Collecting the Moments

October is a hard month in our household.  It seems as soon as we start school we pass one thing or another through the house like wildfire...

This cake is the most light and fluffy cake I have ever made with beets.  I was trying to get a good recipe together for a ‘red velvet’ cake...

This cake is dense like a brownie and it’s light sweetness and chocolaty flavor masks the beets and blends them in with no iron-ish afterta...

This year was so hot….  Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but seriously…  this summer was SO hot!  And hot summers mean TOMATOES.  ...

Another year, another cherry season!  Cherries are almost done now, so it is time to put up cherry pie filling!  This is the recipe I ...

There are some foods that I just don’t cook often, even if it is in season.  My family doesn’t enjoy it and I don’t enjoy it enough to make ...

  Day 1: We watched Elf and I made this amazing caramel corn with no corn syrup! Preheat oven to 300 Melt 2 sticks of butter in a sauce...

Ok, so I am trying something new.  And by new, I mean, I have been doing this pretty regularly since March 3rd.  It is November and we fell ...

Each year there is a fair in the fall for those of us that want to show off our harvest wares.  I haven’t ever entered but I do often go to ...

Late this summer I got the opportunity to join in the Grain Mill Challenge .  I got a free, amazing Wondermill out of the deal and I had to...

There are only a few downsides to growing your own onions .  One of those is sprouting.  I do not have a root cellar.  I do the best I can...

Over the past week, we have gotten 5 inches of rain, totaling over 8 inches in September alone, setting records all over the state of Washi...

Last week’s thunderstorms did it.  They set it in motion and I can’t stop it.  Yes, folks, it’s that time again.  The time where I subject...

Yep!  That’s right folks, it’s canning season again.  When that free food starts rolling in I just can’t help myself!  I have to put it away...

In the last year I have discovered it is actually very easy to use vegetable juices to color most any dessert item - from frosting to cookie...

When I first saw the No-kneed Crusty Bread recipe over at Simply So Good I spent an hour looking through all the variations and types I w...

I am buried…  In apples that is!  I have two laundry baskets full sitting in my kitchen and I am trying to start our school year, and Don’s...