The ol' homestead

Basic Taco/Fajita Seasoning

Combine all ingredients.

Darn good chicken fajita's

This is how we make chicken fajita's.

I like to boil or grill 3 boneless chicken breasts until almost done (they will finish cooking in the stirfry) because I think cooking them solely during the frying time is too much frying the peppers. Cool and slice into strips.

We make up our seasoning mix (for heaven's sake, make your own as the store bought kind is yucky and expensive, click here for the best mix that I use) and set it aside.

First we chop strips from 1 red bell pepper and 1 yellow bell pepper and 1 purple onion.

Cover the bottom of your heavy frying pan with olive oil and then add a teaspoon of your garlic paste or fresh garlic, minced.

Add the peppers and onions, chicken, and seasoning and cook 5 or 10 minutes until your desired taste is met (some like fajita's almost black)

Pour it into a platter and serve with Jill's salsa and sour cream on fresh flour tortillas and don't write to me and complain that you over ate because you WILL over eat on these every time!

I'm thin, I'm thin, I'm finally thin.....

okay, I'm not, but this mirror kinda made me look l-o-n-g and thin. Here are some pictures taken on a recent field trip to the children’s museum.

Here are the girls hanging off one of the old cars (Big Miss, friend, and Little Miss)

I am in the hospital having a baby (Doctor Little Miss was wonderful!)

I love a puppet show!

Puppet show from the back....It WAS the girls!

The dentist said, "This won't hurt a bit".....AHHHH

Here Little Miss is inside a huge bubble (too cool!)

So many things to try....

Hurry, hurry, call the firetruck

Racing the skeleton

The kids loved trying out the special needs

Digging for dinosaur bones

Making a video

How's that wind there Sarah?

The castle maze

The train ride (did I mention it was REALLY windy?)

Never doubt that a 17 year old cannot have fun in a children’s museum!

This weeks Menu

Homemade Enchilada Sauce

Don't buy that expensive (not to mention tasteless) sauce.... make your own, it's yummy!

Drunken Beans

Butterscotch Apple Pecan Cobbler

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Tillin' and the hay loft

Howdy out there to you. Whew, we have had a busy week-end. We finally have the garden ready and what should happen? Cold weather. Oklahoma cold weather is what happened. Oh well, the soil is ready and we will plant as soon as it is warm again. 

I did get my herb tires planted. Basil and cilantro and Little Miss planted flowers and sunflowers. I transplanted some mums and got the thornless blackberry staked as well. The strawberries are loaded and I hate the thought of transplanting them but they have outgrown their place too.

I have been doing a few outdoor projects. The faucet flowers are done and I am also getting my lavendar spindle tea pot bird feeder put together. Here is a peek at the projects...

I am reading "World Without End". It is the sequel to "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet. I am also reading "Mere Christianity" by C. S. Lewis for the womens bible study that I am in. It seems I only get to read several pages at a time because of all the things I have to get done and so at this rate I figure I will get this 1000 page book read, by ohhh, say January 2009.

Last New Recipe Thursday was a hit. Italian Meatloaf. Frontier Man loved it and ate it for 2 days and wanted more. This week it is a new recipe called "Potato-Rosemary Pizetta". Big Miss has informed me she will be taking over Monday night meal so that will be nice.

Have you ever climbed a mountain? A mountain of hay bales? I remember as a young girl how I loved to climb those hay bales too. We lived on a dairy farm so there was always plenty of hay in the barn! It can be sooo fun and on a recent trip out to moms little farm, that is where the kids had the most fun, up in the hay loft in the barn. Fun to hide in them but it can be a bit scratchy though. Sometimes you can find fun and interesting things. Like snakes hidden nests of eggs. Sometimes you just get your foot caught and twist your ankle. Now doesn't that sound like fun huh? Well, it would be if you were a kid.....

My dad is a race car driver. There... I said it. That is my confession and now you know the nasty habit....He drags at Ardmore Raceway near Springer. It is the oldest continuously run drag strip in the U.S. and he lives for racing. I believe, literally. He had open heart surgery and for a few years got out of the circuit and was not the same. Now he is back and he is much more like his old self.... and that really isn't much comfort, believe me. Anyway, this is actually his 3rd race car. His first 2 were Murphy's Law and Murphy's Law 2. Now he jumps puddles....

He also spent 2 years rebuilding this 58 chevy.  Can you say Pride and Joy?

Speaking of cars, College Son's car decided to quit. Yes, permanantly with 3 weeks of school left. He blew a head gasket and nothing can be done at this point. Well, something can be done but at a tune of fifteen hundred dollars.... He decided for that amount he would just buy another car, and so, taking almost all his savings he purchased another older car in hopes to make it on down the road a few more miles. With cars, sometimes it just happens... and it sure did this time!

Well that is about all I have time for this morning.... breadmaking today. Have a nice day!

Herbed Parmesan Oven Fries

I was asked to share the recipe for the herbed oven fries that I make. Here it is:

Herbed Parmesan Oven Fries

 1 egg white, lightly beaten
 1 t.basil                                                                                                                                                              
1/4 c. Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 tsp. garlic salt, divided
1-1/4 lb. potatoes (3 medium), cut into wedges

Preheat oven to 425. Combine egg white, cheese, basil and the garlic salt. Add to potatoes; toss to coat. Spread onto greased large baking sheet. Bake 35 min or until done.