Can you bake a cherry pie?
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When suddenly gifted with a few pounds of cherries make….. cherry pie, fruit salad, smoothies, cherry juice, popciles……. you name it. I was […]
Category Archives: Cooker and I
Meg is in the kitchen
Today I have packed most of my winter things and filled most of one suitcase with items that we probably won’t need before we leave in three weeks. We brought […]
A Taste of Home
Chick-Fil-A Biscuits….. that is what Joshua said he wanted for lunch. Well since we are half a world away from the nearest Chick-Fil-A that sounded impossible. Then I thought about […]
The Dirt Cake
The dirt cake at Brownie’s last night was a hit. The other leaders and I had a grand time setting the kids up for the April Fools Day snack. […]
The Milk Man – (Things I thought were extinct)
Meg was invited to a pizza and movie night at a friend’s house last night. I was sharing conversation and a cuppa tea with the Mom in their kitchen. She […]
Moving to the UK – Setting a Grocery Budget
This post is written mostly for those moving to the UK from American however budgeting ideas are easy to implement no matter where you live. For those of you […]
Shrove Tuesday – Fat Tuesday
Today in our home county in the US there are many people celebrating Mardi Gras Day or Fat Tuesday. Here in the UK it is called Shove Tuesday or Pancake […]
Beef – It’s not what’s for dinner
One thing that is a bit more expensive at the grocery shops here is beef. That is probably just as well because I’ve grown accustomed to eating too much red […]
Day 2 – Meals from Roasted Chicken
So last night we continued to enjoy the roasted chicken in a new way that did not seem like leftovers at all. I pulled all of the dark meat from […]
What’s for supper?
I am loving the little cooker in our kitchen. It turns out wonderful, very economical meals with little effort on my part. Last night our entire supper cooked together in […]
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover (or age)
When I first set eyes on our little kitchen in England I thought it was nearly perfect for our year here. The only potential problem I saw was the tiny, […]
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