Pioneer Woman at Heart

  I lost count on how many days it's been with zero rain.  Watering everything continues for us.  We've been waking up in the 50's, so it makes my daily chores more difficult.  I have to wait for it to be warmer to do the watering.  The forecast is saying possible rain this coming Sunday, with warmer temperatures. I also have to rotate watering with laundry/dishwasher, so the water pump is not working in over drive. It's hard to be outside too long with the Canadian wildfire haze contaminating the air outside.  We sat out on the porch the other night, and totally forgot about the air issue, and a nasty sore throat woke me up in the night. I am finishing up with strawberries.  The chickens love their cool, sweet treats (they get the tops). Froze several quarts, and will make a cold strawberry pie as well.  Canned 8 - half pints of reduced sugar jam. There is a cottage cheese craze going on in recipes lately, but for years, we've enjoyed cottage che...

I used some of my homemade skillet bread to make some French toast.  My husband got special bread that is low carb, but I also made sausage patties and this..... One of our favorite egg casseroles - it's Rachael Ray's Cheddar and Chili Egg Casserole .  I keep cans of organic chili peppers in the pantry for this and other recipes.  We love how the cottage cheese and cheese fluff this up to a light dish. Does anyone else do this?  Pull a recipe and just put it on top inside the recipe box in a hurry (while baking/cooking)?   Breaking this bad habit today.  I will be spending some time putting all those recipes back in their proper slot in the box.