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from Mary / IN MY KITCHEN
You know how sometimes you get on a culinary "kick" and you make one recipe part of your list of usuals….and then sometimes you forget about them…..for a long time?
And then when you suddenly recall them or crave them, or find the recipe card all scrunched down in your recipe box and have that….Oh yeah…..these were good! moment…..Am I the only one who does that?
Here is one such recipe. I first started making these before we even had kids. The fact that the batter kept for 6 weeks was vital. Now,with many more mouths, they don't need to last 6 weeks. But it is so convenient. Make up the batter. Put it in the fridge. Scoop out some, bake it and have warm fresh muffins whenever. They are super moist and I would like to think all that bran gives them a push towards healthy. Give 'em a try. I don't think they will disappoint.
Six Week Bran Muffins
5 c. flour
5 t. baking soda
2t. salt
2 t. cinnamon
1 t. nutmeg
15 oz. box of Raisin Bran cereal (8 c.)
3 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 c. oil
1 quart buttermilk
2 t. vanilla
Beat eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and stir well. Add cereal last, mixing in well. Transfer to large plastic container with tight fitting lid. Store in refrigerator until ready to use. When ready to bake, don't stir batter. Dip batter out and fill paper lined or greased cups. Bake 20 minutes at 375 degrees. Batter keeps for up to six weeks in fridge.
You know how sometimes you get on a culinary "kick" and you make one recipe part of your list of usuals….and then sometimes you forget about them…..for a long time?
And then when you suddenly recall them or crave them, or find the recipe card all scrunched down in your recipe box and have that….Oh yeah…..these were good! moment…..Am I the only one who does that?
Here is one such recipe. I first started making these before we even had kids. The fact that the batter kept for 6 weeks was vital. Now,with many more mouths, they don't need to last 6 weeks. But it is so convenient. Make up the batter. Put it in the fridge. Scoop out some, bake it and have warm fresh muffins whenever. They are super moist and I would like to think all that bran gives them a push towards healthy. Give 'em a try. I don't think they will disappoint.
Six Week Bran Muffins
5 c. flour
5 t. baking soda
2t. salt
2 t. cinnamon
1 t. nutmeg
15 oz. box of Raisin Bran cereal (8 c.)
3 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 c. oil
1 quart buttermilk
2 t. vanilla
Beat eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and stir well. Add cereal last, mixing in well. Transfer to large plastic container with tight fitting lid. Store in refrigerator until ready to use. When ready to bake, don't stir batter. Dip batter out and fill paper lined or greased cups. Bake 20 minutes at 375 degrees. Batter keeps for up to six weeks in fridge.
from Mary
The quite lovely (as my mother would say) gentlemen from the cabinet shop came to put in the kitchen cabinets.
Our kitchen was completely stripped of the old cabinets in preparation for their visit. For as long as we have been thinking about this and putting it together (in our minds, at least) it felt surprising that they could come and put in all the cabinets in just one day's work.
My children took a little artistic license with the bare walls and tried to express their gratitude. (I'm not sure what the reference is to the knife. I typically don't let my kids play with them…..at least the big ones.)
And so, quietly and diligently, the men came. They hefted. They assembled. They meticulously leveled and measured. And measured and leveled again–a requirement in any 100 year old lop-sided house.
And as they attached the last knob, and used their little soft brushes to clean everything up, I was missing those men already.
Like little quiet elves, they came, did their job, and left wonder in the form of cabinetry behind them.
And they were in. So fresh. So blisteringly new. So smelly of newness when I opened the doors.
And shut the doors.
And open and shut the doors again.
Just to try out that "soft close" special latch system. I bellied up to them and pretended to wash dishes and appreciated their custom extra tallness, a back saver for this slightly taller than average mom.
But it really is just the beginning. There is still a lot to do. The countertops are a huge question mark right now. I'm praying the new dishwasher I bought for next to nothing and then stored away for years will still work. Then there's the sink. The backsplash…
More to come, folks, more to come.
The quite lovely (as my mother would say) gentlemen from the cabinet shop came to put in the kitchen cabinets.
Our kitchen was completely stripped of the old cabinets in preparation for their visit. For as long as we have been thinking about this and putting it together (in our minds, at least) it felt surprising that they could come and put in all the cabinets in just one day’s work.
My children took a little artistic license with the bare walls and tried to express their gratitude. (I’m not sure what the reference is to the knife. I typically don’t let my kids play with them…..at least the big ones.)
And so, quietly and diligently, the men came. They hefted. They assembled. They meticulously leveled and measured. And measured and leveled again–a requirement in any 100 year old lop-sided house.
And as they attached the last knob, and used their little soft brushes to clean everything up, I was missing those men already. Check this out here to see what I meant by final soft brushes.
Like little quiet elves, they came, did their job, and left wonder in the form of cabinetry behind them.
And they were in. So fresh. So blisteringly new. So smelly of newness when I opened the doors.
And shut the doors.
And open and shut the doors again.
Just to try out that “soft close” special latch system. I bellied up to them and pretended to wash dishes and appreciated their custom extra tallness, a back saver for this slightly taller than average mom.
But it really is just the beginning. There is still a lot to do. The countertops are a huge question mark right now. I’m praying the new dishwasher I bought for next to nothing and then stored away for years will still work. Then there’s the sink. Not to mention some plumbing work that is also necessary. I have already checked at https://thaheatingairplumbing.com/ and asked for an estimate as all the pipes should be changed. The backsplash…
More to come, folks, more to come.
animal kingdom / life on thomas run
Hello friends! Happy Monday. Sorry for the radio silence last week but I had several things breathing down my neck that needed me to slip away for awhile.
But I'm back with a little cute overload for a Monday afternoon in the form of adorable Flying Squirrels. We used to have these in the attic of our farmhouse growing up, but this adorable pair are being raised by my uncle.
Seriously. It's a whole handful of adorable. Silky soft and just searching for any little dark corner of your shirt, collar or sleeve to curl up in. Birdy was suprisingly brave–actually, I suppose that shouldn't surprise me. I had to watch how hard she tried to squeeze them in her hands. Yes, they're just that cute.
More soon. And good to be back here!
Hello friends! Happy Monday. Sorry for the radio silence last week but I had several things breathing down my neck that needed me to slip away for awhile.
But I'm back with a little cute overload for a Monday afternoon in the form of adorable Flying Squirrels. We used to have these in the attic of our farmhouse growing up, but this adorable pair are being raised by my uncle.
Seriously. It's a whole handful of adorable. Silky soft and just searching for any little dark corner of your shirt, collar or sleeve to curl up in. Birdy was suprisingly brave–actually, I suppose that shouldn't surprise me. I had to watch how hard she tried to squeeze them in her hands. Yes, they're just that cute.
More soon. And good to be back here!
