How to Clean A Porcelain Sink

Monday, September 26, 2011
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This is my dirty sink! Yuck! I know gross! I usually wouldn't advertise my dirty sink on my blog, but how else could I show you my favorite way to clean it?

I don't understand cleaning dishes, scrubbing floors or for a matter of fact washing my kids or my own body with petroleum, it makes no sense to me. So I try to limit exposure as much as possible.

I try to use more natural things around the house to clean with and thought maybe here and there I would share my little tips.
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Zucchini Bread

Thursday, September 22, 2011
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Zucchini bread! Another great use of the over abundance of zucchini this time of year! This loaf was almost devoured by hungry cranky munchkins before I remembered to take a picture, they had just came home from school.I love to make a few loaves at a time and if they last past a day I wrap one up and freeze it for later. This loaf has a nice complex fall flavor with plenty of cinnamon,  a hint of vanilla and a bit of nutmeg! I also have started freezing shredded zucchini for later already pre measured to the amount needed to make 2 loaves later.
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Gluten Free Meatloaf with Homemade BBQ Sauce Topping

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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Dinner is meatloaf. A delicious, flavorful, moist meatloaf. I love meatloaf or should I say I love my  meatloaf. 

This is another one of my husbands favorite meals. The outside has a tangy BBQ style topping. My daughter had a friend over for dinner and she was even oohing and aahing. The picture defiantly won't be hitting taste spotting any time soon, I was really rather disappointed with the way the picture turned out. 
But I can tell you if you like meatloaf and BBQ sauce you will defiantly like this and so will the kids.
 
The topping recipe for the meatloaf is also great on chicken. So if you can over look my mediocre picture, I guarantee your taste buds will be happy.

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Blackberry Jam without Pectin

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Blackberry Jam without pectin spread on a piece of toast on a white plate with a jar of blackberry jam in the background.

I have decided to try my hand at Blackberry Jam without Pectin. I just don't want to feed my kids all the extra junk in the pectin products. 

I also like to save money since jam is so expensive, even from Costco. The triple bonus is I know what I have put into my own jam and know exactly what my children are eating, no extra junk or fillers.

I can control the amount of sugar added and it's just good ole organic jam. 

To be totally honest nothing taste better then homemade jam, especially when it's cold outside and the fruits of summer are long gone, you can pop open a can of jam and spread it on a nice buttermilk biscuit or drop a spoonful in your tea, the taste of fresh blackberries fills your mouth and brings a small remembrance of summer.

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Molasses Chocolate Chip Cookies

Thursday, September 8, 2011
Molasses-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies.jpgThese are so delish! Super moist, my mouth is watering just thinking about them. Don't be scared of the dark color the molasses helped the cookies stay super soft in the middle with a little bit of crispness on the outside. They are long gone the kids, husband and my self ate probably 1 too many and I could easily make another batch and continue to enjoy them with pure satisfaction. You see the worse part about  making these cookies was I decided to taste the dough before I baked them, then I had to taste a little more, you know to make sure it was alright. Needless to say by the end of my "tasting" we where lucky to still have cookies. I'm usually not a cookie dough kind of girl, but that was some good dough. It's the raw eggs, I just can't bring myself to eat the dough because of the eggs, but this dough caught me off guard.
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Zucchini and Summer Squash with Ginger and Garlic

Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Zucchini, Summer Squash, Red Bell Pepper with Ginger and Garlic cooked and served in a white bowl.

It's zucchini time! That's right my 1 plant I planted for the first time ever became so monstrous I have had plenty of zucchini, more then I'm starting to know what to do with and we are eating zucchini almost every other night. 

I make Zucchini and Summer Squash with Ginger and Garlic all the time because it's a simple, healthy and delicious way to make zucchini. 

I make it quite a bit in the summer as a nice side dish. It is super yummy and even better if you have a grill pan for the BBQ to cook in. This night my husband was missing and I didn't feel like messing with the BBQ so the stove top it was. It's so delicious either way.

Here's how to make Zucchini and Summer Squash with Ginger and Garlic:

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Blackberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Saturday, September 3, 2011
Blackberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is a delicious light buttery lemon coffee cake with a heavenly blackberry studded cream cheese filling and topped with a crunchy vanilla lemon almond topping.

It's a favorite in our house for dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or for brunch as is.

A slice of Blackberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake on a white plate.

We love this amazing Blackberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake recipe. 

Let me tell you the best coffee cake ever. All I heard at the dinner table was mmm..ohh..mmm! 

We ate half last night and then my husband and I fought over the remaining coffee cake this morning.

The blackberries with the cream cheese definitely rounded out the flavors well. Colt even said not to ever change a thing on this recipe, the way it is. 

I will be posting more blackberry ideas in the next few weeks, as we have been picking away like crazy and I love blackberries.

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Around the house lately

Thursday, September 1, 2011
Girls Star Bedroom This room seems like it was a long work in progress.

We still have a lot of work to do, aka paint the base molding, doors, and finish moving in the last of my super stars stuff. But I decided it was time to post the post instead of waiting any longer.

The colors of the room where inspired from the bed spread my daughter had found last spring, and she knew she would like some kind of stars on the wall. We worked together to choose colors and the chandelier.

My hunka hunka burn'n love did the custom painting on the wall. He is such an incredible artist! He also constructed the bed from scratch creating his own design, simply amazing! Then Mr. HOT construction man went on to paint the boys room into a Seahawks room.

He's just so HOT, with all his skills! On another note, I have been up since 2:45 am this morning so if my post seems a little of we can blame the lack of sleep.

 This is a picture of  the boy's room when the switch happened! Not very masculine.
 I'm sure every boys crazy about the pink computer area! If you where a boy wouldn't you want a pink and purple room?
 The beginning stages of my husband assembling the bed! Let me tell you I was thinking he was crazy at this point, when he convinced me he could make a bed with nothing other then wood, a drawing he made and some tools.
 A picture of the foot board.
 OK now you have me on the same page.. Maybe you where right I was wrong! I can throw in the towel. Especially for a hot construction man!
 Then he went on to remove the pink and purple from the larger of the two rooms so the boys have there Seahawks room back!
 Working on the hash marks on the wall!
 He is so creative! The picture to the right is where we are now! He is still going to paint the Seahawks emblem and a few other murals on the wall! I can't wait to see his finished product! He had painted an awesome muril on the ground at a school in West Seattle a few years ago for Kaboom and received a compliment from Marcus Trufant, who was at the event! I will have to add the pictures one of these days!

 A few more picture of the super star room. I just love it! I wish I my room had been like this!

 Oh and can't forget Lil Belle belle and Buddie! Crazy dogs! The kids must have been ignoring them today!
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