New Recipe Tried ~ Last Day of 2024

I love a pan of roasted vegetables, and this was a bit different than my normal seasoning (as well as vegetable variety). It called for 5 cloves of garlic, 1/3 cup of olive oil, 1 tsp. of paprika, homemade onion powder, and 1 tsp of homemade Italian seasoning (and salt and pepper). The second photo is a cheese mixture with feta, cream cheese, yogurt, and honey. We loved it! Oh, in the end of the cooking time, I tossed in some sliced turkey sausages.

I do miss fresh garden goodies. Finding "fresh" in the stores is not the same. We have nothing to harvest this time of year, as we do not have a greenhouse.

It is pouring down rain as I get this very last blog post for 2024 up. How will you be spending the day? My husband, like most full-time employees, is working today. I am not sure on my day yet today, other than exercise (medicine for the body and soul), and maybe baking muffins. I do have some house cleaning that needs done, but we'll be hunkered in for the New Year's Eve.

Our snack tonight is hummus. I whipped it up slightly different this time. I used half organic navy beans and half organic chickpeas, and added a bit of turmeric to it. It is delicious.

I do not make any New Year "resolutions" because I work on myself, our home, and overall life every single day. I am looking forward to a much better camping year, as last year it got away from us. We will need to fence the other garden, and other projects that are rolling into next year.

I look at the end of the year, and beginning of the next year as a realm of possibilities.

I do reflect on any bad habits (or lack of continuous good habits), as the year comes to an end, it sort of takes over my thoughts for the day. The fact it's the last day of a year, makes you think about things on a larger scale.

I hope your evening is fun filled, or relaxing, or just enjoyable. Happy New Year!

New Recipe Tried ~ Last Day of 2024 © December 2024 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

Apples and Tomatoes Oh My!

The early morning weather here has been downright chilly. One morning it was 42 degrees. Flower beds have been weeded. The herb garden is next in line, but I do need to figure out what to do with all the rosemary plants I planted in the actual vegetable garden. I have not mastered keeping them alive all winter indoors. They will not survive the winter if left outside. Did any of my blog writing followers locate a better "blog" platform online? Just curious if anyone is moving from blogger.

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Under the Weather ~ What's Growing?

I have not been around in blogland much, due to being under the weather after I pushed myself way to far one day. I have to remember we cannot do it all in one day. Thank goodness for teas and tinctures, and healing foods (and rest). We are feeling better. As for our blogs being used for advertising on many websites, and so forth (I can't see any other reason for the source of views: howstuffworks, dominospizza, mayoclinic {not the blog readers interested in my actual blog}) the numbers continue to climb. I have not found a way to "opt" out either. If any of you find a new way to avoid this, blog elsewhere, find a new platform etc, please be sure to share. If your blog has ads, you are are not going to complain, ha ha! You are probably making a bucko-bucks with all these visitors to your blog. Okay, back to the update post . . .

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16 Weeks Until Christmas

It's not hard to believe that we are traveling closer to the winter holidays. I'm trying to focus on enjoying every single day until then, but I am fitting in a few snippets of holiday preparing. Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. It's hard to believe it's the last day of August. I have not yet gotten rid of the links to all the advertisers using my blog posts, but again, still working on it. However, my profile has gone from my blog, and while I am in settings, it is not able to add as a "gadget" to the blog. Weird things are happening. Google had a data breach recently as well, so gmail users were advised to change passwords. Not sure what else is going on, but just in case you are wondering why my "profile" is not on my blog any longer. Okay, back to the Christmas countdown post . . .

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