Pioneer Woman at Heart

  Mondays are always hard, as it's back to the grind, and no sleeping in.  I, however, took advantage of the day and the 60-some degree weather.  Laundry went on the line, I worked a bit in one of the vegetable gardens, and I did some indoor painting.  I also got some porch reading time in, and boy the weather was fantastic. I've learned in our area, that you need to just drop whatever you indoor plans are on good spring days, and get outside.  The weather has quickly turned to rain, thunderstorms, and high wind warnings. Breakfasts were finally decided on, and I pulled more frozen garden pumpkin puree from the freezer, along with some holiday diced ham we froze, and frozen garden grown bell peppers. Freezer meal planning progress . . . Meaning using the freezer items as a meal prep start. ( Ham and Cheese Breakfast Casserole :  The Real Food Dietitians online.  I had to put foil on top and bake longer, because the center was not cooked all the way). I...

  We had the most gorgeous 60°F day Wednesday.  It was also one of my most busiest days of the week for me as well.  Sheesh.  There were lots of dishes, more laundry, cleaning, cooking and so on.  I also started on the stairway clean up project.  It may take a month to finish, as I am fitting it in my cleaning schedule, as I have time for it. I finished dusting and cleaning all of the kitchen blinds and windows, and the valances were washed and put out on the line. It was so nice to open windows and let the fresh air flow for a day.  So intoxicating for the soul.  Winter can seem so long sometimes, and this day was welcomed by all. To focus on what's in the freezer and pantry. . . I made a batch of Einkorn pumpkin pancakes for us for breakfast, and more egg cups, as I had one more cup of cooked sage sausage to use.  I used thawed frozen pumpkin puree from last year's garden, for the pancakes.  Einkorn flour pancakes are the best.  ...