Snow..snow..and more snow........

homemade artisan bread......quiche and cookies

guess I was in the baking mood

gorgeous Ohio December sunset........

Elvis the silver tailed pheasant........

Some interesting photos I took of our Christmas tree lights using my tablet ......

Buckeyes.........

Hope to make a small batch this year.....

did someone say pie???????

the x-ray of the mummy at Wayne County Historical Museum in Richmond, Indiana

roast chicken.....but craving turkey lol

Peeps available year round now

Pan-Kabobs

I sometimes make kabobs in my rotisserie and sometimes on the grill but today I did them loose in the oven. The house smells terrific and I forget how easy and quick it is to make these and how good it is to eat and good for you too!

They are simple. You can use whatever you have on hand or whatever you like.

Today I used:

A handful or so of frozen chicken cubes
1 sweet potato peeled and cut into chunks
1-2 Yukon Gold potatoes cut into chunks
at least 1/2 Vidalia onion cut into chunks
mix of orange, red and yellow mini peppers cut into chunks

(you can add black olives, mushrooms, tomatoes, anything else you  like)

Line a shallow pan with foil. Place the above on the foil and drizzle with Italian dressing or you can use olive oil and your own spices. Mix well. Put in 370 degree oven till potatoes stick tender.

DELICIOUS and easy and good for you! You can use low calorie dressing even if you want.

The foil makes easy clean up. You can let it all in the oven until it starts to carmelize..the onions and everything become so sweet and tender! You can serve over rice or even salad greens cooled or eat as it is here.

Your house will also smell FANTASTIC!

red wing blackbird stopping by for food

Happy Easter!

 I decided to make some homemade peanut butter Easter eggs this year. The biggest one if for my niece as she had always missed out on these when I used to make them years ago, way before she was even born.

Kroger's had the little bags of peppers from this farm for 1.99. They are so cute! They will be great grilled!

Gorgeous sunset out my back window!!

snow...snow...snow...snow......

We have had a lot of snow this year.....did I mention a LOT of snow???

wishing everyone a very blessed New Year!

Our Christmas tree this year...2013

love this retro look

if you look closely in his eye...you can see me holding the camera

the Pioneer Woman's homemade cinnamon bread...WOW..it is delicious and WORTH THE WAIT!

 

I got in the mood to bake some homemade bread...decided since I rarely if ever make any sweet bread with yeast..I would try making a loaf. I decided on cinnamon bread..NO raisins....and chose the Pioneer Woman's recipe. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/08/homemade-cinnamon-bread/

WOW..it was delicious...took like a total of 4 hours rise time..but so worth the wait. My house smelled so good and it reminded me of Cinnabons in smell and taste. DELICIOUS!  Check out the recipe at the link above...I did not bake mine for 40 minutes though..mine only took about 30 minutes to bake and I put some glaze on the top.