Cravings!

I’ve noticed that over the years, my taste in food has changed.  When I was a kid I hated cheese, any and every type.  But now I love it all - any and every type.

And when I was pregnant with my first child about a hundred years ago (okay, so I exaggerated a little – it was 43 years ago) I craved three things – nectarines, Snicker bars and pickled pork hocks! Strange I know – but that’s what I craved! 

And now that I’m full growed (as my Daddy used to say) I can pass on the pickled foods, but I have a sweet tooth the size of Alaska and I still love, love, love fruits! 

What made me think of this is that my husband love, love, loves pickled foods.  So after Easter I pickled him some eggs and today I pickled him some Polish Sausages. 

 

Oh and he likes that extra flavor that comes from adding onions, garlic and hot peppers! 

Happy Easter!

Take the time; not only today but every day, 
to reflect on what Christ has personally done for you! 

Happy Easter! 

Beans, Beans and more Beans ~

Someone was so helpful last night ~ when he asked "Should I soak some beans for tomorrow?" I answered "sure- go ahead, I'll bake up a batch of beans" ... little did I know he would soak FOUR pounds worth. Folks, that's a lot of beans!!

Boston Baked Beans and

 Navy Bean Soup ~ Yum! Yum! 

  

Forcing Forsythia

If spring is going to be so stubborn and not come to the outside ~

I will force it to come on the inside! 

A week ago we had glimmers of hope for spring to arrive ~

But that was lost again with our latest snow. 

However; during last week a neighbor arrived with hopes of spring ~

Some forsythia to force!  So I put them in a vase in our bedroom window

And today I have a little color beyond the white of snow! 

Backyard Birds

Sweet Tooth

My sweet tooth starting aching today ~ aching for some sweets that is!  Because of my head cold it’s the first time in a while that I felt like baking anything, but today I got the urge.  So I baked the easiest thing in the world to make – I call them “Sinfully Delightful Seven Layer Bars.”  Part of the sinfulness is just how easy they are to make, let alone the calories they contain.  Thank goodness I have a magic wand that makes those nasty calories disappear. 

 Sinfully Delightful Seven Layer Bars

1^st layer: Melt one stick of butter in 9”x13” pan

2^nd layer: 1 cup of graham cracker crumbs

3^rd layer: 1 package of chocolate chips - 12 oz.

4^th layer: 1 package of butterscotch chips - 12 oz.

5^th layer: 1 can of sweetened condensed milk - 14 oz.

6^th layer: 1 cup of coconut

7^th layer: 1 cup of chopped nuts

Simply layer in pan in order given. Bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees.  

I also whipped up a batch of Peanut Butter Cookies.  You’ve just got to have the “crunch” factor sometimes! Don’t you agree?

Yucky!

Thanks to those of you who stop by my blog.  Sorry I haven’t been on lately but I’ve been busy feeling miserable.  I’ve had the “head-cold-from-hell” complete with chills, fever, coughing, gagging, runny nose, burning eyes, headache and you name it.  Had I known this was coming I would have bought stock in kleenex and chicken broth!  

The good news is I now feel slightly better than a blob-fish looks! 

images snagged from the net ~ almost like fishing!