Canning with Grandma

  So I've never canned before and who better to teach me than my own beloved grandmother. My grandmother is amazing! She is in her 90s and still going strong. She lived through the depression, was in the military (where she met my grandfather), a mother of six, and she still managed to have long brown hair into her 80s!

  My grandma leaves her mark on whoever she meets. She is kind, generous, intelligent, caring and an incredible godly woman to look up to.

   I have been blessed by her in more ways than I can count. From shelling peas with her on the back porch to doing times tables while washing dishes. From climbing into her bed at 5 am (no earlier!) with a pile of books for her to read - and she read every one to watching her eat my first kitchen creation (green bean custard---yuck---) which she choked down so graciously. From being granted a place to stay while going to college (with some rent because she always wanted me to know the value of money), to having her open the door for my future husband to set up the night he proposed.

    She is still there for me all the time. I thanked her for teaching me how to can and her response was, "Well that's what Grandmas do," with a little twinkle in her eye. 

 

Due to my schedule she planned around me, staying up late in the evening to help me can. Have I mentioned this women is selfless and kind and amazing?!

Here are some not so great quality photos from our time canning tomatoes. However, it's not the quality of the photos that count but the quality of the time spent and the memories that will be cherished forever. 

PS: Don't worry - she wasn't the only one working - just had to take a step back and get some shots :) 

Sickies and comfort food

Over the weekend my little family came down with something. My husband got hit the hardest and was miserable yesterday evening and night and this morning. Luckily my hard spot was yesterday afternoon and by today I was doing much better.

   
Sooo...to the point...I had a very strong urge to make some comfort food. What type you might ask? Going back to my childhood, I started craving crepes...

   
After looking up some recipes I attempted making crepes for the first time, by myself. EVER! And I'm happy to tell you that it was so easy to do that I can't wait to do it again! 

  To find a recipe, I did what any self respecting woman would do and scoured Pinterest. I found a good basic recipe and went from there. The results were delicious! 

   

  Since I was going for a brunch deal I decided on savory, a sweet, and a sweet and sour. I had yummy mushrooms, asparagus and strawberries that I had gotten from my Bountiful Baskets this week and I was very excited to put them all to use. 

Ham, mushroom, cheddar, asparagus crepe drizzled with a Dijon "white" sauce.

* I sautéed the ham and mushrooms separately with some olive oil and garlic before putting in the crepe. The sauce from the original recipe I cut in half but still had a lot left over. 

Strawberry and chocolate coconut cream icing (left over from a cake) crepe topped with Hershey's syrup.

And the very traditional lemon juice and powdered sugar crepe. 

   Amazing!! Can't wait to try some new combos. What's your favorite crepe filling?

The main crepe recipe came from here.

The savory crepe idea came from this website.