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Baked Oatmeal

Baked Oatmeal

For years I saw on blogs and boards references to ‘Baked Oatmeal’ for breakfast. Although everyone who mentioned it gushed about how great it was, it didn’t sound like anything I wanted to try. I’m not sure what finally convinced me to try it, but 

Polish Stew

Polish Stew

I tried a ‘new to me’ recipe tonight that I found  a few weeks ago while trolling through blogs at random. The recipe was ‘Polish Stew‘ on the now apparently abandoned ‘Emily’s Experiments’ I made it pretty much as written and served it with fresh-out-of-the-oven 

Bread

Bread

We don’t eat a whole lot of bread around here, but when we do, we want it to taste good and be free from unnecessary and unhealthy ingredients. Most commercial breads are nothing I would consider feeding my family. Even though bread requires no more 

Zucchini Muffins

Zucchini Muffins

This year we experimented by planting a variety of zucchini called ‘Eight Ball’. The plant is compact rather than spreading, and the zucchini itself is round. I like the way the plant keeps to its own area and doesn’t sprawl all over the garden. However,