Today I am cleaning the kitchen, baking an Apple Creme Crumb pie, making a roast loin of pork with veggies, and sautéing cabbage.  Dinner party!

Happy New Year

Happy 2013 everyone!  May the new year fulfill all of your dreams and wishes.

Lazy Sunday

Good day!  After a generally lovely December day I am sipping Entwine Cab Sav and nibbling on Townhouse crackers.  Sooooooo, I do like the Entwine Cab Sav.  This is the relatively new wine from The Food Network.  I've been thinking about the name, "Entwine".   Do you think it's intended to be a combination of the word "entertainment" and "wine"?  Entwine.  I like it!  Wine aside, the local grocery store had live lobsters at half price yesterday.  And, they will steam the lobsters.  So, we bought 2.  Today I made lobster pot pie for lunch.  Yummy! But, very filling.  Hence the crackers for dinner.

Wow, where have I been since May?  I had big plans for starting a blog and completely fell off the wagon.  I am baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.  Still loving life, cooking, gardening and just generally having a good time.  I promise to post more....more stories, more recipes and definitely more pictures.  Hang on because we're about to take-off!

Leisure Sunday of Cooking

What to do on an unusually cold and windy May Sunday in Kansas?  Cook, of course.  I started last night w/ a super simple recipe for authentic french bread with only 4 ingredients -- flour, yeast, salt and water.  The secret is in the resting time....18 hours.  Then this morning I grabbed a chuck roast while at the grocery store getting my daily Starbuck's Vanilla Latte.  Gotta have that coffee.  I cooked the chuck roast with garlic and canned tomatoes for 6 hours.  Then, I made fresh pasta.  It's sooo much easier than you think and totally worth the effort.  The pasta is soooo tender.  I have big fat strips of fresh pasta sitting in the kitchen right now just waiting to be dropped in boiling salt water.  I'll post pictures later.   

Welcome

Hi!  Welcome to my blog.  My name is Marla.  I am grateful for the life I have; my family,my faith, my friends, my dogs, my hobbies.  I am truly blessed.  I look forward to sharing it all with you.  You will meet the dogs; Whitney who we call GG because she is a Good Girl, Carlie who we call The Queen of Everything and Syndey who we call Zippy.  I'll also share my cooking, gardening and life.  Come back often.