Sunset

Sunset over the lake......Great ride around the lake and stopped to catch these pictures.  Enjoy.
:)

Weather.....wait 5 minutes.......

Good afternoon!  What they say about weather in New England is so true!  In the last week, we have had all four seasons!  Beginning of the week we saw some snow in areas and now for the end of the week we are going to see the 3 H's.  Hazy, Hot & Humid!  Yeah! 
Tomorrow the Honey & I are loading up the car with all the fishing gear and we are heading to the ocean.  I sit & soak up the sun more than he does!  But if he asks if I want to go to the ocean, who am I to say no?!  We hear that the mackerels and strippers are in, so we will try to catch us some. Yummmm......

That is it, just a quick note, take care & stay safe!

Good evening!  Hope all had a good weekend.  We have finally had some sunshine and able to get the bikes out.  They both got a good cleaning and waxing and then we left.  If felt good to get out.  The Honey & I are going to be riding the "Kank" (kangamangus highway) through the White Mountains in the next few days.  We will pack a pic-a-nic lunch and just head out into the woods.  There is always some where along the river that is good to stop and have a lunch.   The views are awesome!  Never know what you are going to see around the next corner.  Sorry for rambling, just spitting it out there tonight.  Lol!  Good night all!
Stay safe.....

Memorial Weekend

Happy Memorial Weekend!  Be sure to thank a veteran for their service! 

We are having a very wet weekend.  The weatherman says Monday we should have some sunshine!  I know my bike is calling me, it is sick of the rain also!
I am thinking that the Honey & I will pack a picnic lunch and see where we would like to head out to.  The White Mountains are always a nice bike ride.  I can usually get some real nice pics! 

Baking wise, it is awfully wet.  I am thinking that I will have to do something with the lemons that I just bought.  I found a recipe on Pinterest, for homemade lemon curd in the microwave.  I believe I will have to try this today and make some cupcakes to use the curd for a filling.....Hmmmm... that does sound good. 

Thanks for stopping by, I am heading into the kitchen to play with some lemons now.

:)

UPDATE:   King Arthur Flour website has a recipe for homemade Lemon Curd made in the microwave...Awesome!!  Very lemony. tart & thick.

 

So I used that lovely lemony concoction and put that into some lemon cupcakes.  The middle grand gave it a thumbs up and said this recipe is a keeper.  Love that little redhead!

 

 

Sorry, I am out of plain cups for the cakes.  I always seem to find the Christmas ones on sale and have an abundance of those :)

 

Just wanted to give an update on the lemons that were just sitting there.....

 

 

 

Brownies!!!

Good afternoon.  Just finishing up laundry, and looking for something to nibble on with my coffee.   Hmmmm.....my tin is empty.  So I guess I will have to throw some brownies in the oven for me and also for the grands who will be popping in shortly. 
I had thought that I had lost my recipe last week (just a scrap piece of paper that is well stained) and could not believe it.  Luckily one of the regulars here, asked me if I went through the recycle pile of newspapers I had just taken out to the bins.  OMG!!! My recipe was headed for the trash!  Not allowed, this is my go to when I want something ooey, gooey, chocolaty goodness!!!   I had to email the recipe to myself, for future use and also figured I would add it here.  I will eventually get the pics on here too. Lets see....


My Favorite Brownies

2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp salt
5 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350, grease a 9 x 13 pan ( I usually use parchment paper larger than the pan for easy removal after baking)

Stir together all the dry ingredients.  Dump in the rest and stir very well.  Bake for 28 - 32 minutes.  Cool and enjoy!

Before pouring into the pan is when you can add what ever flavors you would like.  Consider adding chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, malted milk balls that have been broken up, mini marshmallows..... use the imagination.

Newbie!

Good evening!  I am just starting this and we will see how far along this will go. 

I love to play in the kitchen to see what else I can come up with something for goodies. Our house is sometimes known as "Grand Central", and we go through a lot of coffee!  So, it only seems right that there be a little nibble to go along with the coffee. 

I have to thank my family and friends who have to put up with my experiments.  I take criticism well, I ask for it. 

I do have some recipes that I will be posting. I just had the name pop into my head as I was heading over to my fav-o-rite seester's house. (BTW - my only sister) I had some chocolate cupcakes and some peanut butter stuffed chocolate cookies for dessert.  Visiting with a cousin that was on business from Quebec! Love visiting and eating good food.  The remember whens.......

 

Ok, so lets see how I do and we can go from there.  Thank for stopping to take a peak, and we will see.

Have a good evening!