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Our Menu For The Coming Week
08:34, 2007-Jan-14
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Mon. B: Sausage and cheese muffins and baconL: Peanut butter Plus Fajitas, veggie tray w/dipsD: Crock pot tender beef and bean stew, cornbread, tossed salad and choc. layer cakeTues. B: H’made granola bars, yogurt and fruit L: Tortilla sandwiches D: Pizza night! Ice cream sandwiches using large h’made choc. chip cookies Wed. B: French toast and bacon L: Sandwich loaf and selection of fruit D: Baked lime chicken, rice, peas, salad, rolls and apple turnovers Thurs. B: Oatmeal w/shredded apples, raisins and cinnamon and toast L: Hot roast beef sandwiches D: Grilled steaks and burgers (inside on Foreman grills), salad, corn on the cob (using frozen kind) and Fri. B: Fried egg and sausage sandwiches (english muffins) L: Pizza potatoes, veggie tray w/dips D: Turkey club sandwiches, steak fries, coleslaw and fruited jello w/whip cream Sat. B: H’made bagels w/cream cheese and fruit L: Leftover buffet D: Spagetti Carbonara, Cobb salad, parmesan breadsticks, feta cheese salad and fruit cocktail Sun. B: H’made bear claws and fruit L: Cold cut sandwiches and chips D: Crockpot roast w/mushrooms and carrots, garlic dill new potatoes, salad, h’made Challah bread and pineapple upside down cake 2 New Recipes...
09:51, 2007-Jan-13
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Chedder Sage Bread =========================================================================
40 Min. Hamburger Buns
Enjoy! It's COLD here!!!
09:12, 2007-Jan-13
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I'm such a weather wimp LOL. Guess I spent too many years aclimating to the hot Phoenix weather. This is our 2nd winter here and it's still such a shock to see 5 degrees on the thermometer. When I woke up (at 2:30 a.m. Yikes!) it was 19 degrees and as the morning has progressed the mercury is falling. We're supposed to have some snow showers sometime today. The dc will love it, the excitement and novelty of snow still hasn't worn off for them.
Catalog heaven! Dh brought in a nice little stack of catalogs from the mail when he came home from work this morning. McMurray Hatchery (we just put 24 eggs in our incubator), a seed catalog (hard to imagine a garden when I'm huddled in front of a nice fire w/hot cocoa), NG magazine and one of my favorites....Victorian Trading Co.. I adore anything Victorian as does my almost 12 yr. old dd.
We started our new school year a week ago and my oldest twins (3 next wk.) have joined us. They were chomping at the bit to become "official" and I've started them on the SL pre-k curriculm.
As you can see I'm back to blogging and also blogging over at homeschool blogger. I'm experiencing template frustration over there as I accidently cut out my counter and cbox and can't get them back up and running again...when I add the code and "save" the change doesn't stick.
Now to go check out some blogs and see what everyone else is up to :)
Blessings, Tam Our Menu For The Coming Week
04:10, 2006-Jul-15
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Mon. B: Bagel & cheese bake and fruit selection L: Sandwiches – choice of fillings (sliced beef, turkey, chicken) and chips D: Grilled Hawaiian Chicken, grilled corn, fruity rice, rolls, Waldorf salad and apple turnovers Tues. B: Cheesy brunch roll-ups L: Tuna pasta salad and fruit D: Calzones, garlic/parmesan bread sticks, feta cheese salad and choc. sundaes Wed. B: Sausage & cheese muffins and fruit L: Pb&j sandwiches, pretzels & dip D: No Peek Casserole, angel-hair pasta, zesty carrots and lemon pound cake Thurs. B: Denver omelets, bacon and home fries L: Smoothies, cheese selection w/crackers, pepperoni bread D: Chicken tortilla pie, refried beans, nachos w/avocado salsa , h’made mint ice cream on top of brownies
Fri. B: Peanut butter granola, toast & fruit L: Blts and fruit selection D: BBQ pork sandwiches, baked beans, potato salad, veggie tray w/dips and frozen pink fruit salad Sat. B: Pancakes and sausage links L: Leftover buffet D: Ground beef chow mein, stir-fried veggies, fried rice and cookies Sun. B: H’made cinn. rolls and fruit L: Ham & cheese sandwiches, veggie tray w/dips D: Crockpot roast beef w/mushrooms, carrots, and potatoes, salad, h’made Challah bread and Black Forest cake
Blessings, Tam Another favorite summer dessert of ours....
