Monthly Archives: September 2008

ooey-gooey, moist and chewy brownies

These brownies are delicious served with fresh strawberries, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate syrup. I need a picture of that… Brownies 1 c. butter or margarine (2 sticks), softened 2 c. sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 1/2 c. flour 1/2 c. cocoa 12 oz bag mini chocolate chips, divided Cream the butter […]

microwave corn on the cob

We eat a lot of corn on the cob. So good! We only need three ears for supper, so I wrap them in wet paper towels and cook them in the microwave rather than in a pot of boiling water. It’s easy, fast, and leaves no pot to clean. Before cooking, husk and clean the […]

weekend company

Scott and Chris will be going back to work overseas next week, and we won’t see them for a while, so it was really wonderful to be able to spend some time with them this past weekend. I meant to get a nice family portrait of our friends while they were here, but we were […]

menu plan monday ~ september 1, 2008

We had a good weekend. Found out friends were coming through to visit the church family, so we invited them to spend Saturday overnight at our house. We grilled pork steaks and hot dogs on the grill and made S’Mores after supper. It was a lot of fun. Today is Labor Day. DH is out […]