Imogen

doesn't have a lot to say today,

but the brief bit of sunshine was pretty nice!

Meow.

Ow, ow! Chili

I found a recipe for crock-pot chili, but didn't like half of what went into it so I made up my own version. Simple, easy, and smells amazing while it cooks.

• 2.5 lbs. stew meat
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 15 oz. cans pinto beans
• 28 oz. diced tomatoes
• 1.5 T. chili powder (I used 3T)
• sour cream

Combine all in crockpot.

LOW for 7 hours.

Breakfast Bake

It doesn't look like anything special.

8oz. refrigerated crescent roll tube

16oz. smoked sausage

1 green pepper

Monterey Jack cheese

Cream of Onion soup

4 eggs

Press down crescent rolls. Seal any seams and press it up the sides of the pan.

Cut smoked sausage and green pepper. Layer on top of crescent dough.

Sprinkle 1/4 cheese on top of meat/vegs.

Mix cream of onion (I didn't have this so I've used cream of mushroom and cream of celery - both yummy!) and 4 eggs. Pour over everything else. Top with cheese (recipe calls for 1.5C. but we love cheese so I used it all!)

35 minutes @350 degrees...

Oh, yum! I'm sure this would be great with onions and other veggies, too.

French Onion Soup

I don't know why, but I've always wanted to make my own french onion soup. I think maybe because it sounds so easy. Onions, beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, water, bread, and Swiss cheese. Sounds easy, right?

Not exactly.

I had a really hard time getting the onions thin enough, as it's difficult to slice when there are tears streaming down your face and your concentration is focused on not slicing off a finger.

It didn't come out the way I hoped. It tasted nothing like what you can get in a restaurant. The cheese was good, but mostly it just tasted like onions and beef broth.

a family favorite

Hmm... I wonder what this could mean?

Butter Brickle! A family favorite.

.. to help me get a handle on things

The most annoying thing about my kitchen is that the cupboards don't have any knobs. Prying them open with my fingernails is quite a chore.

Well..

I'm happy to say that DH finally put knobs on for me!

They're not fancy or pretty, but they make life in the kitchen so much easier!

Sweet Confections

Sweet Confections?

I wonder what could be in there?

Oh..!

Two-bite blueberry muffins!



YUM!

Moose

Even our "little" Moose enjoyed the sunshine this weekend.

We think he's pretty handsome!