The End of the Road...
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 The End of the Road My husband will be celebrating his birthday soon.  My gift to him is retiring from blogging today.  We have been married over 50 years, and we want to spend more time together on some other interests we share.   Without Myrna's enthusiasm and sharing the workload of the blog, I haven't been spending as much time on things that my husband and I want to do as a couple. Myrna and I made many friends and also became closer as sisters over the years we shared our blogging hobby.   The blog will be left in place and maintained for ..read more
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Small Recipes...Homemade Biscuit Mix Cherry Nut Muffins
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2y ago
Here’s a tasty muffin recipe using our homemade biscuit mix or Bisquick.  The basic recipe from the Better Crocker’s Timesaving Cookbook 1982made delicious coffeetime muffins…not too sweet, with a perfect muffin texture, I added the pecans.  The original recipe used the biscuit mix recipe from the book…basically similar to the one I use from an old Martha White cookbook.  Either mix recipe compares to Original Bisquick when used in a recipe.                         ..read more
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Sunday in Iowa...
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   Another handsome barn between Sully and Peoria, Iowa There are actually "barn tours" in Iowa; there are many old barns that are still well-maintained.  Quilt signs are still a popular barn decoration ..read more
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$avings $aturdays...Sticker Shock!
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2y ago
 We stoppedby our local Walmart Tuesday to pick up some replacements for our pantry and supplies.  Sticker shock! Grapenuts; up 16% Store brand raisin bran; up 4% Maraschino cherries; up 25% Maple syrup, store brand; up 10% Coffee filters, paper cone type; up a whopping 27% Toilet paper, store brand, up 4% Now, it’s been awhile since I bought the coffee filters, but we’ll be getting out that brass reusable coffee filter thingy instead of buying paper ones right now.  But everything else on the list I have purchased since the beginning of the year, so the increase is in 2022 ..read more
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Small Recipes with Biscuit Mix...30-Minute Mini Meatloaves for 2
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2y ago
I saw this recipe on the Betty Crocker Website and wondered if the biscuit mix would make an acceptable substitute for bread or cracker crumbs in a meatloaf-like mixture.   I cut this large recipe down for 2 servings…my husband commented that I didn’t even have to slice it to serve it, and that it was nice and tender, but stayed together well.  Mixing and baking took only 30 minutes, as advertised.  I baked it in my Breville toaster oven.   My husband didn't like the topping as well as I did...I don't use it anymore and I like it that way too.  I just ..read more
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Sunday in Iowa...
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2y ago
  This handsome octagonal barn is located in Monroe, Iowa The barn is something of a landmark on a main highway intersection ..read more
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$avings $aturday...Getting Our Pantry in Shape
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2y ago
 How are we doing on our plan to use up older items in our pantry?  My biggest concern was canned goods…especially those we buy.  By yesterday we had used 82 jars or cans from our pantry…in a little over 10 weeks since the first of the year.  I count jars of jam, jelly, honey, syrup, meat, soup, pickles and relishes, beans, fruit and vegetables, whether home canned or purchased.  Those jars and cans are generally sized for two people.  I let my spreadsheet that I use for inventory to keep track of the jars on hand and what was used. A nice little booklet availab ..read more
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Small Recipes Using Biscuit Mix...Coconut Nut Toffee Bars
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2y ago
 I wanted to try this recipe for old-fashioned toffee bars similar to one Myrna and I used to make when we were still teen-agers, but I didn’t want a huge amount, so I tried cutting down this recipe that had a bonus for me…it used Bisquick, so I could substitute my homemade biscuit mix.  I have been trying recipes that use the mix so I can keep it turned over. They were successful; my husband especially liked the toffee-like crunchiness.  I liked that I didn’t have leftovers, and it took just minutes to mix up and get in my toaster oven.  I used my Le Creuset 4 x 6” casse ..read more
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Sunday in Iowa...
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  This patriotic barn is in Lynnville, Iowa ..read more
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$avings $aturdays...Canning Sale Chicken
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2y ago
The Dutchman's Store in Cantril, Iowa After reading about Avian flu being discovered in several backyard flocks of chickens and ducks in several states we thought we might want to replenish our chicken supplies in the pantry and freezer.  Monday we made a trip to Cantril to the Dutchman’s...a Mennonite store that often has very good deals on frozen meat and poultry as well as bulk baking supplies, spices, canning supplies and the like.  We had not made the 70 mile trip since October of last year.  Everything else was 10% to 20% higher than our l ..read more
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