Smiles peeps, There are few and far between good Asian restaurants in our area, so I like to make ours. It seems like the ginger at the grocery store is sold in large pieces. This is a typical size of ginger (sorry I was prepping food for our Asian meal) found in the store. After [...]
Smiles Peeps, This week has all been about canning corn, and more tomatoes! A few days ago I shared with how you can FREEZE fresh corn on the cob. Yesterday I made Fiesta Corn Relish, just have to use the fresh bounty of corn out there now. Corn Relish is great served with cold meats [...]
Smiles Peeps, Tis the season for canning and preserving summers best... I've been busy canning tomatoes, sauces, salsas, pickles and more. I also wanted to take advantage of all the great fresh corn at the Farmers Market. I bought tons of fresh corn. It is so easy to freeze corn. 1) First husk corn and [...]
Smile Peeps! Today is the day I decided to clean out my refrigerator, OK - maybe I should of done it last week or even the week before - but I didn't. Cleaning the frig just isn't on the top of my"fun" things to do list! Woah, Woah, Woah!!! To give you a visual [...]
Smiles peeps, yesterday was such a beautiful day, it's funny for this summer beautiful is less than 88°! On Sunday's I usually try to make an egg dish of some sort, I had plenty of veggies, ham and eggs in the frig. So it's simple - a Roasted Veggie and Ham Frittata! I wanted an [...]
Smiles to you friends, I know I keep saying it, but it is so HOT here! It's so hot I don't even head out doors to grill! I'm a girl who loves salt, so when I pulled out a pork tenderloin out of the freezer this morning an Asian recipe came to mind. In [...]
Smiles Everyone, What a great day it is... Day 5 pillow was so easy to make, I can't believe it... My inspiration photo... Let me share with you the story behind this pillow... Rita May, May Days, sent me an email letting me know she found this pillow at Marshall's Look at the top, see [...]
Smiles Everyone, I'm going to share the "behind" the scenes of the kitchen remodel. This part is the UGLY part of the project!!!! The kitchen remodel was our biggest project at the Charmer, and the most expensive! I guess it's normal to run into snags during a project, but the kitchen project started The existing [...]
Smiles Everyone,.. I'm so excited to show photos of our kitchen remodel. Honestly, it was pretty pain.ful and em.bar.ras.sing to show you the before! UGH! The remodel took nearly 2 1/2 months to complete, was exciting, stressful, overwhelming and expensive. At times I thought I had walked through the gates of hell! The existing cabinets [...]
Smile Everyone, Glad to see you joined us for our kitchen remodel series. Last week I shared the pretty scary kitchen before photos, here. Most of the walls by and around the old sink area (window) were replaced, and insulation put in. The Charmer was built with NO insulation throughout the house. All existing [...]
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