How about you? Are there any recipes you especially enjoy having in the Fall? Any foods that are seasonal that you especially enjoy? I love pumpkin pie but I do not make from scratch. I like a big bowl of homemade vegetable beef soup.
My Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup Serves a jillion
1 lb. beef (I buy sirloin and cut into small cubes)
1 large can tomatoes (28 oz?)
1 large potato diced
2 carrots sliced
1 medium onion chopped
2 stalks celery diced
1 head cabbage chopped
1 can green peas
1 can green beans
1 can corn
In large stock pot (mine is about 15 inches high) add a little oil and heat. Add the beef and brown. Add the tomatoes, breaking them up and 2 cups of water. Simmer for an hour. Prepare all the fresh veggies in this time. Add to pot and cover with water and let simmer for 3-4 hours.
Add the different cans of veggies and season to taste. Cook for about 30 more minutes. This makes an enormous pot of soup, but freezes well.
Showing posts with label Fall into Autumn Dishcloth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall into Autumn Dishcloth. Show all posts
Monday, October 1, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Fall into Autumn topic #3
Autumn has now officially begun here in the States!! What is your favorite thing about Autumn/Fall? Why?
It doesn't really feel like Fall here until November. It is still 90 degrees out. What I like about Fall is the evenings being cooler and in the early morning it feels fresh outside. We don't have alot of changing colors, but what we do have is very pretty
It doesn't really feel like Fall here until November. It is still 90 degrees out. What I like about Fall is the evenings being cooler and in the early morning it feels fresh outside. We don't have alot of changing colors, but what we do have is very pretty
Monday, September 17, 2007
Fall into Autumn topic #2
When you knit or crochet dishcloths, washcloths or face clothes, what do you use? What size needle or hook? Wood? what type? Metal? Plastic? A specific Brand? Why do you love that needle or hook so much? Is there one you are dying to try? Is there a particular yarn you love and use all the time for cloths? What is so special about it?
I have a couple of sets of needles that I like to use. One is an old set of Boye needles in plastic (maybe Balene 1) and the other is a set of rosewood needles from Turn-of-the -Century in size 8.I love both of them greatly. I usually use Sugar and Cream for kitchen cloths and Luna by Cascade for face cloths. I received a skein of Peaches and Cream from DDOS swap and it seems to be very similar to S&C. I would love to try any other cottons out there.
I have a couple of sets of needles that I like to use. One is an old set of Boye needles in plastic (maybe Balene 1) and the other is a set of rosewood needles from Turn-of-the -Century in size 8.I love both of them greatly. I usually use Sugar and Cream for kitchen cloths and Luna by Cascade for face cloths. I received a skein of Peaches and Cream from DDOS swap and it seems to be very similar to S&C. I would love to try any other cottons out there.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Fall into Autumn topic
Now that in some geographic locations the weather is starting to turn cooler, do you change the type of yarn(s) you knit/crochet with? If so, what do you now knit/crochet with instead and why? If not, why do you not switch and what do you knit/crochet with?
I do not change the yarns I knit/crochet with the seasons. I just do smaller projects in the summer. No heavy sweaters or afghans.
I do not change the yarns I knit/crochet with the seasons. I just do smaller projects in the summer. No heavy sweaters or afghans.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Fall into Autumn Dishcloth Exchange
1. Do you knit or crochet? How long have you been doing it? I have been knitting in earnest for about 4 years. I have crocheted for many years.
2. Have you made dishcloths before? Do you use them yourself, give them as gifts, or both? I have made many dishcloths before. I use them and also gift them. I have a couple of friends who want one every time I see them. I keep a stack of them in my sewing room.
3. What's your favorite cotton to make cloths from? What cotton would you like to try that you haven't before ? I usually use Sugar and cream for kitchen cloths. For face cloths I use either Cascade Luna or Auracania Nature cotton.
4. If you knit, do you prefer circular or straight needles? For all, do you prefer wooden, metal, or plastic needles? I prefer straight needles for knitting dishcloths. I have needles I like in all types.
5. What are your favorite colors? Any colors you don't like much? I like most colors with greens and reds being my favs. I do not like purple very much. Ok, very little.
6. What do you like best about Autumn? The cooler evenings and the approach of all the fun holidays.
7. Pies: Pumpkin? Apple? Pecan? All of em? or No Thanks! All of them!!!!!!!!!
8. When you were a kid, were you the one who couldn't wait to get started with school , or the one who overslept on the 1st day? I was the one who could not wait for school to start. The new clothes, pencils, crayons. Woo hoo I could not wait.
9. Do you celebrate Halloween? (The real key here guys is especially knowing if you have an aversion to the holiday or little goodies/decorations associated with it, given the timeframe of the swap) I love to decorate for Halloween. It is a fun time.
10. If you had to choose just 3 edible 'goodies' to eat for a full year, what 3 would you choose? Pecan pralines, gummy bears, and French bread/
11. Do you have any pets? Kids? Husbands who seem like kids? ;) One husband, two children(only one at home) and one dog.
12. If you were to describe a particular yarn that shares traits of your personality, what would it be and why?
13. Do you use your cloths mostly for dishcloths, or as facecloths? Dishcloths
14. Favorite Fall Holiday: Halloween or Thanksgiving and why? (Feel free to share another fall memory if you do not celebrate either of these holidays) I like both, but Thanksgiving is such a family time.
15. Do you have any allergies or aversions your pal should know about? smoke
2. Have you made dishcloths before? Do you use them yourself, give them as gifts, or both? I have made many dishcloths before. I use them and also gift them. I have a couple of friends who want one every time I see them. I keep a stack of them in my sewing room.
3. What's your favorite cotton to make cloths from? What cotton would you like to try that you haven't before ? I usually use Sugar and cream for kitchen cloths. For face cloths I use either Cascade Luna or Auracania Nature cotton.
4. If you knit, do you prefer circular or straight needles? For all, do you prefer wooden, metal, or plastic needles? I prefer straight needles for knitting dishcloths. I have needles I like in all types.
5. What are your favorite colors? Any colors you don't like much? I like most colors with greens and reds being my favs. I do not like purple very much. Ok, very little.
6. What do you like best about Autumn? The cooler evenings and the approach of all the fun holidays.
7. Pies: Pumpkin? Apple? Pecan? All of em? or No Thanks! All of them!!!!!!!!!
8. When you were a kid, were you the one who couldn't wait to get started with school , or the one who overslept on the 1st day? I was the one who could not wait for school to start. The new clothes, pencils, crayons. Woo hoo I could not wait.
9. Do you celebrate Halloween? (The real key here guys is especially knowing if you have an aversion to the holiday or little goodies/decorations associated with it, given the timeframe of the swap) I love to decorate for Halloween. It is a fun time.
10. If you had to choose just 3 edible 'goodies' to eat for a full year, what 3 would you choose? Pecan pralines, gummy bears, and French bread/
11. Do you have any pets? Kids? Husbands who seem like kids? ;) One husband, two children(only one at home) and one dog.
12. If you were to describe a particular yarn that shares traits of your personality, what would it be and why?
13. Do you use your cloths mostly for dishcloths, or as facecloths? Dishcloths
14. Favorite Fall Holiday: Halloween or Thanksgiving and why? (Feel free to share another fall memory if you do not celebrate either of these holidays) I like both, but Thanksgiving is such a family time.
15. Do you have any allergies or aversions your pal should know about? smoke
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