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Cooking Roast in the Ground & Elk Hunting Camp 2017
Elk Hunting Camp 2017 is officially over. It was a small group this year – only about 22 of us – but we still had a good time despite the wind on the first day. I put together this little video of our camping trip that you might enjoy watching. I wanted to share with you a little more about the deep pit cooking we do one night. Before we left home, we took chuck roast and seasoned it with salt, pepper and garlic powder, placed some sliced onion along with rosemary from our garden on top, wrapped it in parchment paper and then in 3 layers of foil. I…
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Making a Breakfast Plan
Well thanks, ladies for your input on some of the challenges you face in homemaking. I have plenty of challenges, too. I think they are always present. Just when you think you’ve got it down, there comes a new phase of life and then you have to rethink your ways of doing things. I think one of my dreads is breakfast and wouldn’t you know it(!) – it’s my husband’s favorite meal of the day! He can skip almost any other meal, but don’t miss making him breakfast. Even some of my boys says it’s their favorite meal. What’s a mother to do in this situation? 🙂 Since we married…
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How to Host Your Own Bruschetta Bar Party
Well this new year started off with a bang and I’m needing a breather already! Unfortunately, I’ve been down the last few days with a fever/cold. It was a powerful bug going around but I guess I need to focus on building up my immune system because not everyone caught it. Lots of fun times were shared with this lovely group of young people this last week and we enjoyed hosting them. So I wanted to tell you all about the Bruschetta Bar that we put together for our Christmas Eve meal. It was a lot of fun to do and I think a lot of the impressiveness of…
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A Super Easy, Delicious Dessert for the Holidays
Today I have the most simple candy/dessert recipe you could hope for and it tastes so delicious. Perfect for the holidays, peppermint bark consists of only 3 ingredients. No need to ever buy it at the store again when you see how simple it is. Here’s the recipe. Peppermint Bark 12 oz. of high-quality white chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips 5 regular sized candy canes, crushed up 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract 1. Break the peppermint candy into small pieces. (rolling pins work great for this) Melt the chocolate over low heat, stirring often. Once the chocolate has melted, add the peppermint extract and stir. 2. line a cookie…
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How to Grill Chicken Perfectly and a Delicious Marinade Recipe
Standing in front of the grill with smoke billowing up around him, flames leaping high and a spray bottle of water held at the ready to save the choice meat that had been placed on the grill, described my husband oh, so many years ago. And then, if there were guests to visit with, things got worse. No longer did he stand ready to put out any fires but had his back to the grill while he had a nice chat and our meat was consumed by the hungry flames. Although I am exaggerating the situation, it was true enough that he eventually was retired from the grill and I…
