December 3rd
My daughter, Emily is quite the knitter among other talents. One year she knitted these tiny sweaters as Christmas ornaments. Just occurred to me that maybe I should ask for a full size version of this sweater.
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We got lots of snow with the storm that came through. Don't believe it turned into a bomb cyclone as predicted because we had no wind with it. The snow just came straight down all day.
Here are three views.
Yesterday morning.
Yesterday afternoon.
This morning.
Dan says 4 or 5 inches. Looking at the picnic table I think it's closer to 6 inches.
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I made the West African Groundnut Stew last night but with modifications.
First I used boneless chicken thighs instead of a whole chicken. Recipe also called for removing chicken once it was cooked, straining the liquid and tossing out what was strained. To me that meant wasting the onions and carrots that had been in there with the chicken. The only thing I removed was the bay leaf.
The recipe was for 6 servings. I halved it and it still was for more servings than 3.
The peanut butter added such a nice flavoring to this and there was a bit of a punch to the taste with the cayenne pepper.
Recipe said to serve over rice which worked well with the broth. I made biscuits to go with it.
There was so much leftover that I decided it was enough to take to the Cookbook Club gathering next week so into the freezer it went. I will make more rice to take, too.
Here's the recipe if anyone else is inspired to try it.
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Household cleaning tasks are calling. A major vacuuming needed with all that gets tracked inside at this time of year especially when bringing in wood.
