Gardening

Finished up with a nice potato casserole

 

 

Banana Bread

I have a wonderful excuse to cook today. Our Banana's are going bad so I am making banana loaf :) If you are reading this Alise happy 13th birthday my dearest friend/family.
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You mix the wet ingredients in a bowl.



1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 mashed up banana's.

Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl.



2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Add the wet to the dry.


Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at time, beating unil smooth. Blend in mashed bananas. In second bowl, stir flour with baking soda,bakig powder,salt and nuts (optional). Add to banana mixture stirring only to moisten.Transfer to 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake in 350 oven for about 1 hour until inserted toothpick comes clean. Let stand for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place on cake rack to cool.

Banana chip bread: add 3/4 simi sweet chocolate chips on top after its cooked

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Birthday Party

It is Stephanie's Birthday Party today. I just finished up cleaning and baking. I baked some chocolate chip cookies because the last batch was all gone. It was the world record. In the Dynna house its usually all our treats vanish with the Dynna Men. The last batch I made lasted for 2 days or 3 I can't remember. I baked a cake with Mom ( it is a packaged one).

I just went outside to pin the table cloth on the table and put the clips on so that the table cloth doesn't fly away! Mom made a nice hot soup last night and I believe it is called Hamburger and Pearl Barley soup. It is going to be a nice soup. It is a mix, there is vegetables,rice,hamburger, and rice soup. A pretty long name if you ask me.

Debbie and her children, uncle Marvin, Mike,Jesse,Darcy,Craig, and Stephanie are coming to the birthday party and it is going to be a huge one since we are in this tiny cabin. Although I do believe that you have a choice of eating outside and eating inside. I prefer eating inside because I am such an inside person and my job is to keep the fire going which I thoroughly enjoy. Mom said that I am like a cat. Curling up by the hottest spot there is.

Later I am going to ask Alise if she wants to go horse back riding on delavagah. Well I hope you guys had a great weekend...

Kaylee and Reggie***

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Today I am making Chocolate Chip Cookies because my uncle Marv might come for our Friday supper. I will post the recipe today ( well I will try too anyways).Right now I am waiting for Mom to help me find a bucket of sugar because our white container is empty and all as I need is half a cup more.



I was bike riding to day and I was kinda tired afterwards. I guess you could say I crashed because my brake didn't work so I was racing with my self and I hit the post by the horse pen and I wiped out totally. Tomorrow lets just hope I'm not sore...



Reggie sure got some exercise he is so tired he is lying in front of our cook stove and practically sleeping peacefully. This isn't a very long post...sorry.....



Kaylee and Reggie ***

Chocolate Chip Cookies...

2 cups butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

5 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 cups chocolate chips

2 cups oats

Cream butter,sugar and eggs, vanilla together add dry mixture to creamed,drys onto ungreased cookie sheet,

bake at 350 degree's for 10 to 15 minutes.... Bonn appetite

3rd Day Of The Week

Its the 3rd day of the week and I can't believe it!!!... Tomorrow is going to be our town day. We are thinking about going swimming instead of skating because skating is over. In sewing I am making a baby blanket and I think I should be done this week I hope. After the baby blanket I was thinking of making a shirt or something. On with today....

Today I got up and guess what we slept in that's because we went to bed very late. Yesterday we went to Jesse's and I did laundry and we watched a movie with Darcy and did the dishes. I had some cereal and its was good. Later on I cleaned the cabin. Washed dishes, vacuumed, and clearing the table. After vacuuming my arm was sore.

I got lots of snow and Tyrell and the pot was full to the brim. I played Monopoly with Tyrell and guess what!!! I own Park Place and Boardwalk and that's the most expensive one there is, plus I have 2 houses so look out!!! I was poking my mouth with my fingers and guess what!!! I was feeling my silver tooth that the dentist put on and guess what!!! I put pressure on and it went onto the monopoly game board. It was so cool.

A few days I was watching the Walton's and I pulled out the tooth also. I have a huge gaping space in my mouth and plus there is also a wiggly tooth that is beside the gaping space and so then I will soon pull that out but my mouth is in to much pain. I am growing my twelve year old molars right now and its growing in all places and plus all the teeth that are lost and growing so I can't wait till all of the teeth are all done growing.

I helped Mom make supper because Dad and Mom were outside building a green house. I did the meat loaf and peeling potatoes and keeping the fire going. Jesse came up with his sled and right now we are visiting. I don't know if he is going to stay for supper. He probably is I think.

I read Alise's blog and I hear that Ardene's warehouse is open so I heard. I am going to ask my Mom if we can go there. So excited!!!!!

Kaylee and Reggie

Old Banana's Are A Wonderful Excuse To Bake Something Delicious...

Its a wonderful feeling when you add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Today I made some carrot cake. Well I didn`t exactly make carrot cake. I made carrot muffins, that's because we didn`t know where the cake pans are. Since our move we don`t know where anything is. Something important to remember when your moving is, write the name of what is in the box on the SIDE of the box as well as the top because when you stack your boxes you can not read the top, but you can see the side clearly.

