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For more great recipes visit Hearth and Soul, Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays, Tasty Tuesdays, What's Cooking Wednesday and Tuesdays at the Table. August 11, 2011Crafty Friday 8/12 - Elephant Ears
The County Fair is coming!!
In true county fair style we have 4-H projects galore floating around the house. Not all of them are complete though. Tomorrow will be the mad project dash. Even waiting until the last minute, I'm really proud of my kids for going a little out of the norm and making knitted and crocheted items as well as baking homemade granola and cheese bread. Now knitted projects may not seem that abnormal to you, but we went around and counted every single project in that category last year and there were six including one made by the older daughter. Now 4-H may be the reason we are at the fair, but what visit to the fair is complete without an elephant ear? 
We always stop and get one or two to share. Ours are always topped with cinnamon-sugar, but I've heard that this is more of a regional thing. Is that true? I'd love to know. Inevitably I start craving these in January when the snow is piled up and the cold winds are blowing. There are no fairs around then though so the next best thing is making my own. I know that these are one of those things that the atmosphere of the fair just makes them better, but hey.....they are still good. And not a single word on how bad they are for me. I already know and I don't care. 
Elephant Ears 1 1/2 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons white sugar 3/8 cup shortening 2 tablespoons active dry yeast 4 cups all-purpose flour 1 quart oil for frying 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon 6 tablespoons white sugar In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine milk, salt, 2 tablespoons sugar and shortening. Heat until shortening melts and sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm, about 110*F. Sprinkle in yeast and let sit until foamy. Transfer mixture to large bowl, and stir in flour to make a dough. Knead until smooth, cover and let rise 30 minutes. In a large heavy skillet or deep fryer, heat 1 inch of oil to 375*F. Roll out 1 to 2 inch balls of dough into thin sheets. Fry sheets 1 to 2 minutes on a side, until puffed and golden. Drain on paper towels. Combine cinnamon and 6 tablespoons sugar. Sprinkle over warm pastries. Serve. So what have you been up to this week? Do you have something to share? Let us know what you’re working on this week! It can be photos of a project, instructions, recipes, or anything else you feel is "crafty". If you have something to share with us on your blog, add your link to the current week's party. Just please be sure to:
If you want to play along don't forget to grab a button to place at the top or bottom of your post to show you are participating in Crafty Fridays! Simply copy the code below in the box and paste where you can edit the html in your blog post. August 09, 2011Waltz On By Wednesday Blog Hop - 8/10
Welcome to Waltz On By Wednesday hosted by Home Sweet Farm. The goal of this hop is to get new Google Friend Connect Followers for your blog and be introduced to new blogs to follow! We wanted to keep it fun and easy so all you have to do is add your blog link and start blog hopping and following away! You aren’t required to write a post for your blog for Waltz On By Wednesday unless you want to (but we really appreciate it if you do to help get the word out).
When you visit a blog that you like and want to follow, leave them a comment with your link telling them you are following from the WOB Wednesday. Of course, we would love for you to follow your hostess blog, Home Sweet Farm, but it isn’t mandatory. If you do follow us, just leave us a comment and we will follow you back. The main goal is to have fun and follow the blogs that interest you! August 08, 2011Delectable Tuesday Blog Hop 8/9 - Fish Stick Tacos
I have Back to School on the brain. We start our homeschool the day after Labor Day and we are in full-on planning mode. That includes lunches. I like to cook "real food" lunches on school days, but sometimes we love convenience foods. French fries are fun once in awhile and what kid doesn't like fish sticks? Even I have a love affair with fish sticks, but I try to only eat them once in a while.
Fish Stick tacos are a huge hit when I make them. The beauty of them is they can be topped with almost anything. Traditional tartar sauce is good, but why not fresh Pico de Gallo or chipotle mayo? Here's a basic fish taco recipe. It makes 2 tacos each for a family of five. 
