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Brie en Croute sounds oh so fancy. I assure you, this particular lunch was not the result of careful culinary planning. We haven't visited the grocery for over a week and the odds and ends left in the fridge are how I ended up making this tasty lunch. Once it was pulled from the oven, taking pictures of it in the sunlight streaming through the kitchen window was inevitable, especially since it looked so tasty on the freshly made wool Sailor's Knot Trivets. So let's start with the lunch, or for most people, the appetizer. Ingredients: 1 can of Pillsbury...

We have developed a bit of a routine on the weekends when we aren't traveling or at a show. We sleep in a bit, dink around the house, play with the kitties, maybe watch some of the tv we DVR'd from the week then make fresh pancakes. The experimentation with pancake recipes began when I realized I was out of pancake mix from the grocery store. I thought we were doomed to a pancakeless morning but refusing to be thwarted I started researching pancake recipes online. As it turns out, it's just as easy to make them from scratch and...

As the air starts to become crisp and the rustle of autumn leaves is dancing across the yard I know it's time to fire up the oven. Last week the grocery store had an awesome deal on apples. Three pounds of Gala apples for $1.99. I was delighted to find that the sale was still going on when we made our grocery run this week. There were still three apples left from last week. You know the ones. The apples that are fine but not so pretty. They are a little bruised and maybe a bit soft where they clunked...

Since washing dishes is a bit of a chore and we're living in a cozy little lake cottage with just a tiny galley kitchen and no room for a dishwasher, I like to add some little luxuries into the routine. I have always loved using handknit dishcloths. I don't know if it is the idea that they're handmade which warms me so or if it is the amazing textures that make easy work of an otherwise boring chore. At least a couple times a week I take a nice afternoon or late morning break to calm my mind and gear...