Pioneer Woman at Heart

  I have not baked an angel food cake in a few years.  There were just not enough eggs.  However, with my foot fracture, the eggs multiplied here at the homestead.  I decided to bake us one, and it is delicous!  I also now have a recipe for a frosting for the future (family recipe).  We are enjoying this one as it is, but a drizzle of fruit or whipped cream will be nice too. On a side note, I checked my blog, and I last baked one in 2022, and guess what?  It was raining, ha ha!  Well, it wasn't raining yesterday, but it is today. I saved all of the yolks, as I was already making us a breakfast scramble, and added them to the scramble. You can save the yolks for pretty much anything. I used another dozen eggs for the breakfast. From the freezer - garden green bell pepper, diced ham from the last holiday, and I thawed some dandelion greens and added those too. In the end, I tossed in some chives from the herb garden, and some tomatoes. I saved the e...

Just a little teabag quote for the day. Started a jar of comfrey infused oil.  I haven't decided yet, but I'll either use this as an oil or make a salve, to topically treat my varicose veins. Made a breakfast scramble with collards, jalapeno and bacon.  Of course eggs, potatoes and green bell peppers as well.  I felt bad Hubby had no breakfast nor lunch to pack on Monday.  We grilled out Sunday night, and had been busy outdoor Sunday morning. Baked Bourbon Blueberry Banana bread.  Snacks for the next day or two. You know when the weather really is wacky, when you have this much asparagus, and no snap peas to go with it (when I normally do).  Peas aren't even planted sadly.  I roast the asparagus with rosemary and olive oil. Today is our youngest daughter's last day of school.  Considering our weather the last two years, I've asked Hubby to put building a green house to the top of the to-do list.  I can't su...

I'm slowly trying to get order of the homestead.  Thankfully we hired our biker friend to mow the almost 6 acres on the only sunny dry day, while we were gone.  Whew.   While I put loads of laundry on the line (cold but windy), I picked the asparagus.  It's still doing well for us. Also, while the washer hummed away, I cooked up dandelions, potatoes, onion, bacon, jalapenos and eggs for a scramble.  Poor Youngest was complaining about missing my cooking.  Not that I was in the mood to jump back in, but it was done. Hubby is back to work, and in full swing.  It's that time at work where they shut down and work double shifts, 16 hour days for 4-6 weeks.   Not the greatest picture since it was super windy, but my bleeding hear is in full bloom right now. A late bloomer.  Nice.  I hope it keeps spreading.  It's the only purple one I have right now. Our youngest was being bullied (was threatened by a stu...