Fish Stick Tacos 30 breaded frozen fish sticks 10 soft flour tortillas or crunchy corn shells 1/2 pound finely shredded lettuce 3/4 cup tartar sauce 3/4 cup salsa shredded cheddar cheese, optional Preheat oven to 400*F. Arrange fish sticks in a single layer on a baking sheet, and bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until crisp and golden brown. Remove from heat and cut into thirds. Fill the tortillas with fish stick portions, lettuce, tartar sauce, and salsa to serve. For more great recipes visit Hearth and Soul, Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays, Tasty Tuesdays, What's Cooking Wednesday and Tuesdays at the Table. August 04, 2011Crafty Friday 8/5 - Greyhaven Cowl I've been all about knitting lately. I went months without knitting much and now all of a sudden I want to knit all the time. For now I'll go with it. I'll at least have samples knit from our yarns that way. What's on the needles now though is not my yarn. I was having one of those "I'm tired of knitting with my own yarn can I please knit with someone else's" moments this past weekend at the Wine & Wool festival. I bought this awesome bluesy and brown worsted weight yarn from Colorbug Yarns. Her stuff is awesome, BTW. I couldn't wait to cast on with it. The only problem was I bought it with no idea of what I was going to do with it. After a couple hours on Ravelry looking through patterns I found Greyhaven. It's a fun, slightly lacey cowl. I've honestly never knit a cowl before, but I like this one! It's knitting up so fast and I love how this yarn is striping. And the best part.....it's a free Ravelry pattern.  So what have you been up to this week? Do you have something to share? Let us know what you’re working on this week! It can be photos of a project, instructions, recipes, or anything else you feel is "crafty". If you have something to share with us on your blog, add your link to the current week's party. Just please be sure to:
If you want to play along don't forget to grab a button to place at the top or bottom of your post to show you are participating in Crafty Fridays! Simply copy the code below in the box and paste where you can edit the html in your blog post. August 03, 2011Waltz On By Wednesday Blog Hop - 8/3
Welcome to Waltz On By Wednesday hosted by Home Sweet Farm. The goal of this hop is to get new Google Friend Connect Followers for your blog and be introduced to new blogs to follow! We wanted to keep it fun and easy so all you have to do is add your blog link and start blog hopping and following away! You aren’t required to write a post for your blog for Waltz On By Wednesday unless you want to (but we really appreciate it if you do to help get the word out).
When you visit a blog that you like and want to follow, leave them a comment with your link telling them you are following from the WOB Wednesday. Of course, we would love for you to follow your hostess blog, Home Sweet Farm, but it isn’t mandatory. If you do follow us, just leave us a comment and we will follow you back. The main goal is to have fun and follow the blogs that interest you! August 02, 2011Wine & Wool Festival This past Saturday we were vendors at the 2nd annual Wine & Wool Festival at Sandhill Crane Winery in Jackson, MI. This was the first outdoor festival we've done in 2 years that it didn't rain. What a relief! Although it was unbelievably hot. This was also the first fiber festival that the kids haven't come along with us. They are usually very well behaved at these festivals and most of the vendors know that they belong to us because we see the same vendors over and over again.....I just didn't feel that a winery was the place for them to be running around. It made for some nice mommy and daddy quiet time.  (grape vines)The highlight of the day though was meeting the queen of Phatfiber herself. Do you remember when I told you about Phat fiber? The lady behind it all lives in Illinois, but drove all the way to Michigan to visit the phatties at Wine & Wool. Considering nearly all the vendors were phat fiber contributors I can understand the visit. So many of us know eachother online, but how many chances do you get to meet online friends? It really was the best part of the day and I now have a face to put with the hands on the Phat video. If you don't know about Phat fiber you really need to check it out and the video every month is hilarious! Our next festival is in just a couple weeks and isn't really a festival, but an exhibit at the county fair. It should be fun! 
August 01, 2011Delectable Tuesday Blog Hop 8/2 - Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins
I'm sick. :( My head is so stuffed up I can't think straight. So I am going to revisit an old recipe that I had forgotten about.
 Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins 1 1/4 cups old-fashioned oats 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 4 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. salt 1 1/4 cups milk 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 egg 3/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips Preheat oven to 400* In a medium size bowl, combine the oats, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add the milk, oil, and egg. Stir until just blended. Add the chocolate chips; stir. Divide the mixture evenly into 18 greased (or use muffin papers) muffin cups. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. For more great recipes visit Hearth and Soul, Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays, Tasty Tuesdays, What's Cooking Wednesday and Tuesdays at the Table.
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