Homemade Cookies.

 

Baking homemade cookies is something

I don't do very much anymore. Part of it

is time ~ when I was a mom at home,

baking fit in to my day with my littles.

But now they're grown, life is so busy

with work and projects, and cookies

have taken a back seat without littles

in the cottage to gobble them all down.

I was excited last week with our "down

the lane neighbors" coming for dinner as

they have 3 kids and the cookies would

be so needed. They loved them and I

did send home some goodie bags. The

cookies were a hit but I wish I had sent

home more as we still have cookies a

full week later! Next time, more will go!

Do you like baking homemade cookies?

~ Chy

Christmas Dinner.

We decided this year to not cook a turkey as it was

just a smaller than usual crowd for the 25th. We had

company after the big day, and more to come but for

the actual day, we enjoyed a roasted chicken with

amazing gravy, fresh peas, mashed rutabaga, mashed

potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pickles and fresh,

homemade buns. For after, we had a variety of squares,

cookies and tarts. The best part was we didn't have a

lot of leftovers that may have gotten thrown out later.

A much easier dinner and so very good.  Scrumptious!!

~ Chy

 

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups.

Mixing up the peanut butter so it's soft

and easy to work with. So much fun!

Adding in the icing sugar that brings

some stability and extra sweetness.

Mmmm! I could just eat all of this but

we promised to make pb cups for others.

Milk chocolate all melted and ready to fill the

silicone molds. We have to work fast before it sets.

Two new molds this year ~ tiny and very

cute gingerbread men to fill up and try.

And sweet little snowflakes. These were

messy but the perfect size for gifting.

Are you a fan of peanut butter cups?

~ Chy

Homemade with Love.

Living a lifetime with crazy food allergies means that food is always an issue. I'm thankful on a daily basis for an incredible man who loves to cook and keeps me fed with his creations. He always makes the  majority of our dinners from scratch, or as my gramma would say "homemade with love." When I was growing up, I really never had the chance to try new foods and homemade was saved for Sunday dinners or special holidays. The rest of the time, I ate the same things over and over again, and eating out was not really an option. Lots of packaged food though, as my mom could read the label and know I could eat it without spending the rest of the night in the ER. I grew to hate eating, which started an eating disorder and many years of battling my then skeleton body. My dh finally came along and made me healthy and whole by figuring out what he could make that I wouldn't get sick after eating. Now food isn't something I hate. And even though it still hurts when I eat, food is now enjoyable. The best though is when he creates from scratch, my "homemade with love" meals like the pizza that after decades of never being able to eat pizza, I could now eat it every day! Fresh dough from the Italian Centre, fresh grated mozzarella, rosemary ham, alfredo sauce and fresh pineapple chunks. Oh so good! I can't wait for dinner tonight!

Do you love to cook meals from scratch

and create "homemade with love" food?

~ Chy

Should I?

Loving this vintage sign. I could buy it.

OR I could make it now that I have a

Cricut .... should I? Do you see items

and attempt to make your own version?

~ Chy

Homemade Twix.

We had fun this year trying a few

new desserts for Christmas Dinner.

This one promised to be very similiar

to a Twix Chocolate Bar ~ my favorite.

Not too hard to make. It was all in the

timing and making sure the base was cool.

The layers once all was set and we

could cut. The verdict? Yes, a Twix!

~ Chy

Homemade with Love.

 When the weather begins to change in the Fall,

my big soup comes down from the upper cupboard.

I bring out my cookbooks and start searching the

web for the best and easiest soup recipes I can find.

Recently, I found this one and have made it enough

times now, I don't even have to look at the recipe.

I don't know what or where "Panera" is but this

soup is worth the trip if there is one near you.

Or you can just get out your big soup pot from the

upper cupboard and start chopping veggies. Mmmm!

Homemade with Love, to nurture the body,

the mind and in today's world, the soul.

Mmmm! Soup!!

My sweet man makes me homemade soup whenever I'm under the weather. I love how he adds in extra veggies, freshly cooked organic chicken & big chunks of real marble cheese. And lets it steep & simmer until it's just the perfect consistency, thick & full of flavor that takes skill to make it just right. 

I have no doubt that Chicken Noodle Soup truly helps congestion. I also am entirely convinced that the act itself of creating said dish helps the recovery process as well. I'm sure there is a study somewhere!

I may not feel well but I do feel loved!