Scotman's Breakfast or Treat

I know this eating thing seems to be getting the best of me, but it has been cold and I have had a little time to come up with better ways to be more convivial. So....

I came across this idea somewhere, and it is really great. They call it Apple-Pecan Baked Oatmeal and well it is a wonderful way to enjoy your oatmeal and apples.

It only takes a few items...

Toast a cup of chopped pecans in a pan until they fill the kitchen with pecan fragrant. Peel and chop some 4 or 5 Granny Smith apples. Cut them into large chunks because after all this is a meal to carry you through the morning. Put the apples in the bottom of a baking dish and spread the pecans over the apples.

Combine 18 oz of rolled oats with three eggs, a cup of brown sugar, a cup of applesauce, three teaspoons of cinnamon, three teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice, four teaspoons of baking powder, a cup and quarter of water, a cup of milk and a quarter cup of butter. Stir all this together in a big bowl.

Then pour the mixture over the apples and pecans.

Cover it with some foil and bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees in the oven, then uncover and bake for 15 more minutes. When it is golden brown take it out and enjoy.

In case you missed that last part...I said ENJOY!

Home made doors

Someone asked me what I did when it was so cold at the beginning of the month. Well, after feeding and watering the fowl, I checked all the water lines. We only had one ell that broke in the barn and we did not lose much water - just some nerves.

Anyway, I build doors when the weather allows. They turn out very nice when the finisher gets done making them pretty. I'll have to post pictures of the finished products when I get them from the finisher.

In case your wondering, yes this is how it is done....

Breakfast before work

Out here where the days are long, even when the daylight hours are short, one needs something to keep one going from early until the after noon meal. So, inspite of the USDA's new food pyramid, here is a morning meal that gets the job done.

I can hear the nannys sucking wind now! Still with this meal I went out and dug two potatoe ditches. Potatoe ditches are 18 inches wide, 30 feet long and between 1 and 1.5 feet deep. In those ditches I plant 60 seed potatoes and then cover it all with compost and soil. I'll post an example later. In addition to the potatoes, I tilled another quarter acre where peas, cabbage, turnips, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and other vegetables will be planted. All this before my afternoon break. I suppose that if there was a gym with in 40 miles, I could go there. But then...maybe not.