Pioneer Woman at Heart

School closed today, so watch out.  This post will be a doozy.  I've got a pot of coffee all to myself, and all the kids are still in bed. I guess, although we are to warm up to the 38°F, they are predicting ice covered roads until noon today.   Aside from animal feed, which I may run out before the end of the week, I'm declaring this week a no-spend week.  Toilet paper is stocked up so we are good in that department.

(Yesterday morning's sunrise) This time of year, everything is very wet early in the morning.  As I picked green peppers yesterday, I noticed how wet the garden still is.   I opted to bake first, then head to the front flower beds instead.  I was sure to get "Frankenstein" feet if I went to the vegetable garden. While my breakfast cooked, I quickly tossed ingredients together to make a pie for dinner.  Which by the way, was not a pie I'll make again.   It was called "Stupid Pie" and

 Bananas were on sale, so I decided to try dehydrating them into chips.  If they kids like them, they will be healthy, inexpensive lunch packings and snacks.  My intention was to sit, sip a hot cup of tea, inhale the wonderful apple spice candle, and read over some magazines from the library. However,  while the tea cooled, I looked over to see that more of my bananas were ripe - too ripe to eat.  So I hopped on the handy dandy computer and made these Healthy Banana Cookies .  So simple, and so delicious. Then I sat back down to sip my tea, and came across another recipe - Banana Chocolate Cupcakes. I ended up baking again.  I whipped my egg whites by hand this time.  Very easy to do also.  It was a rainy, dreary day, so it may be why I got the "baking bug" or it may be just the case of "when you give a mom a muffin."  You know how we can all get side tracked so easily in our day? These were in the "Lower-...