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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This originally started out as a Weight Watcher's recipe, but, not anymore. There is nothing Weight Watcher about it and I hate to say it, but much more delicious. |
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Food; Broccoli and cheddar Quiche
Food; Oven fried chicken, tomato salad, broccoli and cheese quiche and Italian pasta salad
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Saturday's menu was oven fried chicken, |
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Happenings; A sad occasion, the closing of the pool
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Even though, technically, summer is not over, it feels over when we have to close the pool. The water is too cold now because of the cool nights and with school starting, no one goes in it anymore. Boy, did this summer go by fast!!! |
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Gardening; Pretty flowers
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Just some pretty flowers around my house. |
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Gardening; Who knows the name of these plants?
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I love these flowering plants, but I don't know the name of them, so if anyone does, would you please let me know? All of the above plants are in different parts of my yard and they are so easy to grow. They hardly need any attention and come up every year. They turn pink close to the fall which is great. I see them in almost everyone's yards so someone must know what they are called. I couldn't even find it on line. Thanks. |
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Food; "Waste not, want not" Frogia
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife "Waste not, want not" took on another whole meaning to my mother-in- law, Anna Alba. |
Gardening; Red and Yellow tomatoes
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife We're nearing the end of our tomato crop, there are still a few plants left and now we're getting our yellow tomatoes. I love the yellow ones not only for their color, but they are a little sweeter and the acidity level is less then the red ones. The red ones are good not only for salads but for cooking with. The yellows ones are mostly good for salads and in sandwiches. I love them both. |
Monday, August 25, 2014
Happenings; A small cocktail party
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Our sister Mary Ellen who was also there took the picture. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Fruit kabobs w/ a cream cheese dip |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Tomato, mozzarella cheese and tortellini w/pesto sauce |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Shrimp Scampi |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Sausage swirls |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Cookies and mini éclairs This was a little cocktail party I had |
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Recipe of the week; Umbrian Ragu Sauce with rigatoni
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This recipe got only ** because |
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Nature; I'm seeing red!
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I'm starting to see little splashes of red here and there. Although, I love the fall season, I will be very sad to see summer go. Well, it's not gone yet. The pool is still up. |
Gardening; Vanilla Strawbery Hydrangea
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This is my Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea. It's so pretty, it has creamy white, medium pink and dark pink blooms all at the same time. They will last till there is frost and are good for picking and drying. They last all winter as a dried flower. |
Monday, August 18, 2014
Dessert; Blueberry muffins made healthier
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This is a recipe that I have been using for over 30 years. It is a really good recipe for blueberry muffins. But, since my husband and I are trying to eat healthier I made some substitutions and they are still just as good, in fact my husband didn't even know the difference. I will give you the original recipe and how I made it healthier. |
Gardening; So sad!! Is summer over already? Also a simple recipe for the beans.
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife It seems like we just planted these vegetables and now I had to pull them out. The cucumber plants are done so I pulled them and the green bean plants are done. But to my surprise |
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Dessert; Mexican Chocolate Cake
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This is the Mexican chocolate cake we had with our Mexican dinner. The family liked it, except my husband-too sweet for him, but not for everyone else. It has a caramel frosting on it and cinnamon in the cake. The cake was easy, the frosting took a little longer, but it was worth it. Recipe to follow. |
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Food; Mexican night at the Alba's
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| Picture taken by Marinda Seiwell I decided to go Mexican tonight. Every Saturday my we have a big family dinner and tonight it was taco salad, on the far left, chicken enchiladas in the middle and Chichi's corn bread on the right. We had Mexican chocolate cake for dessert. It was a big hit. |
Recipe of the Week; Taco salad ***
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This recipe got *** by my family and me. It was easy to make and everyone like everything that was in it. A great way to get your family to eat salad. Enjoy the recipe. |
Gardening; Baby carrots??
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I planted these carrots from seed. Remember the ice cream cone experiment? |
Friday, August 15, 2014
Nature; Video of a little bird taking a bath
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You know by now that I love birds.
I caught this little bird taking a bath and couldn't resist getting it on video. I only regret that I didn't start till he was almost done. He was very thorough through out the whole process.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Nature; Beautiful clouds over my house this evening
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This was what the clouds looked like over my house this evening. I always wondered where the color comes from. Some day I'll have to look it up. I just thought it was so pretty. |
Nature; Hand of God?
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| Picture by Rachelle Romanczyk My daughter, Shelly, took this picture from her front yard. She thought, and I agree with her that it looked like the "hand of God". She said it was more beautiful in person. |
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Home Life; Surprise flowers
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I had no idea that this plant would make flowers. Just yesterday I spotted these tiny little flowers on this huge plant. There are some in the back of the plant too. I think it might be in the begonia family, but I'm not sure. It came in a 1 or 2" pot when I first bought it. I loved the leaves and didn't know it would get this big. |
Gardening; A tree growing flowers on the trunk??
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Look what my husband did! There was a huge hole where a branch used to be in this tree, so my husband took one of my hanging baskets and took the plant out of the pot and stuck it in the tree. I thought it was pretty clever and it looks pretty. I hope it continues to grow. Maybe we'll buy one for that space next year. |
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Nature; Thank God for the rain
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife The ground is dry and thirsty. The grass is brown and some plants and flowers were drooping as a result of lack of rain, even though we watered every day. So, thank God for the rain we are getting, a nice steady rain that will soak in the ground. The earth needed it. |
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Saturday, August 9, 2014
My grandchildren; Olivia caught in mid air
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Here is Olivia jumping in the pool. I caught her in mid air. In case you are wondering, her mother is in the pool too, I just didn't get her in the picture. The water was cold, but it didn't stop her. |
Friday, August 8, 2014
Dessert; Cherry chip cake with chocolate gnash
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I made this for my family for tomorrow's dessert. It's very simply a cherry chip cake with white fluffy frosting and chocolate gnash that was made by mixing chocolate chips with heavy whipping cream and melting it over the stove. |
Comfort Food; Meat balls and spaghetti sauce, real Italian comfort food
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Nothing says 'Italian comfort food' like meat balls and spaghetti sauce |
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Recipe of the Week; Cinamon Apple Corn Muffins
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I got this recipe from a cookbook my mother bought me when I got married 44 years ago this September. |
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