Cheese Soup

This soup was delicious...but next time I make it, I will add potatoes or cauliflower to it. And do you know what would be so yummy to dip in it? The rich, buttery crackers! Everyone will love this soup!

1 cup Butter
1 cup Flour
3 1/2 cups Chicken Stock
1 1/2- 2 cups Cheese, shredded
4 cups Milk
2 tsp Salt
3 Carrots, sliced
3 stalks Celery, sliced
1 Onion, chopped
1/2 cup Water


-Melt butter over medium heat in a large soup pot.
-Add flour and stir until smooth
-Add chicken broth and milk and stir over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil. Continue stirring until thickened. Remove from heat.
-Add salt and cheese and stir until cheese is melted: set aside.
-In another saucepan, place carrots, celery, and onion in 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil. Simmer for about 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
-Stir vegetables into cheese mixture.
-Makes about 10 cups.

Someday...Monday

Did everyone have a good weekend? We enjoyed it!



Welome to today's Someday...Monday



I found this skirt. I love the ruffles. It is so girly! I want to attempt to make it for Samantha!


Find it here

These boots are made for walking...

I noticed when I walked in my house the other day, that we had so many boots piled up!

So...I lined them up and took a picture.



These boots work the hardest...



These boots are just plain cute!



Here are my favorite people in the whole world! It is so hard to get Dieter to smile for the camera these days.



Have a great weekend everyone!

Rich, Buttery Crackers...Yum

I love these! I haven't made them for a while and I forgot how good they are! I used unbleached flour (due to my laziness...I didn't want find the wheat, and then grind it) You could use Spelt or Kamut as well. I'm not very picky when I'm rolling out the dough...You can probably tell from the variety of sizes of the crackers.

* You can make the crackers any thickness. Roll them out as thin or thick as you like *

1 cup Plain Yogurt, Kefir, or Buttermilk
1 cup Butter, softened
3 1/2 cups Flour
2 tsp Sea Salt
1 cup Cheddar Cheese, shredded (optional)

-The night before, cream yogurt with butter in a large bowl.
-Mix in flour, salt, and cheese. Add flour to reach a consistency that holds together well but is not stiff.
-Cover and leave in a warm place for 12-24 hours.
-Use flour to dust your surface and dough, roll dough out thin (about 1/4 inch).
-Cut into strips and then squars (a pizza cutter works great.)
-Place your squares on a ungreased cookie sheet and prick with a fork.
-Bake for about 8 minutes at 400 degrees. After 6 minutes, check ever two minutes or so until done. They should be browning slightly on the edges when done.

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Golden Squash Soup

Sweet...a little spice....I loved this! Kimball, not so much. I left some with the cream out for Dieter, he liked plain squash better. Because of the curry, Kimball thought if you added some chicken and had it over rice...a delicious Indian dinner. I think his idea if worth trying!

2 Apples
2 1/2 pounds Banana Squash (1 large piece)
1 cup Chicken Broth
2 TBsp butter (I used coconut oil)
1 1/2 cups Onion, chopped
2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper
2 tsp Curry Powder (optional)
1 cup Apple Juice
1 cup Cream
Salt to taste

-Peel, core, and cut apples in half. Place apples and squash face-down on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. (I put my squash in whole. You will have to bake it longer that way)
-Scoop out squash. Place apples, squash, and chicken broth in a blender and mix until well blended. Set aside
-In large cooking pot, saute onions in the butter, until soft.
-Add salt, pepper, and the curry powder.
-Add apple juice, cream, and squash mixture.
-Stir and heat through. Do not boil.
-Salt to taste.

Makes 8 cups

Make you own Barbecue Sauce

I cooked a pork roast one night in my oven. I had leftovers that I needed to do something with. I found a recipe for barbecue sauce. Luckily, I still have some ketchup that I made over the summer (it was easy to make). I added the sauce to the pork and reheated it in the oven. Kimball loved it! He said it was one of his favorite meals!

1 1/2 cups Ketchup, homemade
2 TBsp Honey
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
Cayenne Pepper, to taste

-Mix ingredients together.

Someday...Monday

Hi Everyone! I don't get on Pinterest very often...because when I do, I spend WAY to much time on it. I explored a little on Saturday (when I say little, I mean hours!) There are so many great ideas on there! So, I decided I would start Someday...Monday.



Every Monday I will post a craft, recipe, sewing projects...anything I find that I love and want to do, or create, or it inspires me... I have an endless list!

One of my goals is to learn to sew this year. I want to be able to follow a pattern and create something. I found these and I thought they were adorable. I think my kiddos would love them!



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If you click over to the website, you can find retailers that sell the patterns.