Thanksgiving!

Sorry this is all out of order blogger is giving me issues...

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We took a little trip since Dan was free for a couple days! We got to play with Grandma & Gran-pa, and Aunt Mary, Ryan, Novella & Koa!!

Our Thanksgiving was exciting as this was the first time that we had all been together since Mary and I started our own families!

Also I passed the torch to Riley, he made the Cranberry Apple Crisp I have been making for every Thanksgiving since I was 5! It was a recipe I got out of my Highlights magazine!

Thanks for the fun family! Love you!

Muffin Brain...

Seriously, we've been sick here and I've had a head cold that has left my brain pretty fuzzy. But I have also had muffins on the brain, tongue, and tummy!

It helps alot that we found this GREAT gluten free flour mix recipe, my in house baker keeps my flour bin stocked and it is much less expensive then the pre-made mixes! So far it works great, I'm not the biggest fan of it in cookies but gluten free cookies are all a little grainy in my opinion.

Much to Fern's dismay I am a veggies in the muffins kind of mama...

Zucchini are a favorite (even Fern likes zucchini in muffins but not in dinner), I use Dan's mom's recipe with a couple minor tweaks... This week we tried a new recipe, Carrot Date Walnut Muffins! They were tasty and have been put in the "make again" pile (I just substitute our flour for theirs). Another favorite are Morning Glory Muffins, (we tweak these as we are not so into sugar, maple syrup or honey are good, and a little shredded zucchini is good) Dan makes these when he is trying to sweeten me up! ;) Banana's are a common one too, Max's Christmas Cranberry Bread is also a favorite (we first made it for Winter Solstice last year). Most bread recipes transfer great to muffins!

Yesterday I started thinking about pumpkin muffins. Big surprise hu! I am a pumpkin fanatic and now you know my muffin fetish too. Anyway the mix at TJ's keeps staring at me but I knew it would rip up Miss Leili's tummy and mine too. I thought about going rouge and trying to make some on my own (I am not the baker Dan is so that is a little scary). But the stars aligned, my desires were heard (Our Heavenly Parents love us and know us!) and just this morning Amanda over at Soulmama posted their tried and true, yummy Pumpkin Muffin recipe! I think we may have pumpkin muffins today!

Now I need that acorn muffin pan!!

{this moment}

This week and last!

Tour Time!

So I'd just like to take you on a little tour today. This house we are renting is a little small for us, it's in a great location, there is inches of counter space in the kitchen, but the BEST part is this little room in the garage... It's my favorite room!

IT'S A FOOD STORAGE ROOM!!! Oh it is so LOVELY!!
Potatoes, squashes, grain and bean buckets, and those beautiful jars my Mom & Daddy fill with love for us!

Onions from the farmers market hanging, the dehydrator hanging out waiting to be loved, more potatoes!

This is the shelf we mostly filled up with our canning this year, apple sauce, apple butter, crab apple jelly, strawberry jelly, and ketchup on a lower shelf. Alot of our work is in the freezer, corn, bell peppers, strawberries, raspberries, zucchini, & elderberries (I think I'm forgetting something).

Mmmm, apricots & green tomatoes! Grandma spoils us from her garden, dilly beans, green beans, corn, tomatoes, jellies, cherries, apple juice, ortega chilies, pimentos, salsas, tomoillos, carrots, sour kraut, beets, beet jelly... I know there is more but it's 32 outside and I'm not going out to the garage to look and see! ;)

Mom even dried parsley, corn, & plabano chilies for us this year!

So there is your tour for the day, when someone asks if you went anywhere cool lately you can say, "I went to Danna's food storage room, and it was awesome!"!!!

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{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.