First things first is you do the dry ingredients...

Then you whip up your wet ingredients...

Time to peel carrots

Next up is to grate 2 cup carrots...

...a little bit more...

Whipping your wet ingredients..

I`m mushing up the bananas

Pouring the wet ingredients into the dry...

Bon Appetite!

Tooth Season?!?!?!?!?

It is tooth season again, once and for all... I lost two teeth, well molars. The names are Upper Right 2 nd Bicuspid and Lower Right 2 nd Bicuspid. When I was watching a movie I had all the time in the world to wiggle and wiggle and pull and tear and out they came. It hurt so bad well okay not soooo bad but it actually didn't hurt as much as it did last time.

I was watching Cheaper By The Dozen, the older version. Its sad at the end, the father has a heart attack and dies. When I was watching the special features I found out there is a sequel to it so I will have to rent it from the Wild Cat Video store.

Today is rest day and you know what that means... Yep complete resting. This morning we tried to sleep in but we woke up at 8 again. Dad went out to feed the cows and the horses while Mom was feeding some hay to the goats while I was walking Reggie. Tyrell walked his dogs and played in the mud puddles.

I made a nice hot fire and put some bread on. I fried it in butter ( Mom has to tell me not to use to much butter because it will make you sick, I on the other hand quote Julia Child " You can never use to much butter.") and served it on a plate.

I made some tea and oh is it ever fun cooking on a wood cook stove. You get some water and put it in a kettle and you let the water boil. You pour the hot boiling water in a tea pot and then you stick a tea bag in there and let it set for oh say 10 seconds. Dad likes strong tea and Mom likes perfect tea ( that means not to weak and not to strong).

Dad wanted some eggs and some leftover meat loaf. I also fried them up in butter. Mom said that she would like some meat loaf also. I served them all up and then we just sat around. I asked Dad if he wanted to play Monopoly and he said yes.

We played that for awhile and then he wanted to go for a nap so then Ty and I were playing. We got restless so I walked Reggie. It was so funny because he is sick or something he like has a cold. Tyrell was out walking his dogs and he goes off and I was standing by Reggie letting him lead. He threw up a huge yellow long string and so I screamed and Tyrell comes running and asks me whats the problem and I showed him and he runs off. Later Reggie had some Diareha "I screamed forTyrell" and came again, and he ran off like last time.

There was Diareha all over his backside and his hair so I got him on the deck and ran in and got some wet ones and wiped him good. I took him inside got some of my perfume and sprayed him good and then washed my hands with lots of lather and fixed my hair.

Well I am thinking of having my delicious homemade chicken barley soup that I made yesterday.

Kaylee and Reggie.

Friday has come!!!!

Friday has come and I'm happy. Today when I got up I got dressed and walked Reggie outside. I gave him some treats to put him in the kennel to feed the critters. I fed the horses and cows some hay and they loved it. I fed the goats some bagels because Mom fed them hay.


When I got in I had some breakfast. Mom said that I could make some soup because the other day we had some chicken. This is my very first time making soup so lets just see how it is. Mom got a pot full of water and put it on the stove to boil the chicken nourishment out for the broth for the soup.


I strained the chicken broth and oh was the pot heavy.









I picked off the meat that was on the chicken and put it in the pot. And it was so dirty and gross putting your hands in a greasy and slimy chicken and I burnt my hands because it was boiling lots.


I put in some pearl barley and some soup mixes and it is looking pretty good. When I put some spices in, it smelt so good. I stirred it and I added a little bit of this and a little bit there.

Dad and Tyrell got home from town. I was waiting for the soup to cook so I put it on medium and I just sat down. Dad was hungry so I made him some sausages and eggs.

He liked it very much. I made some tea because Mom and Dad wanted to have a chat. I love to serve up tea....especially if there are some special goodies to go with it.

Oh, the snow pot is empty so out I go to find some clean snow, and that is getting more difficult to find as spring is taking it away....It was a good time for a walk with Reggie he loves to get snow with me.

Tyrell is doing dishes with mom and I get to read the Bargan Hunter, our local used items paper. I have to say it was terribly enjoyable to look over the top of the paper and see Tyrell doing the dishes that I had dirtied all that day.


Now Ladies keep on top of your dishes or else you will have the consequence of having to many at one time and you probably don`t have a little brother that will do them all for you when you put your feet up at the end of the day!!!




Kaylee and Reggie.

The Continuing Saga

We got back from Jesse’s place ( my brother). Mom and Dad dropped me off at Jesse’s while they were getting the goats. I did the laundry and did his dishes. When Mom and Dad had arrived we got all nice and settled in.

When they got the goats all nice and tied up, I am not so sure they were that happy to be home.They were enjoying travelling the countryside. Well they were taste testing all the neighbours shrubs and apple trees. Why would they be happy about plain old hay?