04:33, 2006-Jul-13
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PEACH AND BLACKBERRY CRISP
Blessings, Tam Sunday On The Farm
06:00, 2006-Jul-9
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It’s a beautiful, clear and delightfully cool morning. I’m sitting out here on the deck w/coffee and my laptop. Normally I don’t like to type on it but it’s so quiet and peaceful right now that I’m going to stay out here for a bit. Brock and Scooby love it when I come out here early in the morning because they get to run off and play w/the Anatolians for a bit. For those new to this blog: Brock is my English Mastiff overgrown pup, Scooby is Alex’s gangly Great Dane pup (my dad gave him to Alex for his 6th b-day in May) and Aslan and Antoine are our Anatolian shepard LGD dogs. Brock and Scooby are inside dogs and the Anatolians stay outside working. Yesterday afternoon and last night was busy w/the arrival of new baby animals. Our female rabbit had 7 healthy babies (we bought a doe that had already had 1 litter successfully therefore giving us newbies a better shot at a good outcome) and our expecting goat had Twins. Our little "herd" has expanded wonderfully. We’ll probably only be keeping the girls, have to make a firm decision in a couple wks. A few days ago a lady asked me about meat chickens and I told her what I knew of the "crosses". Well, I’ve been thinking about it ever since and have decided that instead of waiting until after winter is over I’ll go ahead and see about getting some now. The amount of chicken we go through is unbelievable and currently we’re still supplementing w/store bought. Plans for today include: *before 9a.m. routine *normal daily maintenance chores *Aja, Tony, dh & I off to church – early service *depending on weather, work in the garden *finish cute little outfit for Arissa *dds will be making pizza dough to put in freezer *playtime w/the Littles *board game or 2 w/middles before dinner *go out for coffee w/dh after dinner *spend some time w/teens Blessings, Tam
Our Menu For The Coming Week
02:43, 2006-Jul-8
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Mon. B: French toast w/fried apples L: H’made hot pockets and fruit D: Chicken Fricassee (chive dumplings cooked in w/it), mashed onion potatoes, broccoli w/cheese sauce, salad, and peach cobbler
Tues. B: Apple banana breakfast crunch L: Sandwiches – choice of fillings and selection of fruit D: Pizza night!
Wed. B: Fried egg, sausage & cheese on big country biscuits L: Sandwich loaf and veggie tray w/dips D: Pork Chops w/Fresh Tomato, Onion, Garlic And Feta , garlic mashed potatoes, steamed asparagus and raspberry crisp
Thurs. B: Crockpot granola, toast and fruit L: Egg salad sandwiches and chips D: Creole-style skillet dish, bread sticks, salad and cookies
Fri. B: Fluffy baked eggs w/roasted veggie hash L: Pb& j sandwiches (tortillas instead of bread), pretzels w/dip D: Burrito supreme casserole, mexican rice, jalapeno corn and Ambrosia
Sat. B: Pumpkin Maple biscuits L: Leftover buffet D: Parmesan Orzo & Meatballs, cheesy breadsticks, feta cheese salad and nutty choc. chip snack cake
Sun. B: Blueberry & Cheese coffee cake and fruit L: Sandwiches – selection of cold cuts, veggie tray w/dip D: Crockpot roast w/mushrooms, carrots & potatoes, salad, h’made Challah bread and pineapple upside down cake
Blessings, Tam Pumpkin Maple Biscuits
10:26, 2006-Jul-8
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Pumpkin Maple Biscuits
*We made up a test batch and these are a new family favorite
Blessings, Tam Thinking about Christmas already...
01:15, 2006-Jul-6
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About this time every year I begin to think about Christmas...baking, candy making, gifts to sew for the family.
Last evening I came across a really easy recipe for fudge that I thought I'd share here:
Super-Easy Rocky Road Fudge Monday Questions...from The Front Porch
09:15, 2006-Jul-4
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My Favorite- 1. smell is… Lavender 2. summertime thing to do is… have lots of barbecues w/friends over 3. tree to sit under is… large pine tree in that provides some nice shade for our deck 4. restaurant chain is… Outback 5. room in the house is… the kitchen, I feel it is the heart of the home. I’m going to especially love the kitchen in our new house when it’s finished…set in wood burning stove, so I can try out recipes from old cookbooks besides, large enough appliances so meals for our large family can be conveniently prepped & cooked and decorated Just the way I want.
Happy 4th Of July!
