What a day!!! I got up around 6:45 this morning, and was out of the house by 7:45am. Headed to the church for a day of learning how to can apples for apple pie filling. Last year, as some of you may recall, the Women's Ministry at our church had a fund-raiser in which we took orders for 4 different kinds of pies (apple, cherry, pecan and pumpkin), then made the pie crust and the pies - homemade - from scratch!!! We ended up making over 100 pies in two days. At that time, some of the ladies had said it would be fun to...

Those who know me well, know I am a little weird, and that I am also ever so particular about my bananas (I like to eat them on my cereal when they are neither too green nor have started to have brown speckles on them), my just purchased bread from the store (No sacker boy/girl it doesn't go in the same sack as the milk!) actually I don't say this out loud - I just re sack it. Truely though which one is more rude? And then I have my issue with which towel in the kitchen to use for drying hands or drying dishes (I'm not...

When we were in Europe, one of the things we just had to try when we were finally in Italy was gelato, or italian ice cream!!! Yummy!!! We had the opportunity to try just about any flavor we wanted to, and one time I was able to try a little bowl of three different flavors which were: blackberry, key lime, and coffee. My favorite in that combination was the blackberry. Last week was our very last In His Garden Bible study meeting. We met at my house and I tried my hand at making blackberry gelato for the girls. It turned...

Remember last week I told you about a mung bean project our Bible study class was working on? Well, mine turned out successful, and even edible!! This is what we did:1. Choose organic, dried mung beans (found at most healthfood stores) and rinse and drain them well before soaking.2. Take a wide-mouthed mason jar and place a 1/4 cup of mung beans in the bottom of a clean jar. Cover the mouth of the jar with cheese cloth and a rubber band. (mung beans will atleast double in size during sprouting)3. Cover the beans with water...

A couple of Thursdays ago, I went to the Apples of Gold Bible study, my friend Heather was the "Cook of the Week". She had a recipe for wraps that she shared with us. Now, I have seen wraps at restaurants, but I had never had one. I just wasn't sure if I would like the combination of the taste of a tortilla with all that stuff that should be on sandwich bread. Needless to say, the mystery was over on this particular day, and this girl is hooked!! Thank you, Heather!!!!When Heather made the wraps, she used a low carb, whole...

Last summer I made a pizza for our Women's Bible Study called Amazing Greek Pizza. This was a veggie pizza, and I had shared with them a homemade pizza sauce and homemade whole wheat pizza dough as well.This past Monday it was around 90 degrees outside, and we still hadn't/haven't turned on our AC. However, I was making pizza crust for another occassion and decided to make pizza for us that evening too. Although, I did not want to turn on the oven, thus heating the house up even more. We talked about cooking it on one of...

Here are a few of the new recipes I tried over the holidays:Pecan Balls (My Grammy's Recipe)Yields 2 dozen1/2 lb. butter, at room temperature2 c. + 1/2c. powdered sugar2 t. vanilla2 c. all-purpose flour1 c. chopped pecans1. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter, powdered sugar, and the vanilla until smooth.2. Add flour to butter mixture and beat on low speed to mix, then on medium speed until well blended. Stir in pecans.3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place about 1 inch apart on buttered...