Seven Sisters Treasures #85

May 18th, 2012 by farmgirls | 5

Guhow...our newest baby goat

Quote of the Week

“If we look to be served by man, then all we have to look forward to is what man can bring into our life. If we look to serve others, then we can look forward to what God will bring into our life.”

Ron Auch

The Bookshelf

Gray Matter {not a book for the squeamish…but we found it fascinating :) }

Videos of the Week

Flash Mob Plays Peer Gynt on Metro

Four Guys…One Cello

Then and Now…by the Josties

The Recipe Box

Whole Grain Soaked Waffles

We went looking for some soaked-flour waffles and came upon this recipe thanks to The Elliot Homestead. They are SO yummy!

- 2 1/2 cups freshly ground whole wheat flour
- 2 cups buttermilk, kefir, or yogurt
- 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 2 tablespoons melted butter or coconut oil
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- 4 eggs whites
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- Few dashes cinnamon
- Few dashes ground ginger

Combine the flour and the buttermilk, kefir, or yogurt. Allow the flour to soak for 12-24 hours. We usually just mix this part up the night before. Just set out on your counter and cover with a dishtowel

The next morning, stir the egg yolks, syrup or honey, melted butter or coconut oil, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, and salt in with the flour mixture. Gently combine.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites with a pinch of sea salt until they are nice and stiff. Then, gently fold them into the flour mixture. Remember, like clouds

Preheat a waffle iron and grease with butter or coconut oil liberally. Cook waffles according to your waffle maker directions.

Put lots of yummy butter on top and drizzle your favorite syrup…maple, strawberry, peach….or of course you can try putting lemon meringue filling on top

Farmgirl Favorites

How to re-sticky your Cricut mat

(we didn’t have any Zig glue pens and I needed to resticky ours last minute a couple of nights ago, so I used a regular glue stick and let it dry like she says, and it worked! I still want to try it with the Zig pen and see if it is any better. -Jessica)

Parachute Wedding Dress

from the Smithsonian

This wedding dress was made from a nylon parachute that saved Maj. Claude Hensinger during World War II.

In August 1944, Hensinger, a B-29 pilot, and his crew were returning from a bombing raid over Yowata, Japan, when their engine caught fire. The crew was forced to bail out. Suffering from only minor injuries, Hensinger used the parachute as a pillow and blanket as he waited to be rescued. He kept the parachute that had saved his life. He later proposed to his girlfriend Ruth in 1947, offering her the material for a gown.

Ruth wanted to create a dress similar to one in the movie Gone with the Wind. She hired a local seamstress, Hilda Buck, to make the bodice and veil. Ruth made the skirt herself; she pulled up the strings on the parachute so that the dress would be shorter in the front and have a train in the back. The couple married July 19, 1947. The dress was also worn by the their daughter and by their son’s bride before being gifted to the Smithsonian.

Cute Quotes

Noah and Isaiah like to take down our hair and comb it, so tonight Isaiah was combing mine and informed me that combs are only for boys. I asked him what is for girls and he told me, “umm..dollhouse and things. But we can work and screw things and take off doorknobs…not girls.”
Then he changed his mind…”actually, girls can use combs…but not tools and work and stuff like we do. But they do work 15 minutes (each of us do 15 minutes of cleaning a day) and snacking (stacking) wood is for boys. Not girls.”
I told him, “but I snacked wood today!”
Isaiah- “well…but not for baby girls.”
Then I asked him, “what else do boys do?”
“ummm…tools are for boys (can you tell he likes tools?) and cars are for boys…” *reconsidering* “…and girls too. And they read their bibles and ride bikes…boys do.”

I love the way he talks!
-Susannah

We saw a picture of a very tiny baby, and Isaiah told Noah, “That baby is less than a pound, like 100 degrees.” I wonder how many degrees make a pound???

Isaiah looked everywhere he could think of for his green gingham shirt, and was complaining to Bekah about it (wanting her to find it for him). So when Bekah started going upstairs to look for it, he said, “If you’re finding my green shirt, then it’s going to be nowhere.” (Because he had already looked everywhere) :D

Note: The Seven Sisters Treasures is an {almost} weekly post where we share some of our favorite things. Hope you enjoy! ~the Farmgirls

Wordless Wednesday: Smile!

May 16th, 2012 by farmgirls | 5

Lemon Meringue Waffles

May 14th, 2012 by farmgirls | 1

One of Mommy’s favorite things is Lemon Meringue Pie. On Saturday night, Anna and I were trying to figure out what we should have for Mother’s Day breakfast and I suddenly remembered seeing a post over at Washboard Storms for lemon meringue waffles.

Definitely not GAPS-legal, but ever since our trip to Florida we’ve been ‘cheating’ more, and since we have the bestest mother in the world, we figured she was definitely worth ‘cheating’ for

These waffles were SO yummy! Thank you, Ann!!! And if you’ve ever read Ann’s blog before, you know the wonderful knack she has for telling stories. When I make waffles, I do not normally think of clouds and sunshine and fairy tales. I just get it done. But this time as I was following her recipe, I was smiling as I folded in fluffy egg whites, thinking of them as clouds, and stirring up a saucepan full of sunshiny lemon meringue pie filling. Oh Ann, you make everything so much fun!

So, do you want the recipe?! I know you do Go :here: and be prepared to enjoy yourself. I modified the lemon meringue filling from what she gave, so I’ll give my modified version here:

Lemon Meringue Pie Filing

Combine in a saucepan

1 cup sugar

4 Tbsp cornstarch

1/8 tsp salt

Add very gradually, 2 cups water *or* milk (I used milk)

She mentions using a double boiler, but I was in a hurry that morning and thought the double boiler might take more time (maybe that was in my head). Anyway, I decided to cook it the same way I do with my other cream pies and did it this way…

Cook the milk mixture until thick and bubbly. Reduce heat and cook 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Pour a little of the mix over 3 beaten egg yolks in a separate container, carefully, so as not to cook the egg yolks. Beat together and then add back into the mixture in the saucepan. Cook and stir 2 minutes more over. Remove from heat again.

Add 3 Tbsp butter

1/2 cup lemon juice

2 tsp grated lemon zest OR if you are like me and had no lemon zest, use 1/4 t. lemon extract.

It will seem kind of runny at first, which is perfect for pouring over your waffles! However, if you want it firmer, just refrigerate and it will set right up as it cools.