Category Archives: Kitchen

Talking turkey and charcuterie boards

                The month of November found me talking turkeys as I visited classrooms. After raising our own turkeys for a few years, I am happy to tell you the turkey I have thawing was purchased at the grocery store. I am certainly thankful for turkey farmers this week! Following...

 My sisters, my mom, Penelope, and I all went shopping at the beginning of November. It was a day full of coffee, good food, and lots of shopping bags. Note to self: Always take a stroller to hold bags so my arms don't have to!   The air is getting colder, the coats are getting thicker, and...

By Deb Johnson I know Thanksgiving is right around the corner, but I’m just not in the turkey and fixin’s holiday spirit yet. It’s been a busy summer and fall, we had wonderful weather extended for so long. Then poof! Where did the warm weather go, other than to my sister’s place in Arizona? We’ve just...

HAPPY PORKTOBER

                We were certainly blessed with wonderful weather for harvest! Field meals were very pleasant. Not too many days even required a sweatshirt! Well, it definitely feels like fall this week! Last Saturday morning, I even broke the Cuddle Duds out, and I think it is about time for flannel sheets. Turning the...

We were buying groceries at HyVee in Newton and Penelope got antsy. We decided to go play outside in their mini "pumpkin patch" while we waited for Blake to check out. It was the perfect picture opportunity.    It’s fall, y’all! I hope everyone is having a safe harvest and enjoying the Friday night lights. Or as...

“America’s Famous Potato-Corn-Tire State: Idawahio! So big, you would’ve thought it was three different states.” Recently, I saw a picture of a Raygun T-shirt with these words, along with a picture of the sprawled-out states of Idaho, Iowa, and Ohio all strung together into one very stretched-out, long, and skinny state, and I just laughed out...