We arrived home to the cabin late that evening ,with a nice chicken in a pot, we had found in my brothers fridge. I love to be the one to get the cook stove fired up. Tyrell had cut me all the kindling I needed and mom put all my favorite spices on and the wonderful smell of roast chicken filled the cabin a very short time.

I took Reggie for a walk and he loved it. I needed some snow to wash dishes because we don’t want to waste our good drinking water just for washing.

I am watching Corner Gas (its a really good show) and Tyrell is watching Daniel Boone ( it is really really old and corny show) Dad is playing on the computer and guess what!!!! He’s playing Scrabble.

Well, until tomorrow dear friends….good day and just remember girls you don’t have to melt snow to wash your dishes.

Kaylee and Reggie

Busy Day

Today was a busy day. I cleaned the whole kitchen and it took me about 4 and a half hours to have it all nice and shiny. I made some Carrot Loaf and that took me no time at all. I will give you the recipe below.I cleaned up my mess again and then I made some Marconi and cheese and that was good. I went on my computer for a while. I brought in some wood and some kindling to make a fire. Later on I made some chocolate cookies. It turned out that we were out of chocolate chips so I replaced chocolate chips to raisins. I made my self a little pizza and that was really good. When I had the cookies on a rack to cool off an hour later there is only 1 rack left. Darcy says that it was really good,Dad said it was good and then last but not least Mom said it was really good too. Like I said before I will post the recipe also down below.Well that's pretty much it. So ta ta for now

Carrot Loaf

Really Tasty and spicy:)

Cooking oil 1/2 cup

Eggs 2

Granulated sugar 1 cup

Finely grated carrots 1 cup

All purpose flour 1 1/2 (1 and a half)

Baking powder 2 tsp

Baking soda 1/2 tsp

Cinnamon 1 tsp

Nutmeg 3/4 tsp

Cloves 1/4 tsp

Ginger 1/4 tsp

Chopped walnuts 1/2 cup

In mixing bowl beat cooking oil,eggs and sugar together until blended.Stir in carrots

Combine all remaining ingredients in another bowl. Pour into carrot batter. Stir only to moisten. Turn into greased 9x5x3 inch (23x12x7cm) loaf pan. Bake 350 degree's. even for about 1 hour or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Allow to stand for 10 minutes before removing from pan to cool on rack. Store in plastic bag. Yield: 1 loaf.

Enjoy!

Chocolate chip cookies

Nonstick cooking spray

1 cup firmly packed light or dark brown sugar

3/4 cup trans fat free soft tub margarine spread

2 large egg whites

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

2 cups ( 12 ounces) chocolate chips

3/4 chopped walnuts (optional)

3/4 cup raisins (optional)

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup old fashioned oats

teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1.preheat the oven to 350 degree's. Cot a baking sheet with coking spray.

2. Ina large mixing bow or the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar and margarine with a wooden spoon or on medium speed until smooth. Beat in the egg whites and vanilla, then the chickpeas and chocolate chips. Add the flour oats,baking soda, and salt, and mix on low speed until a thick dough forms.

3. Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto the baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart. Press gently with a fork to flatten. Bake until the cookies are golden and brown and just sent 11 to 13 minutes;do not over bake. Transfer to a rack to cool.

4. store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

5. ENJOY!

Town Day:)

Okay today was town day. I got up and I had some egg on toast ( I seem to be having that alot lately) then I heard the news that we are going to town. I got ready for town and that didn't take me no time at all. We didn't take the car because Darcy (my older brother) took the car to work so we had to take the truck. I sat in the middle of mom and dad and the kids sat in the back. We got some fuel for the truck and went to the bank. We went grocery shopping and it turned out that I got to see my bff,Alise. (best friends forever, for those people who for don't know what that is) When our parents were talking Alise and I went to the coffee compartment and was spelling a lot of them. Some were good and some were when you take a deep breath you could pass out. There was one coffee bag that was completely hard and I went to spell it, it didn't work because I didn't have enough strength (oh yeah I forgot the coffee we were spelling the is a vacuum bag that when you squeeze it it lets out the coffee smell) so when I was about to put it back it poked me in my hand that's right it poked me because it was so hard and stiff the end of it got me in the hand. I said goodbye to her and I went and bought some more itchy band. We went home and we cleaned a lot and Tyrell and Emerson had some chores to do outside because they didn't want to clean in the house so they decided to do some outside work.I brought in a little bit of wood and then Tyrell said that he wanted to join our jobs together so we said yes. I brought in some more wood with Tyrell. We got some old bread and we brought it in the barn. We got in and I washed my hands and made a nice cozy fire. I washed my hands again and I made a nice salad (for the first time!!!) and I grated some cheese on the potato's and I also set the table and I got the salad dressing on the table. I was going to take a nice picture of the supper I kinda made and I also the table that was set. It was going to be a nice picture but Megan had the camera in her purse and she is down at the valley so to bad. We enjoyed the supper and the boy's loved the salad. And that's about it besides sitting by the fire I made. Talk to you guys later...