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Category Archives: Cooker and I

Can you bake a cherry pie?

August 1, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Meg is in the kitchen

June 9, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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 […]

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A Taste of Home

May 30, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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The Dirt Cake

April 2, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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. […]

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The Milk Man – (Things I thought were extinct)

March 8, 2014by The Haynes Family 2 Comments

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 […]

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Moving to the UK – Setting a Grocery Budget

March 6, 2014by The Haynes Family 4 Comments

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 […]

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Shrove Tuesday – Fat Tuesday

March 4, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Beef – It’s not what’s for dinner

February 6, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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Day 2 – Meals from Roasted Chicken

January 25, 2014by The Haynes Family Leave a comment

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 […]

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What’s for supper?

January 24, 2014by The Haynes Family 1 Comment

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 […]

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Don’t judge a book by it’s cover (or age)

December 12, 2013by The Haynes Family 6 Comments

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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