Rich Dark Cake with Super Easy Pudding Frosting

34 years ago I met a woman who made 4 loaves of bread each week and never made cake from a box! All her food was made from scratch. We were both nursing moms with baby boys about the same age, served in the same church and we became friends!

A Quick Peek Inside the Hive

The Ladies have been with us a little less than 3 weeks. We've been supplementing them with organic cane syrup until they become more established, i.e. new bees are born providing more foragers and a stronger, sustainable hive. We should begin to see the "newbees" taking their first orientation flight in the next week or two. In preparation for the expected growth, we added a new box to their hive and took a quick peek to see how they are doing.

Simply . . . Delicious . . . Creamsicles

It's already heating up here in Arizona, and I still have tasty citrus on our trees so it's time to whip up some Creamsicles!

Photographic Tour of the Garden

 

Yesterday I fertilized all my garden plants in the front yard with Alaskan Fish Fertilizer. That stuff is very stinky, draws flies and my hands and feet always get a soaking while I'm applying it! The things we do to have an organic garden! ;^ } While passing by my blue and gold macaw, Libby, with my smelly self, I stopped to say hi. She literally turned her head and body away from me because I smelled so horrid!

Easy Creamy Ranch Dressing

What do you do with all those fresh, crunchy veggies? Make Creamy Ranch Dressing!

Life with the Pollinators.

I've always loved having my rose garden and flowering plants because they are so beautiful and fragrant. Our garden, orchard and herbs provide us with fresh, vitamin rich fruits, veggies and seasonings. Since the Bees came to live with us I am looking at everything quite differently now!

Lovely Quiche

What's not to love about quiche? Flaky crust, filled with limitless combinations of cheesy yumminess!

Meet Our Girls

Ah, chickens! There are chickens and then there are CHICKENS!

The Bees Arrived!

A whole lot of buzzing this morning as I installed our bees in their new, homemade Warre' Hive!

Grapefruit Poppy Seed Bread

Some people eat the same breakfast every day of their lives, I am not one of those people! So many choices, so little time! I dug through my bread cookbooks looking for an exciting change of pace and found this recipe filled with refreshing grapefruit zest and juice, wheat germ, fiber and poppy seeds. I believe that I've found a winner!

St. Louis-Style No Yeast Pizza

I was watching America's Test Kitchen Public TV Series last week, they were making foods from St. Louis, Missouri i.e. St. Louis Ribs, and St. Louis Pizza! So, I thought I'd give this pizza a try and let you know what Will and I thought.

Bake in a 475 degree F. oven on parchment paper.