Cooking Empowerment (& a Birthday)/Friday Flavor

Ok, so I thought I'd keep the birthday thing under wraps on social media. But a couple family members had other ideas. Thanks daughter #1 and Only Sister. I say that with my sweetest reminder that they too will be celebrating someday.........

At least my Mother-in-law tried to sweeten the deal for real with this personal cake.

It. Was. Wonderful!

Thank you Nancy :)

Kirsten surprised me with flowers, balloons and a lovely little package. 

Thank you for making my day special!

#LoveMyDaughters

Fast forward to Thursday,

we worked on a lil' recipe with the children.

This was on Pinterest and as you can see, we altered it a bit to fit my ingredients on hand.

Have you ever tried Pear Honey? It was one of the substitutes for the maple syrup. 

The doubled batch made enough to fill that pitcher in the end.

With special permission, I can show you the 'action'. Just look at the intent on those faces!

Sure added some Flavor to my day.

Hope you'll be back next week for more Friday Flavor!

After All, Tomorrow is Another Day/ Tasty Thursday

A perfect bundle of flowers from a perfect little girl!

This was my birthday greeting on Friday.

I certainly felt a little better about turning a year older with such a lovely bouquet.

Thank you Miss Emmi and family!

Continuing on with the trend for beautiful things, my sister made a very thoughtful choice when she picked this gem up at the Warsaw Heritage Days. The crème de la crème of craft shows in the state of Missouri. I didn't attend this year, but maybe I would have discovered what sister was up to if I had?? Everything works out the way it should!

 A trip to some local Antique shops was my choice for birthday shopping. I lucked into a bargain on vintage flour sack fabric at a favorite haunt of ours, Chelsea's.

Can't find this at Walmart.

But my favorite find was this 1932 children's cookbook. It claims to "Teach children to cook successfully. 

Take a look inside!

Here's the table of contents. Such cute recipe titles. It even shows a proper table setting!

With a bouquet of flowers naturally :)

My question to you is, What is this ingredient spelled "fladousing"???

Effie Jean Carter, I wonder if you're still out there to translate?

I have a feeling this mystery will go unsolved on this Tasty Thursday.



I've Got A Birthday Wish

It's a Great Friday!!!!! Ron & Rachel share their birthdays today!

So had to share a quick Smilebox just to make their day :)

Enjoy!!

Love you both!!!!Hope this is a wonderful day for you!

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Hodgepodge

Celebrated Kirsten's 15th Birthday with some homemade cake & neopolitan ice cream. Papa sent his Mexican Bean Dip & chips for some extra flava.

This was between his hospital visits over the last month.

View from the upper level parking area at Capital Regional Hospital where

Papa's currently awaiting more surgery.

Hoping for a weekend return home but not holding our breath.

Dr's make their own time schedules as we all know.

We trust it's all in God's time.

The last thing I'll be harvesting from my garden this year.

Okra!

Slicing it up & breading it & frying it.

Thanks to Tammy Sadler for giving me these seeds to 'try out' this year.