07:01, 2006-Jul-4
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Yesterday was an exhausting but productive day. We ended up processing 25 chickens…nothing like filling up the freezer w/your own home-grown meat. In about another 3 wks. we’ll have 30+ more ready to be done. We also worked quite a bit in the kitchen preparing appetizers and sides for today’s party and have almost everything that could be done ahead finished. We also have several batches of lasagna stashed in the freezer in case the worst case scenario happens and we get thunderstorms and can’t bbq this evening. Once we get our regular morning animal and house chores out of the way we will set up the tables and chairs out on the deck and lawn and do any remaining straightening up of the house that’s needed. I hope all of you have a wonderful day with your family and friends! Blessings, Tam Weekend On The Farm
06:20, 2006-Jul-2
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Tam, homeschooling/homesteading mom to 14 fantastic blessings ------------------------------------ The Big news…Jessica is expecting Twins! They got back from the townhouse yesterday afternoon (picked up my dad & Fran from airport on the way) and gave us the great news. Other than her showing earlier this time around there has been no clue that she might be expecting more than 1 cutie. The lucky girl has had almost no morning sickness, which makes Aja and I quite envious. Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day…hope the 4th turns out as well w/no afternoon thunderstorms and rain like we’d gotten several days in a row. Aja and Tony went over to dad & Fran’s house to freshen it up and took some of their favorite meals to put in the fridge. Some other things we did yesterday: Today we’re going to have a fairly relaxing day w/just basic maintenance chores, pursuing hobbies and messing around w/the animals (one mama goat had her baby 2 days ago!). Oldest dds and hubbies will be heading off to church after breakfast (we alternate wks. of who goes and who stays home w/the Littles). Basic plan for the day: *before 9a.m. routine *daily maintenance chores *prep meat processing room for doing 20 chickens Monday *sewing w/Nicole *groom horses and work w/Percheron *spend time outside w/middles and Littles *games and a movie in the evening Blessings, Tam
Menu For The Coming Week..
01:36, 2006-Jul-1
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Tam, homeschooling/homesteading mom to 14 fantastic blessings ------------------------------------------------ Mon. B: H’made toaster pastries and fruit L: Italian tuna salad in pita bread and veggie tray w/dips D: Almond chicken w/yogurt dipping sauce, apricot glazed carrots, tomato-onion salad and two-berry crumble Tues.-Having an Open House beginning around noon w/big bbq around dinnertime B: Egg and cheese stack with bacon L: Buffet: assorted cheeses and crackers, sweet & sour mini-meatballs, spicy sausage nacho dip w/tortilla chips, garden veggie pizza squares and "make your own mini-pizzas" for the children D: bbq dinner: hot dogs, brats, variety of burgers (some stuffed & some plain), chicken and steaks. Sides: grilled corn on the cob, baked beans, german potato salad, reg. potato salad, coleslaw, variety of h’made bread and rolls. Desserts: fresh fruit – watermelon, honey dew, cantalope, strawberries and grapes, blackberry roll, apple pie, apple cake, blueberry cobbler. Wed. B: Breakfast quiche and toast L: H’made tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches D: Baked ziti, garlic bread, Caesar salad, and black-bottom banana cream pie Thurs. B: H’made bagels w/cream cheese and fruit L: BLT salad and h’made bread D: Baked ham, 3 cheese garlic scalloped potatoes, baked veggie medely, rolls and brownies w/ice cream Fri. B: Oatmeal w/brown sugar & cinn., toast L: Peanut butter plus fajitas, selection of fruit D: Crusty southern cornmeal chicken, dill potato wedges, asparagus w/lemon butter, biscuits and cookies Sat. B: Granola bars and fruit smoothies L: Leftover buffet D: Chicken and beef enchiladas, refried beans, mexican rice, nachos w/salsa & guacamole and layered jello dessert Sun. B: Jelly and cream filled doughnuts and fruit L: Sandwiches – choice of fillings and chips D: Crockpot roast w/mushrooms, carrots and potatoes, feta cheese salad, h’made Challah bread and banana cheesecake Blackberry Roll
07:39, 2006-Jun-30
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Tam, homeschooling/homesteading mom to 14 fantastic blessings ------------------------------------------------------- We'll be making a couple of these for our big open house and bbq on the 4th:
BLACKBERRY ROLL I decided to add this to tonight's dinner...another family favorite
08:26, 2006-Jun-30
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Old Fashioned Baked Beans Prep: 10 min. Total: 14 hrs.
