At Home My Way

Early this spring, I decided I wanted to have a little garden again.  It's been a while for me in the garden, but this year I thought I would give it another try.   I really wanted Doug to till a garden spot in our yard - or build me an amazing raised bed, but he had so many things on his honey-do list that I finally broke down and tried a container garden.  I wasn't sure how it would work.   I follow Square Foot Gardening on Facebook and a few other gardening sites.  They really inspired me to give it a try and to start where I am!   Someone told me recently that you really have to treat your plants like little babies.  That made sense and has stuck with me!  They need attention often and should be watched closely for anything they might need.  They can't talk to you so all you can do is keep a close eye on them and do your best to give them what they need to grow. One blogger said she starts seeds in little trays ...

Surprise Muffins   (Easy - Uses Pantry Ingredients) 2 cups all purpose flour 1/3 cup sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup milk 1 egg 1/2 cup vegetable oil *Jam/jelly of your choice (optional) *Colored sugars for sprinkling (optional) Directions: PREHEAT:  Oven to 350 degrees COMBINE:  In a mixing bowl all of the dry ingredients. Stir well. COMBINE:  In a separate dish from the dry ingredients- the egg, oil, and milk.  Stir so egg is thoroughly blended with other wet ingredients. COMBINE: Wet and dry ingredients  and STIR, just until blended . PLACE: Muffin papers in 12 muffin cups/tin.  (I really prefer papers for these muffins.) SCOOP:  Approximately one heaping Tablespoon of batter into the bottom of each muffin cup. NEXT PLACE:  About 1 teaspoon of your favorite jam or jelly on top of that batter. TOP: With another spoon of muffin batter. SPRINKLE: With colo...

Fresh Homemade Tortillas *These are the best ever! 3 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking POWDER 1 teaspoon table salt 1/3 cup oil 1 cup warm water Instructions: Combine flour, baking powder, and table salt in a mixing bowl and stir well. Combine oil and water in a separate dish and stir well to combine. Pour oil/water mixture over flour/baking powder, salt mixture and stir well to combine. Form dough into a disc and let rest about 10 minutes while getting ready to roll/cook. Get skillet out and spray w/ cooking spray if not using a non-stick surface.  I used an iron skillet since I don't use non-stick skillets. Cut the dough disc into half, each half in half, each half in half until you have 16 equal pieces.  Form each piece into a round piece of dough. Roll each piece on a floured surface with a floured rolling pin into a thin taco-sized tortilla.  You could probably pat them out if you don't have a rolling pin....