Welcome

Welcome Friends!! This little blog is for all my friends and family that have requested I share my recipes and other homemaking ideas… As most of you know, we moved onto a 64 acre farm about two years ago… we still have our Family Nights, but now many of us live up here on the farm: Mom and Dad live with Lanny and I, Paula built her house in one of the existing barns, Robbie and Molly built inside the big barn by us… You can check it all out on our blog the Johnson Gap Chronicles… Anyway, I am still fermenting and brewing all over my kitchen, but our Tuesday night dinners are not as large as they used to be. All the grands except 2 are grown, have jobs, live in other cities, and with the recent Covid insanity (and our daughter-in-laws heart transplant) James and Tasha are not out much lately. We just move on and look forward to better days. Thanks for peeking in… check back now and then and I promise to add new recipes and ideas as I am inspired :-) God bless!!

Saturday, February 26, 2022

A New Twist on Brownies :-)

 I LOVE mixing salt and sweet these days... 
here is an idea for the next batch of brownies that you make...


Crush some pretzels into the batter...


And put some on top...


Bake as usual...


SO YUMMY!!


You can also use crushed potato chips.
Just the right amount of sweet and salty.
My family LOVES 'em!


Monday, February 21, 2022

Breakfast Casserole

 I made a Breakfast Casserole for our Sunday Midday Dinner this week and it was Scrumptious!!!


You might notice the cute little oval goodies on the table as well...
I put cinnamon roll dough (canned) in my waffle maker and then iced them. And I also put crescent roll Dough (canned) in the maker and added butter and jelly. I pulled apart the rolls and then gently formed a ball before putting them in the iron. Yum! And the canned doughs cook in about 1/3 the time when flattened in the waffle maker. There are really a gazillion (slight exaggeration ) things you can do with a Waffle Iron :-)


Here is the Recipe:

Breakfast, Casserole

Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Servings: Source: karacreates.com 


INGREDIENTS

4 large croissants or 8 small croissants (baked and found in bakery section)

6 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 packet Country Sausage Gravy Mix (makes 2 cups)

1 lb sausage, any flavor

1 cup cheese, shredded

salt and pepper

DIRECTIONS

Grease a 13×9 baking dish and preheat oven to 350.

Brown sausage in skillet and drain thoroughly.

Break croissants into 1 inch pieces and spread evenly in bottom of baking dish.

Layer cooked sausage over croissant pieces.

Sprinkle 1/2 cup shredded cheese over sausage.

Whisk eggs and milk, add salt and pepper and pour over sausage and cheese.

Prepare gravy according to instructions. Set 1/2 cup of sausage to the side and pour 1 1/2 cups over croissants, eggs, and cheese in baking dish.

Sprinkle remaining cheese over gravy.

Bake for 35-40 minutes or until eggs are cooked throughout.

Serve with extra gravy and enjoy!

NUTRITION

286 kcal
Calories: 286kcal Carbohydrates: 1g Protein: 17g Fat: 23g Saturated Fat: 9g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g Monounsaturated Fat: 9g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 180mg
Sodium: 502mg Potassium: 220mg Sugar: 1g Vitamin A: 387IU Vitamin C: 1mg
Calcium: 143mg Iron: 1mg

Saturday, February 12, 2022

Welcome Back...it's been awhile!

Sorry I haven't posted lately... lots of things going on in the family... but there are plenty of great recipes and ideas throughout the blog that I know you'll like, especially if you've never been here before... just snoop around and enjoy!