2 lbs dried navy beans (4 cups), sorted and rinsed 10 cups water 3 cups water 2/3 cup packed brown sugar 2/3 cup molasses 1 Tbsp. Yellow mustard 2 tsp. Salt 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
20 servings For variety: add 1 cup chopped, smoked ham or ½ cup chopped, cooked bacon Here's a new favorite of ours...
06:16, 2006-Jun-30
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Tam, homeschooling/homesteading mom to 14 fantastic blessings -----------------------------------------------------------
Our freezer is loaded w/pork from processing 2 of our pigs over the past few months.
Crockpot California Pork Chops With Rice Tuesday On The Farm
07:40, 2006-Jun-28
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Tam, homeschooling/homesteading mom to 14 fantastic blessings ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9:30 a.m. Tues. Gorgeous day here today after a little much needed rain that came along w/the thunderstorms late yesterday. It’s going to be another very busy day today (I used to think the days were busy down at the town houses…now it seems like nothing LOL). Oldest dds and I will be spending most of the early morning in the kitchen and then off to do outside stuff that the teens don’t get to. Michael and Brian do all the barn chores each morning along w/helping w/the milking and then they take care of the rabbits, which are their special project. We had 33 chicks hatch out of 36 eggs and they’re now happily scratching and chirping in the brooder in the attached garage. We put in 48 eggs to incubate this morning. At the rate this family devours food we have to keep the chickens coming! We’re also expecting one of our goats to give birth any day now which is exciting and I’m hoping she’ll do it in the daytime so the dc can see the baby/babies right afterwards. Plans for the day *before 9a.m. routine *normal daily maintenance chores *make strawberry jam *make blackberry syrup *start batch of cheese *make butter *finish menu plan and grocery list for tomorrow’s shopping *get in my 2nd T-Tapp work out while dh does PE w/the dc *****All done Plans for the rest of the day if all goes well: *groom horses *Littles and I to have playtime *do some sewing w/Nicole…we were going to go for a horseback ride but there are severe thunderstorm warnings now *dh to do some woodworking stuff w/all the boys 6 and up *enjoy the evening w/the family after evening animal chores finished Blessings, Tam My best friend who is also my son-in-law's mom and Now my dear
07:29, 2006-Jun-27
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Tam, homeschooling/homesteading mom to 14 fantastic blessings --------------------------------------------------------------------- stepmother, has a fabulous collection of mouthwatering Italian recipes...she's Sicilian. While she is on her honeymoon she left her recipe file w/me to browse through :)
Prosciutto Cheese Bread Saturday On The Farm
03:38, 2006-Jun-25
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Tam, homeschooling/homesteading mom to 14 fantastic blessings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We had a big cooking/baking day here today to fill up the freezers w/more lunch meats and snack food (a turkey, 2 chickens in crockpots, banana nut bread, sandwich loaf, variety of muffins and cookies). I’m also having a lot of fun browsing through Fran’s recipe file….she left it for Aja and I to enjoy while she’s gone. *Everything set up for the estimated 36 new chicks that will be hatching tomorrow Menu For The Coming Week
04:03, 2006-Jun-24
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Hi, I'm back after several very busy months :)
Mon. B: Oatmeal w/raisons and grated apple and toast L: Grilled ham and cheese sandwiches and veggie tray w/dips D: Swiss chicken casserole, noodles Romanoff, green salad, rolls and banana nut bread Tues. B: Waffles and bacon L: Fish sticks and tatertots D: Pizza night! and banana splits Wed. B: Peanut butter granola and fruit L: Beef & cheese burritos (using shredded leftover roast beef) and chips D: Savory glazed pork chops, rice, steamed asparagus, rolls and strawberry shortcakes Thurs. B: Southwestern omelets, link sausage and toast L: Baked potato bar D: Spaghetti Carbonara, Cobb salad, parmesan bread sticks and cookies Fri. B: Granola bars and fruit smoothies L: Sandwiches – coldcuts and chips D: Bbq pork sandwiches, mac & cheese, coleslaw and chocolate pudding Sat. B: Chocolate chip pancakes L: Leftover buffet D: Crockpot meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet peas, biscuits and Black forest brownie pie Sun. B: H’made doughnuts and fruit L: Turkey sandwiches and veggie tray w/dips D: Crock pot roast w/mushrooms, carrots and potatoes, salad, h’made Challah bread and lemon meringue pie
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