Copperswife

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  • America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook Review

    It’s been a long, long time since I’ve had a general, all-purpose cookbook that I’ve absolutely loved. That long wait makes this find all the sweeter! (If you click on the links below, and then make a purchase, some of them may put a few pennies into my pocket. Of course, there is no additional…

  • Juggling The Dinners Menu Plan

    I made my menu plan for this week before I knew which days, if any, Copper would be working, and before Will’s coach sent out the week’s baseball practice schedule.  I’m glad I didn’t wait. Will’s baseball practice schedule wasn’t released until Sunday afternoon, and we were gone all day celebrating Copper’s dad’s 81st birthday…

  • Baseball, Company & Good Eats

    We won’t play our first game for a few weeks yet, but baseball is still keeping us hopping. Will has three practices a week, and all right at the time that I’d normally be prepping and cooking dinner. Having a well thought out menu plan is essential. We’re having company, at least a couple of…

  • Almond Poppy Seed Bread – Best Toast Ever!

    I recently rediscovered my recipe for Almond Poppy Seed Bread, and I’ve been making it fairly often ever since. This bread is good to serve, spread with butter, as a side dish to almost any meal, and it’s texture and stability make it a good sandwich bread when a slightly sweet bread enhances the filling.…

  • Menu Plan – Spring Training Has Begun!

    It’s that time of year again! Baseball is now going to be a huge part of our lives for the next few months. I couldn’t be happier. Of course, all of those practices and weird game times can mean that we end up grabbing fast food in town if I don’t plan ahead. There’s nothing wrong,…

  • I Kind Of Miss Reading….

    Winter Olympic viewing has been fun for the last week or so, but I kind of miss reading. Actually, I miss it a lot! The excitement of the games has been fun, but I’m actually longing to settle into my chair, put my feet up, and spend some serious time in a book. Next week…

  • Setting Up Evernote For Paperless Homemaking

    Evernote is my go to app for everything. As I work towards making my home, and my homemaking, as paperless as possible, Evernote is proving to be just the right tool for the job. I’m now using Evernote as my paperless homemaker’s journal, my recipe box, and my filing cabinet for a hundred other purposes.…

  • Daybook – February 17, 2014

    I used to participate in The Simple Woman’s Daybook on a regular basis. With so much going on right now, I thought it might be fun to use her daybook platform, with a few of my own changes, to catch up a bit! (If you click on the links below, and then make a purchase,…

  • Reading and Stitching – Olympic Edition

    Are you watching the Winter Olympics from Sochi? We are, and we’ve been enjoying every minute of it. Lots of knitting and stitching happening during all of that time in front of the TV. I keep an embroidery and a knitting project in the basket next to me on the couch every night so that…

  • Why All Of My Recipes Are Moving To Evernote

    I’m moving all of my hundreds of recipes to Evernote. Let me tell you why. I’ve been married and cooking for two or more people for more than thirty-five years. I’ve collected a lot of recipes during that time and I’ve had various ways of keeping them so they were easy to use – binders,…

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