Coming soon.............

1. An article on Autumn,

2. A little bit about something I have undertaken.

Recipe Box # 2 : Summer Parfait

This is a quick easy dessert that I whipped up one night with some leftover fruit. (Sorry, I don't have a picture.)

Ingredients:
a 9" round yellow cake
1 box of instant vanilla pudding mix (prepared)
fruit (strawberries, blueberries, cherries, rasberries, peaches)

1. Crumble about 1/2 of the cake into the bottom of a torte dish or a bowl.
2. Spread 1/2 of the pudding on top.
3. Layer fruit on top of the pudding.
4. Continue with one more layer of each.

Tada! You have a dessert. That was easy! :)

Recipe Box #1: Strawberry Scones

1 cup hulled & finely diced fresh strawberries

2 cups flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons cold butter

1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder & salt in a large bowl. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender until the crumbs are about the size of peas. Add the strawberries and toss them gently until they are coated in flour.
3. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add the milk & vanilla and gently stir the dough until all the flour is moistened. DO NOT OVERSTIR. Let the dough sit for 1 minute.
4. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. This recipe makes exactly 8 scones. Sprinkle the tops of the scones with a little bit of sugar. Bake for 18 minutes.

I make this recipe for breakfast when we have strawberries fresh from the garden. They are delicious, especially when warm. My family never leaves any left overs! Enjoy one with a cup of coffee. :)

Coming soon...

....the 1st part of my recipe box!

"Gathering Almond Blossoms"

By Waterhouse

A Book Review...

Last evening, after several months, I finally finished reading Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo. Be warned: it is 1222 pages long...and not a very easy book to read. But, after all that, I am very glad to have read it. It was well worth it.

The book opens describing the habits of a bishop, who one day shelters a convict in his home and teaches him a little bit about humanity and God's love. The rest of this book follows the life, adventures and struggles of this convict, named Jean Valjean. He becomes a marvelously complex character who excites pity in the reader.

Les Miserables (The Miserable)
Author: Victor Hugo
Setting: Post-revolutionary France
Main Characters: Jean Valjean, Javert, Cosette, and Marius

It's Been a Little While...

I have already started out as a bad blogger! I haven't updated in several weeks, have I? I think that I may start posting a series of recipes that I have tried. I like to cook! :)

But besides that, I am going to post interesting quotes, book reviews and other such things. How does that sound?