Author: Maisy

  • Rain; Migraine; Cheeseburger Macaroni

    It’s been raining a lot lately. Thunderstorms, warnings, flash flood watches, etc. Last year it was like this around now. Both in 2012 and this year we had rain on the 4th of July, but windows of no rain opened up to let us do our fireworks in the evening. That is so awesome! July…

  • Chicken Parmesan – Mother’s Day 2013

    Mother’s Day yesterday was alright. I got two gift cards, one for Michael’s and one for Best Buy. I also was given a LEGO set, Iron Man 3 –> attack at sea or something. I could do better with the set name, but I just don’t care right now. I built it last night. I…

  • Smothered Chicken (in Creamy Sauce)

    Smothered Chicken (in Creamy Sauce) – Stovetop version Chicken Breasts, brown on each side, set aside. (One for each person) In large pot put onion, diced, lots of garlic, smashed, into olive oil, and cook until onion is translucent. (One onion, less or more, and several garlic cloves) Put the browned chicken breasts on top…

  • Dinner Rolls

    This Dinner Roll recipe is mine. It started from my years of baking experience and a recipe from an old cookbook, putting the two things together quite awhile ago.

  • Thanksgiving Prep 2012 Free Range Turkey

    The turkey is in the oven. Free Range Young Turkey, stuffed with my own stuffing made from white spelt bread (which I made yesterday) cut into small cubes, then dried. I used onion and celery cooked until soft in 2 sticks of butter, then 1 1/2 quarts of chicken stock, 2 eggs, a bunch of…

  • Thanksgiving Prep 2012 Wed afternoon

    Update on the turkey Yes, a Free Range fresh Turkey. Big enough at 17 some pounds. I have another turkey in the freezer for later. 🙂 So I’ll be roasting the turkey soon. Prep for stuffing under way: and Pies later.

  • Thanksgiving Prep 2012

    It’s the holiday season! Today I need to do some more preparations for the upcoming holiday. Wow! That’s tomorrow! I haven’t done as much as I had wanted to by now. I have a totally non-me turkey. I didn’t get one pre-ordered, hubby was going to and didn’t. He got me a frozen turkey from…

  • Summer nearing it’s end

    The Summer has blown by. Autumn is close, and it feels that way. One tree we have has a lovely orange-red leaf on a branch visible through the kitchen window by the sink. I’ve seen a few turned leaves on other trees, many trees shedding their leaves (My Yoshino’s have been doing that in August…

  • Happy 4th of July!

    Weather outlook for today is hot, but no so hot as it has been. Maybe a thunderstorm in the afternoon. 75% Chance is what they give us. That’s high, but I’ve seen higher chances with no output here, so … We have grilling for later, and fireworks for much later. I have some little things…

  • The Fourth of July

    Tomorrow is the Fourth of July. It’s a big deal in the USA … and has always been so for me. My birthday is exactly two weeks after the holiday, so it “feels like the beginning of my special time” … has always. In my family I have/had a sister and my father with birthdays…

  • A/C problem fixed

    In June 2011 new system installed in house. 3 Zones, digitally controlled. We suffered all year, it didn’t work well, it was too humid, uncomfortable and had frozen outside pipes often. Tweaked to death, over winter nothing happened. Spring, needed A/C and voila, same problems. Guy came out and FINALLY after hours of tinkering around…

  • On Taco’s and Farmers Breakfast

    We are having Taco’s for dinner tonight. I’m not making them, the children are. I have recipes on this site, things I make up, and they use either that, or a printout of it to make dinner. This is the recipe link … https://pastoralfarms.us/2009/09/18/taco-ground-meat-filling/ We still make it the same way, only I have a…

  • Spring Report

    It’s April now. Spring is moving on. The Apple trees have already finished blooming mostly. They are our last spring blooming trees every year. Both the Yoshino’s and the Apple trees were very early this year. Usually the Apple trees don’t START to bloom until sometime in April. The Yoshino’s usually last until nearly April,…

  • Eastern Redbud in Full Bloom

    Eastern Redbud in Full Bloom, a photo by CrazyMaisy. This is a partial view of our Eastern Redbud tree in the backyard. It’s in full bloom, has been for a few days now. It’s absolutely gorgeous. The trunk is visible, somewhat. It’s twisted around like that due to a dog we had chewing the sapling…

  • My Yoshino’s Full Bloom!

    Originally uploaded by CrazyMaisy. The tree on the left is past peak already, and the ones to the right are right at peak bloom now (started yesterday afternoon). Usually these trees are in sync with their blooming periods but the one to the left was way ahead of the other two this Southern Spring March…

  • Roast Chicken & Stuffing

    I’m roasting two organic chickens right now, stuffed with white spelt bread stuffing. The stuffing is my own recipe. I made a loaf of bread in my Cuisinart bread machine on Friday for this purpose. 3+ cups of White Spelt Flour, 1 1/2 tsp. yeast, 1 cup water, 1 Tbsp. Honey, 1 egg, 1 tsp.…

  • Happy St. Patty’s Day!

    Happy St. Patty’s Day! Originally uploaded by CrazyMaisy. Happy St. Patty’s Day!

  • 1st Yoshino Blossoms – March 10, 2012

    The Yoshino Cherry Trees have opened their first blossoms of 2012 today! They are early, as they were last year.  

  • Cinnamon Muffin Cake – Recipe

    On January 9 I posted about Muffin Cake. Today I am recreating that process of making muffins (ha ha!) on purpose. 2/3 c. butter, melted 1 c. sugar 2 eggs 2 c. milk 3 c. flour 3 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1 Tbsp. Cinnamon Sift the dry ingredients together. Set aside. Put the…

  • Spring is really blooming

    Spring is here. Our big white blooming tree (crab apple or cherry something or other) is past peak bloom already. It still is very beautiful, just not “as much” as earlier in the week. The blossoms are dropping slowly, and the leaves are getting greener and larger day by day. I posted pictures of my…