Month: September 2017

Oh. My. Goodness!

It’s that time of year when all I want to do is bake.

Give me all the sweet stuff!

And because we are nearing the holidays {I’m not ready}, I thought maybe I should start posting some pie recipes, maybe even do a tutorial or two.

{I need to get brave}

I love making pie! I love making the crust…mmmmm and maybe I make a batch or two extra just for “lady fingers”. My kids and I can devour them in no time. You must be real quick to be able to sneak one out from under us.

This pie is probably my favorite pie…right up there with Strawberry Rhubarb.

So oatmeal pie has been described as the ‘poor man’s pecan pie’.  It is full of a delicious filling containing coconut, walnuts, and of course oatmeal.

My suggestion is that you make 2.  Share one. Hide the other one. Wake up when everyone else is sleeping. Heat it up and add a couple scoops of ice cream. Eat it out of the pan with a fork. And enjoy every last bite!

That’s just my suggestion. {make sure to wash the pan and fork… hide the evidence. They’ll never forgive you} You can thank me later.

Much love,

Teauna

 

 

 

 

 

I love fall.

Pumpkins. Corn stalks. Pumpkin Spice Chai Lattes. The colors of changing leaves on the mountains. All of it.

I love all of it.

I love to decorate both inside and outside for most seasons and holidays. I try not to go overboard. Most of all…. I try to do it as inexpensive as possible.

That way I don’t feel guilty when I change things up every year.

One of the best ways I have found to add some décor is by finding some cute printables and printing them off and placing them in cute frames.  I am that girl that buys all the frames in the second-hand store. I like to keep them in a box and when I print something off, I find a frame that’ll work and take it on a date outside with a can of spray paint.

The easiest way to change up décor in a hurry and for a small price is with a can of spray paint.

I have found some adorable FREE printables for you and have linked them below. So much fun!

Simply find one you love, download it and then print it off and place it in a cute upcycled frame.

Voila!

You have a fun decoration that you won’t feel bad about changing up next season, or maybe you’ll keep it around for awhile.

This adorable Pumpkin Patch sign from Sincerely, Sara D.

I love this Anne of Green Gables quote found at kaylaaimee.

This chalkboard design from LollyJane makes my heart happy.

I’m pretty much obsessed with everything about this cute Pickup and Pumpkins print from my Someday in May.

This Fall Subway Art by The Kurtz Corner is adorable.

 

This sweet watercolor print by Rosewood and Grace is so perfect!

 

Aren’t these all so stinkin’ cute?

Happy Fall!

 

Much love,

Teauna

 

 

I have to admit… my husband doesn’t ask for much.  I love cooking for him because he will eat anything I put in front of him and he never complains.

He also very seldom requests anything. Well… except for scones. He will request scones.

He has told me of his Grandma’s delicious tuna fish sandwiches, her snickerdoodles that only she could make to perfection and this “Korean Beef stuff” that his mom would make and they’d eat it over rice.

I have seen this recipe floating around the internet and have decided that I needed to give it a try. It seems to have the elements he has explained in the dish his mom once made.  Anything with ground beef… I’m game. It’s simple and it’s filling…and relatively inexpensive.

Win…Win!

Now… I have to explain. We have a schedule that would confuse anyone. Sometimes we wonder who’s coming and who’s going and when and where. But… we seem to make it work.  The mister works night shifts…long ones. So then I work from home when he is sleeping for the most part.  The days he is home, I work in the mornings from home and we usually do yardwork and hang out otherwise. We randomly fall asleep in the middle of the day. On nights like last night I’m up through the wee hours because I am not tired. My body seriously doesn’t know when it’s supposed to be sleeping or awake anymore.

On the days he works I usually have his “lunch” ready around 4:30 so he can get ready and leave by 5:30. It’s crazy some days because I feed him {dinner} but I pack him a {lunch}. Ya know… kinda backwards. But we make it work.

This was super simple to throw together and I cooked Jasmine rice to go with.  That’s our rice of choice around here.

And yes…. I garnished his dinner, because I’m cool like that. {and I needed pics}

Once again, Six Sisters’  recipe is a good one. No surprise.

 

 

Much love,

Teauna

 

 

I love salad.

Cabbage salads. Lettuce. Anything that resembles rabbit food.

I like the sweet salads too. But the green kind are more my style.

Give me all the salads!

The first time I tried this salad was when my Aunt brought it to a family dinner a lot of years ago.  I dug right in and it has been one of my favorites since.  I have changed it up a bit from the recipe I received from her. And sometimes if I want it to be a main dish, I will add cooked chicken to it.

Delicious.

What is your favorite salad?

 

Much love…

Teauna

 

 

 

 

Fall is in the air. The mornings are cool and the breeze coming in the through the bedroom window is so cool.

My favorite part of fall is the flavors that come with it. The warm comfort foods and the smell of pumpkin. Oh. And blankets. I love me a good snuggly blanket.

My first thought as I tucked my feet back under the blanket in bed  this morning was that I needed to make soup for dinner.  Finally.  It’s soup weather.

I know there are all these recipes out there for this healthy veggie soup with clear broth. But I’m here to tell you that the ONLY soup I want right now is a creamy, cheesy, bacon-filled potato soup.

This is a soup I’ve made for several years.  Pretty much started with one of those kind of days that you’re using up the remainder of the groceries in your fridge and pantry and this is what came of it.  I haven’t written down the recipe til now because, let’s be honest, I haven’t used one.

There are so many delicious potato soup recipes out there. Many variations of the same thing. Well, I seem to do that on my own. I never make it the same twice. But after everyone was asking for the recipe, I decided it was time to pay attention to detail and write it all down.

First, you must know…. this is a variety for the crockpot.  I have a big crockpot and it was too full for the lid to go back on when I was finished.  So, this will feed an army. But on the plus side, you can either have lots of leftovers, you can share, or you can freeze it for a later time when you don’t want to cook.  I love to share hot soup.  Usually accompanied with fresh-from-the-oven rolls. Because it’s comfort food at its finest.

From my kitchen to yours, enjoy!

Much Love….

Teauna