Good Golly, Tamale!

| December 31, 2010

Er…yeah.  I made the tamales last night.  I’m thinkin’ Mom’s right ~ making them is something that’s better left as an annual tradition.  But, then, I might be willing to make them again sooner than a year from now if I were a little more organized than I was this time.  I thought I was [...]

Treasured Traditions: Revisted…Again

| December 29, 2010

Can you believe another year has passed us by already?  Do you remember the Christmas tradition Darling Husbie and I have of getting special coffee mugs?  Well, it’s true.  Another year has flown by, and it flew so quickly, Husbie and I found ourselves doing our mug shopping on Christmas Eve.  Late Christmas Eve, at [...]

Cashew Chicken

| December 28, 2010

I am working on revamping our menu plan a little here at the Farmstead.  We really enjoy Chinese food, so I decided I’d get adventurous and expand beyond our traditional Beef and Chicken Stir Fry dishes.  [Whoa!  Wild woman in the house!]  I found a Cashew Chicken recipe that fit my cooking criteria ~ simple [...]

Our Daily Bread: 27 Dec ~ 02 Jan

| December 27, 2010

We all know that menu planning is something I’ve been less than faithful in maintaining on a regular basis.  So, I thought I’d better at least close out the year by setting myself a good example ~ you know, so that I can follow my own lead into the New Year. I really want to [...]