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While scanning the newspaper last week I had noticed an article/recipe for a peach puff pastry tart… The recipe had called for peaches and apricot jam. I didn’t have any peaches or apricot jam… BUT… I did have apricots and peach jam… 🙂 So that’s what I made… An apricot tart. This dessert (or breakfast) Read More >>
G’ Day Mate… There’s no money in the budget this month for a little shrimp on the barbie so a peanut butter sandwich will just have to do… 🙂 I spent more time sleeping in and going to garage sales this week than grocery shopping. As you might have guessed… this was a slow week Read More >>
It’s that time of year again… Time to break out the Canning Supplies and steam up the kitchen… And this past weekend I did just that. I still have about 2-3 weeks before raspberries begin to ripen in our backyard… So I thought it was as good a time as any to clear out the Read More >>
I finally used up the last of my 10 bazillion pounds of blueberries from last years awesome blueberry deal at Fred Meyer. I some how managed to keep 5… 6 or maybe it was 7 gallon bags hidden in the freezer all winter long… And let me tell you… keeping fruit hidden from The Girl Read More >>
$10 Gift Card to Starbucks! Oh Mavis… that’s so nice of you… Really… it’s no big deal… I got it for FREE with my Swagbucks! Wanna win? Tell me your favorite brand of light bulbs and I’ll pick 1 lucky winner sometime on Friday. May the bulb be with you 🙂
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