I have a wonderful picture of my fall recipe! Too bad Gary downloaded something new on our computer and now I have no idea how to post a picture on my blog. It's completely different and nothing I've tried works so, without picture you will just have to take my word for it....These pumpkin waffles looked good AND tasted great! I was going to make and blog my favorite apple cake recipe in honor of fall but Ariann beat me to it so I tried something new tonight in honor of our niece Kerrie who is also celebrating fall. Here's the recipe that made about 16 waffles. It was just Gary and I so I am going to try freezing them and hope that they will taste good straight from the freezer to the toaster to the plate to the stomach!
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk ( I make my own by adding 1 1/2 T of vinegar to milk)
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 large egg
1 T. canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 egg whites
Directions: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. Place a large baking sheet in the oven.
Combine the flours, sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl, stir to mix well and set aside.
Combine the buttermilk, pumpkin, egg, oil, and vanilla in a medium bowl, whisk until smooth. Add the buttermilk mixture and 1/3 cup water to the flour mixture and stir until a moist batter forms. Beat egg whites in a medium-size bowl with an electric mixer on high until stiff peaks form. Gently fold the whites into batter.
Coat the waffle iron with cooking spray and preheat. Spoon about 1/3 cup of batter for each 4 inch waffle onto the hot iron, spreading the batter to the edges. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until the steaming stops. Transfer waffles to baking sheet in oven to keep warm. Serve with the Cranberry Honey (recipe to follow) or use raspberrie syrup like we did because our grocery store didn't have the fresh or frozen cranberries. I assumed they had them year round but apparently not. Here's the recipe if you want to try it. It sounds good but the raspberry was delicious too. Of course we had to garnish our waffles with cool whip and to make it a real dinner, we had a hunk of ham on the side!
Cranberry Honey: 3/4 cup honey
1/4 cup cranberry juice
1 cup fresh or frozen, thawed cranberries, divided
Bring the honey and cranberry juice to a boil over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Add 3/4 cup of the cranberries and cook 5 minutes or until cranberries pop. Stir in the remaining 1/4 cup cranberries. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes before serving. Makes about 1 cup.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Our Niece Has Inspired Me to Update!
Our friend who does excellent dry-wall work is going to try to get it repaired in the next few days. Hopefully he can because we would hate to tell someone they couldn't come look at the house. Those potential buyers here are so few and far between we can't afford to miss out on a single "lookie lou"!
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Sam's Blessing Day
I thoroughly enjoyed the dry air, the time with family including: A barbeque at Renie and Randy's home with their children (delicious food! great company!) ; a visit with Gary's folks in Jerome because my parents were willing to drive me to Boise to see Ariann and family; time to visit with my parents while we traveled and time to help Aubrey with a few projects around the house, allowing her time to get a bit caught up on her photography business. She has her hands so full I don't know how she does it but she does! It was good to be able to see where the Wheelers have landed in Idaho so that I can now picture their surroundings when we talk on the phone. Poor Ariann is absolutely miserable with a case of the hives that I didn't know was possible. Every bit of her body is covered---including the bottoms of her feet! Please keep her in your prayers as doctors are finally realizing how serious her condition is and running tests to find out what is going on! Gary is going back to the Mayo Clinic on the 2nd of September for another surgical procedure----another broncoscopy and then another surgery after that to remove a gland that they say is larger than it should be. We are prayerful and hopeful that the broncoscopy will not turn up any more problems. They are going to scrub down his lungs again to make sure nothing has been missed. Life continues to be "interesting" and we continue to ask for your prayers and positive thoughts. Love you all!
My Too Short Trip to Utah/Idaho
Monday, August 10, 2009
Here's the Latest
Last week we spent 4 days at the Mayo clinic in Jacksonville Florida trying to find out what's wrong with Gary. He now has 4 doctors working on his mysterious case. They did another CT scan, blood tests/ urine tests and pulmonology tests. We should have some results some time this week. I'm getting ready to leave for Salt Lake in the morning. I want to postpone my trip until Gary is doing better but because he has had 5 pretty good days in a row, he's insisting I go as planned. I am anxious to hold that new baby and to see all of the kids and family but it will be difficult worrying about Gary from so far away. I am supposed to fly home on the 21st but I will just take it one day at a time. Bryce has agreed to spend the nights here and a number of neighbors are on stand by during the day if Gary has any trouble. This will truly be a test of my faith. Gary booked this flight for me before he started having his serious attacks that cause him to pass out. I will have to nag him via cell phone to take his medicine and to use his c-pap machine at night. I think he is looking forward to having me gone but little does he know I can nag from afar! I'll take pictures in Salt Lake.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Looking for a House to Buy?
Saturday, July 11, 2009
We're No Longer the Scourge of the Neighborhood
I turned these plain wooden balls from JoAnn's into some contraption to hang my valance from in the master bedroom.
Wal La! Curtains! We had a garage sale this morning to get rid of stuff I don't need to stage the house and thankfully it didn't rain like it has almost every day for the past.....FOREVER! Most of the junk sold and everything that didn't got hauled off to the thrift store. The Realtor is coming Tuesday to get this house on the market and then we pray and exercise faith that it will sell quickly and that our patience will hold out while we wait to see what "quickly" is in the Lord's time table! Gary had a rough week. He is going to an allergist on Tuesday and we are hoping she will have some answers and HELP! He is too young to be feeling so terrible. We are also looking into some natural remedies because all the drugs are not working. Accupuncture is on our list. Keep praying for us. We are doing everything we know to do and then it's in the Lord's hands so your prayers are very appreciated. Love you all!
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