Grilled Cheese with Pesto & Tomato is a delicious and quick lunch. Made with either homemade or store bought pesto and fresh tomatoes from your garden, you'll love this sandwich! Today I was a … [Read more...]
Moving the Barn! Really this time… :-)
Have you wondered if it's possible to move a barn? We got a free barn and today I'm sharing the story of moving the barn! In today's installment, I share a lot of pictures of how our free barn was … [Read more...]
Should have gone? or Should have went? ~ 5 Minute Grammar Lesson
I haven't written a 5 Minute Grammar post in a long time...and it's high time for a new one! I'm not sure if my topic today is an Iowa-ism, or a common problem, but I hear it so often here in … [Read more...]
Price-Matching List 8/17
Here are the best deals I see this week. I print this list out and take it and the ads with me when I go grocery shopping. It's super easy to use this list to price-match at Walmart or Fareway, or it … [Read more...]
My Helpful Sink
There are probably a million safety reasons for me to be schwacked for using my sink in this manner, but sometimes when I'm busy cooking, my sink is my best friend - ~ it amuses my 15 month old ~ … [Read more...]
Italian Zucchini Pie
Looking for a great way to use up zucchini? This is a fabulous recipe for Italian Zucchini Pie. It's a twist on both zucchini and pie. It's great fresh and freezes well too! This recipe was originally … [Read more...]
Getting the barn ready to move…
My husband and I moved an old barn to our homestead and restored it in 2009. Here are a bunch of pictures of getting the barn ready to move and a description of how it was moved. Last week I started … [Read more...]
Zucchini Chocolate Cake
I promised more zucchini recipes if my garden started producing, and what do you know? It has! So here's a recipe for the enormous zucchini that gets away from you and is only good for bread! The same … [Read more...]
If someone offers you a free barn…
Is there such a thing as a free barn? Here's the story of our "free" barn - how we moved it, restored it, and lived in it for over two years. Now it's the home to our construction company Oak Tree … [Read more...]
Weekly Goals 8/1
Last week's post with my weekly goals actually helped keep me on track! So I'm doing it again. Here were my goals last week: Grade my online class Marinate and freeze chicken Bake 10 loaves … [Read more...]
