Hi everyone, I decided to move my blog .

You will find it here.

Just in case the link doesn’t work here is the address http://ebriggs1992.blogspot.com/

I find it easier to put things on it and can add music etc,.

I hope you can find me OK. See you over there.

Here is a simple yet delicious recipe that my daughter Deborah (aged 10 )has mastered.

1 1/2 lbs storebought pizza dough      

1/4 cup olive oil

3 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary

1-2 tablespoons salt

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and spray a 13×18″ baking tray. Add the store bought dough and push, strech or roll it in to a rectangle shape about 10×15 ” .

2. Brush generously with olive oil and sprinkle with rosemary.

3. Bake in the center of the oven for 15 mins, or until lightly brown on both top and bottom.

4. Remove from the oven and brush on more olive oile and sprinkle with salt. Cool on a rack for at least 15 minutes.

Eat and enjoy! We like it with a little dish of olive oil and balsamic vinegar mixed to dip it into.

PS. We don’t use pizza dough, we get bread dough in our supermarket ready made.

 

The History of ‘APRONS’

 

I don’t think our kids know what an apron is!

 

The principal use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. 

 

It was wonderful for drying children’s tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.

 

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

 

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that ‘old-time apron’ that served so many purposes.

Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about Grandma’s aprons.

REMEMBER:

Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the windowsill to cool.

Her granddaughters set theirs on the windowsill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.

I don’t think I ever caught anything from an apron.

 

Thanks for the great memories Granny

 

Edinburgh

Christmas in Ireland

Our Ladies Reading Roundabout kicks off this weekend. We have 15 ladies taking part. Pray that it is stimulating and spiritually benificial to those who take part.

I took this header photo outside my mums house one very cold morning when we were visiting. Couldn’t believe I could upload it and show it off to all you guys!!

Ok, so after a lot of  head scratching and hair pulling I have decided to simply put the whole recipe on the front page. If anyone can help me link a title to a separate page I would appreciate it. For now I am sticking to what is simple.

So here is the first one. I think I will try to post one a week and see how I get on.

 

 

Pork and Apricot Casserole

1lb of pork pieces

2 tablepns flour (plain-UK, all purpose – USA )

oil

1 can of apricots with juice

2 tablspns worcester sauce

2 tablespns demerara sugar ( light brown – USA)

2 teaspns vinegar

2 teaspns lemon juice

8 tablespns water

Method:

1. Toss meat in seasoned flour and fry off in small batches. You watch it to fry not boil!

2. Place meat into the dish you have chosen ( This can also be made in a regular casserole dish.)

3. Mix together all other ingredients except the apricots. Add to the meat.

4. Slow cooker 4-6 hours. Casserole 1hr @ 350 degrees.

I realise that USA measures are slightly different from UK but this is the kind of dish that it doesn’t make a lot of difference. You can make as much gravy  as you wish.

Have a go and let m know what how you get on what you think.

Just downloaded and listened to a few of the radio broadcasts from Revive Our Hearts by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. Was very challenged and encouraged by what she had to say. One of them was about having daily devotions. She said “having a daily devotional doesn’t mean we are having  time of daily devotion! ” I was challenged by this,  for so many times my quiet times are done because I know I should and not because I want to spend time with Christ in His word and getting to know Him better.  My prayer is that I will want to know more of Him because of what He has done for me and because obedience and faithfulness is what he wants foremost rather than a clean an tidy house! (not that these things are not important.)

It doesn’t just matter what you eat but also when you eat and having everything in the cupboard to fulfill the goal. So here is a website I was directed to in order to help all of us busy mums be better organised and  plan ahead. It is mealsmatter.com

This will help you plan meals out for an entire week, help you with shopping lists and it has recipes if you need a little inspiration.

We are using it to teach Lois, our 14 year old, how to plan meals for a family. Let me know what you think.