Recipe Sharing and a Request
First, I have a request of Our Living Large community. I’ve been blogging now for over two years and have enjoyed every minute of it and I hope you have enjoyed Living Large enough to ask for a couple of minutes to help me out.
I’ve been told these Bloggie Awards are important to literary agents and publishers and since I am writing a memoir out about Living Large, I am begging for your nominations.
Before January 15, please to the 2012 Bloggie Awards website at http://2012.bloggi.es/ and nominate Living Large in our Little House in the categories of “Best Topical Weblog” and “Best Kept Secret Weblog.” In the space asking for Nominee, please put Living Large in our Little House and the url is http://www.livinglargeinourlittlehouse.com
You will have to provide at least three nominations — so you can nominate other favorite blogs — and also provide your email address so the system can verify you’re a person and not a ballot stuffing bot.
I will be forever grateful if Living Large makes it as a finalist in either category.
Now something for you.
Meatloaf Conquered
(Congratulations to Annette, who won "The Organized Kitchen" book! Thanks for everyone who entered!)
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It began as a roast.
Well, it began as an idea to make a roast in the crockpot for New Year’s Day. I removed a large chunk of meat from the freezer and began thawing it on the counter.
It wasn’t until it was well into thawing that I looked inside. This was free-range, grass fed organic ground round, not the roast I thought I had grabbed.
Two pounds of ground round meant for a meatloaf. I scrambled to find a packet of the Lipton dry onion soup mix I had always used to make my meatloaf.
A Good Year is one in Which we are Content
Contentment.
I see it on our dog’s faces every day, it doesn’t take a whole lot to bring it to them. A warm (or cool) place to lay, a soft bed, plenty of food and lots of love.
Humans aren’t so easy, though.
I had been contemplating friend’s questions on Facebook: “Had this been a good year and if so, why?” and another friend’s lamenting that “nothing good ever happens anymore.”
New Year’s Eve, while watching the dogs sleep and listening to my husband snore through an afternoon nap, I thought of all of the previous New Year’s.
The Organized Kitchen a Book Giveaway
Who doesn’t strive to be more organized?
In a small space, it is essential or I would drive myself crazy. That’s why I was so excited when Brette Sember announced she was writing a book on kitchen organization.
“The Organized Kitchen: Keep your Kitchen Clean, Organized, and Full of Good Food – and Save Time, Money (and your Sanity) Every day!” is now available.
You might remember that Brette also wrote “The Parchment Paper Cookbook,” which has all kinds of yummy recipes that can be cooked in parchment paper. A great book, especially for those of us who don’t have a dishwasher but still would like to have a nice meal after a long day without all of the clean-up.
“The Organized Kitchen” combines all of Brette’s kitchen wisdom, organization talents and even some good recipes to one book.
