How to make an arrow toothpick.

My new favorite cookie recipe.

One of my favorite things about living in Southern Oregon is having the historical Butte Creek Mill near by. You can find locally milled grains, flours and mixes at near by retailers; order online or visit the historical millhouse in Eagle Point and see the stone mill in action. My favorite BCM product is there pancake and waffle mix. Inside the package is a list of great ways to ues the mix. I've made the chocolate chip cookies many times and sometimes tweek it a bit. I think I've perfected it, atleast to my taste. The great thing about cookies made with this mix is that because of the whole grains, you don't get that tummy acke that comes with eating empty carbs and you never want to stop eating them. Wait... that could be a bad thing. So here is my recipe for my new favorite cookies.

1/2 cup partially melted butter
1/2 sugar
1/2 brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
2 eggs
2 cups BCM pancake and waffle mix
1/2 cup oats
1 cups chocolate chips
1 cups dryed sweetened cranberries

  Level cookie dough into icecream scoop and drop onto cookie sheet 3 inches apart.
Flatten dough with a fork.
Bake at 350○ for 10-12 minutes.

Happy baking!

What I do with those left-over Christmas M&M's

Christmas is over now and I still had half a bag full of red and green M&M's. My first plan was to keep them stashed and eat them whenever I want. Now that's a great way to start of the new year. So here's what I did. Valentine's day is next month, right? And st Patrick's is the month after that. So I simply separated the red from the green. Now I have the red to decorate sweets in February and green for sweets in March. Now maybe I can loose some of those holiday pounds.

A Simple Holiday Breakfast.

Try adding eggnog coffee mate to your oatmeal. Your kids will love it. I originally did this because I had run out of milk so I used what I had. Luckily, what I had was holiday eggnog coffee mate. My family loves it. Try it with cream of wheat. Sometimes I put a little in my raisin bran. It makes any casual breakfast a holiday treat. Hey, I should be getting paid for all this free advertising. : )

Ciders to Smoothies

I love to drink green smoothies and if you like smoothies of any kind you might like to try this.  After a holiday get together refrigerate your leftover non-alcoholic mulled cider. In the morning simply make it a part of your smoothie to give it that festive flare that marks the season. I love it.

Bookshelves!!! AKA; weird things that make me super happy!

If you can get your hands on some of these shelves I highly recommend that you get them. The kiddos went from asking to watch movies all day, to asking me to read to them. They almost always are "reading" a book these days. I love it.

 P.S. Part of being a Mom is getting ridiculously happy and excited over the weirdest things. Seriously, I couldn't stop staring at them all night long (at least I'm hoping it's a Mom thing and not that I'm just weird--maybe a little of both?).

Sarahs Welcome

Hello all, my name is Sarah. I'm a new contributor to this lovely blog my awesome sister created. I'm a wife and a mother of three. I live in Butte Falls, a very VERY small town in the mountains of Southwest Oregon. I love to sew, crochet and cook. I also dapple in a few other things. I also have a passion for photography, though I'm still learning and not nearly as good as I'd like to be. I'm happy to be here and hope that I can make a valuable contribution. Please also visit me on my own blog and follow me while I'm Gettin' My Stitch On.