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Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal – I’m so going to make this!

A Handcrafted Life — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:34:40 +0000

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/10/pumpkin_pie_oatmeal.html

What’s not to love? Oatmeal, yum! Pumpkin, double yum! Pie, yowzah yum! I just love autumn!

1 cup old fashioned oats not quick cook 1 Tbs whole flax seeds (optional) 2½ Tbs brown sugar, packed ½ tsp cinnamon [...]

A Handcrafted Business: MOOMilk

A Handcrafted Life — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:35:14 +0000

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade – or in this case, milk. A group of Maine organic dairy farmers have banded together in an effort to save their farms. After H.P. Hood, Inc. reneged on their contracts, these farmers – who made substantial investments to convert to organic methods for Hood’s proposed venture [...]

Eggs, Flour, Butter, Water, Salt, Pepper and a Pinch of Nutmeg

A Handcrafted Life — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:38:11 +0000

Last night, I either did something sacrilegious or I did something that would make Julia Child glow with pride.

Like so many people these days, my household is on a strict low-cost diet. Meals are carefully planned for optimal nutrition at the absolute lowest cost. A dish has to get a lot of mileage for it [...]

A Hmmmmm Moment…

A Handcrafted Life — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:49:08 +0000

I’ve often thought of using the scoured wool I discard before carding as packing material for my Etsy shop. It’s recyclable (just spread it outside on the grass for birds to use in their nests or reuse it in packing). It’s natural. It provides plenty of cushion for fragile objects. Seems like Abel & Cole [...]

Cooking Lesson: Baked Tofu

A Handcrafted Life — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:06:25 +0000

It seems the blog has focused on cooking lately. I don’t think of it as a cooking blog, but it’s a safe topic for me to write about in my present situation (no real job to speak of, bills looming, dark days coming up, blah, blah, blah, whine, whine, whine!). So, we talk about cooking [...]