ride! This week you’ll find yummy things like Teriaki sauce, Tomato Casserole, Homemade yogurt, Sticky Buns, Blender Pancakes, Sloppy Joes, Prime Ribs or useful ideas from anything from making a computer game to making curtains. You can find my entry for Strawberry Pie here. Next week in challenge week, so there will be lots of “first time” tries at making things.
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We received this hammock stand from someone who no longer needed it. I gladly took it as we’ve (munchkin and I) always wanted a hammock, but I knew that hammocks where not cheap. I decided that I would make a hammock. I just needed to find some inexpensive, but good material. I lucked out and found this material for only $1 a yard. I was able to make the hammock and three matching pillows for only $3. I think it turned out pretty well. We had to buy some hardware to hang the hammock for about $5 or so. So,…
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I started out with 2 buckets of strawberries and ended up with this nice, large bowl of strawberries. Some have been frozen for use later. Some have been eaten. Some were turned into 2 yummy strawberry pies! The key to this strawberry pie recipe is patience before eating as it really does need to set for a few hours at least (overnight is even better). Since this was the first time using this recipe (and making strawberry pie), I followed the directions exactly. Strawberry Pie Ingredients: 2 1/2 C water 2 C white sugar 5 Tbsp cornstarch 1 small pk…
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Make It From Scratch Carnival #14 is now up. You’ll want to check out all of the great handmade items this week. There is anything from reusing old drawers to delicious food recipes/ideas to gardening ideas to knitting. You can find my entry for strawberry freezer jam here. Would you be interested in participating next week? Just head on over to Stop the Ride for all of the details.
Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Outdoor Adventures
On Wednesday, we headed over to a local berry “farm” (or so we thought). It turned out to be a field on the side of the road, but we didn’t care as the strawberries were very tasty. We picked 3 very full buckets of strawberries. We enjoyed just eating them fresh and with some whipped cream. D enjoyed them on his cereal. But, I wanted to make some strawberry freezer jam like my mom use to make us growing up. So, I spent a good part of the day hulling and cutting up the strawberries. D was amazed at how…
