Author: Connie Brannen

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Homemade

Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese

Deluxe Macaroni and Cheese

I am sorry about this photo. My camera was dead and was on charge for a long time so I dished some macaroni and cheese up! I just could not wait for an hour. I also used penne noodles for this time.

Good morning to everyone, on this cloudy North Florida day. I hope that your day is good as I am always wishing the very best for everyone.

I have a little recipe from a very good friend of mine for you today.

It is the best macaroni and cheese that I have ever eaten in my entire life!

I had her super-size the recipe for a 13×9 sized pan.

The ingredients are:

12 oz box of small elbow macaroni

2 large eggs, beaten

1 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 TBSP of Gulden’s brown mustard

2 1/2 c large cottage cheese

3 c shredded cheddar cheese

1 1/4 c sour cream

1/2 cup of panko bread crumbs to put on top

1 large TBSP Guldens mustard

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees, now.

Use a big pot and fill halfway with water. Get this to a boil and add in the macaroni. Cook 8 minutes and drain off water.

Butter a 13×9 baking dish or pan.

Have macaroni in a large bowl to mix all of these ingredients together (Except for 1 c of shredded cheese for the topping) of this awesome macaroni and cheese.

Put the mixed macaroni into a 13×9 baking dish and bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

I have never had, better macaroni and cheese!!

I hope that you will try this recipe and stay awhile and visit with me.

I, promise to add a photo, later on, when I cook this recipe. I like to post the photo for my recipes, but as you know, I just can not eat my food every day as I am trying to watch my intake.

Thank you for stopping by today. Connie B.

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Travel

Secret infinity pools, boating and castles in Northern Wales — NON STOP TRAVELLING

Social media has been smothered with videos of people swimming in a ‘secret infinity pool’ in Snowdonia. The location is kept a secret but it’s easy enough to find if you watch the videos and scan google earth. Seeing as we swim in wild locations pretty much every day we figured we’d see what all […]

Secret infinity pools, boating and castles in Northern Wales — NON STOP TRAVELLING

Good Saturday morning to everyone. I hope all is well.

I have the owners of this blog’s permission to share the awesome travel trip that they took. It is a beautiful trip of the mind for you to enjoy!

I know that I did! Thanks for taking the time to stop by. Connie B.

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Dessert

Amy Jean’s Kitchen: National Ice Cream Month —

. . . Last month, July, was world ice cream month so of course that meant I had to try my hand at making some homemade ice cream! Recruiting the help of my brother and friend Justin we tackled a recipe out of the Gilmore Girls cookbook and walked away with an ice cream that […]

Amy Jean’s Kitchen: National Ice Cream Month —

Chocolate Expresso Ice Cream

Need I say more?

Good evening all! It is thundering and lightning outside, right now so stay safe. I hope that your day went well and tomorrow is even better!

Here is a mighty delicious, sounding ice cream recipe for you to try.

I have gotten permission from the owner to share it with you, on my blog. As she, also will share my recipes on hers.

This recipe just sounds so good!.

Connie B. #CONNIEBWISDOMFORPENNIES

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Sandwiches

Sauerkraut Dogs

Hotdogs with homemade Kraut.

Good evening all! It’ about 88 degrees or maybe 91 in North Florida at 7pm tonight. Hotter than hell, I always say! But, I have no desire to go there to compare the heat.

I am hoping that all is well, with your home and family tonight. I am always, wishing the best for all of you.

Tonight, I am sharing a food blog photo that comes from my own blog, which is here. I love to share recipes with the world and can only hope that they are shared and tried by some of you.

Anyhow, back to this sauerkraut and hotdog craving that I had a while back. A friend taught me her recipe for cooking hotdogs!

This is sinful but awesomely good. You fry the hotdogs in a little butter. yes butter. 2 TBSP of butter.

Then to top it off, I added a coke and my homemade sauerkraut, which is has a crunchy texture and just beats the stuffing out of the store, canned stuff.

If you would like my homemade karut recipe then look back in my archives under August 2020 in the monthly links that show at the bottom of my blog.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you find a recipe that you want to try! Connie B.

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Travel

Escaping to Higher Ground — The Curious Adventures of the Cat in the Camper Van

After the highlights of Stockholm we needed to tone it down a bit so after escaping the tunnels, we headed to Uppsala for some crazy golf, not kidding, see photo… then we decided we should be more serious so headed out for a riverside walk to be educated on Uppsala, it being a university town […]

Escaping to Higher Ground — The Curious Adventures of the Cat in the Camper Van
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Recipe

A Tropical Blast — Dish with this chick

I’ve been to the Caribbean humm, probably a half a dozen times. Whether it be a cruise, or actually visiting the island itself. I so enjoy the relaxation of the ocean waves, sipping an island cocktail, lying on the beach, sun in my face, and cooling off in the clear, aqua water. Yes! I have […]

A Tropical Blast — Dish with this chick

Good day to all, on this North Florida, sunny day. It is hot and so very muggy here but I’ll take some sunshine for a nice change.

I hope that you find a way to make your day become a nice and joyful day. Anyway, here is a little trip to the Caribbean for your day!

I, really like this Caribbean recipe so I thought that I would share it

with you!

Over and out from Connie B.

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Dessert

Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake — In Dianes Kitchen

I have been getting so many views on this delicious Ice Cream Sandwich Cake so I figured I would share it again. This is perfect for a Fourth of July picnic! A quick, easy and layered frozen dessert that you can make ahead of time and keep in the freezer. Made with ice cream sandwiches, […]

Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake — In Dianes Kitchen
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August 2020 Recipe

Ham Bone Beans

Fat Italian Beans with Golden potatoes and a Spiral Ham Bone that is Swimming in Onions.

Good Morning, All. I am posting from another very wet and grey sky day from North Florida, today. Now, I am thinking of the song that has the lyrics (I’ll sail away in it). For the life of me, I can’t remember who sings it. (Journey, comes to mind). Anyway, I am wishing you a good day and all the best.

This is my ham-bone bean recipe and it was good to the last bean.

The recipe is a spiral ham bone with some meat left on the bone.

It is well worth the cost (On sale, at Walmart) Still $24.00 though. I, cut off almost all of the spiraled ham and put in quart zip-lock baggies for the freezer for so many meals. Then I save the ham bone until I was ready to use it.

So, along with that ham bone, I used 2 15oz cans of fat Italian string beans.

1 1/2 onions sliced.

6-medium-large golden potatoes washed and peeled and diced.

1-tsp Accent 1-tsp Greek Seasoning 1-tsp coarse salt (work with your seasons) and do not get too salty as it will get stronger later and you could always add more. 1-tsp black pepper.

Boil the ham bone in a large pot filled with 8-cups of water for 1 hour, as it is already cooked, when you purchase it and then take it out of the pot and let cool, take all the meat off, and tear into strips. Put the meat back into the pot.

Open you two cans of fat Italian string beans (just my name for them) and put liquid and all into your soup pot.

Add in your Golden potatoes. (Diced)

Add in your sliced onions. Add in your seasonings and cook on med-high for 40 minutes. You are done, now.

Thank you for your visit today and do come back soon. Connie B.

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Travel

Charismatic Copenhagen — The Curious Adventures of the Cat in the Camper Van

I’m resisting the urge to use the W word about Copenhagen as it feels pretty cliched, there’s a lot to this charming City that is more than a song title! We camped outside, approximately 20km from the centre but with an easy walk to a station. Very close by was the Arken Museum of Modern […]

Charismatic Copenhagen — The Curious Adventures of the Cat in the Camper Van
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Tips

Make Your Own Cherry Pitter

Good morning All! I am posting this tip, just for you, on this North Florida rainy day. Makes me think of the lyrics of a song, I ain’t seen no sunshine, etc. etc. Any way it’s another day to learn something new! I am wishing you the best of days.

After I had spent 3 hours of pitting cherries by hand last month, now I find this awesome tip! And my hands were cherry stained for a week, last month.

By the way, its pouring down rain, right now!

To use this cherry pitter tip, you just need a cutting board and a cake decorator, icing tip, and some gloves or you will have stained fingertips that do wash off pretty fast.

Just put the icing tip on your pointer finger , with the washed and stemmed cherry that is sitting on your chopping board and push down and the pit will come out.

This is the easy way to do it. It is way, less messy and oh, so much faster.

Oh yeah, to can these awesome looking cherries.

First of all, I put my water-bath canner on the stove and filled it to 3 inches above the height of the jars and got this to almost boiling and kept the heat on. I scooped out a tiny amount of the hot water to have for my canning lids (4) and 4 pint jars was my yield of lovely cherries in a very light syrup (sweetened water). This can be thickened later with cornstarch in a 1/4 cup of cold water with 1 TBSP and stirred in well before adding to the cherries. If not thick enough, then do this again. (COLD water ONLY) or you will have ugly lumps.

I just heated up 6c of water and put 1 cup of sugar and stirred well. Then I added the cherries when the water was boiling and turned off the burner.

I hope that you are prepared with all the utensils that you will be needing! ) Look back at my canning posts if you need to know this information, as you will need everything at hand when you are canning.

Put some hot boiling water in one jar and empty it into the next jar, as you are ready to fill the first jar and so on. Fill a jar- wipe the rim- finger-tight the band on the jar and use tongs and a thick pot-holder to transfer the jar into the boiling (by now water). When a rolling hard boil on high heat is going on, then set the timer for 10 minutes.

When the timer goes off, leave the jars in for another, timed (10 minutes). Now remove carefully and sit on a folded kitchen towel.

Listen for the sweet sound of the pings that tell you (Well Done).

Thanks for your time today and feel free to share. Connie B.

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