BEDA #22 supper and replies

For supper, we had a new to us recipe

Pepperoni Rolls - the state food  of West Virginia 

They were delicious!

I used Heidi’s recipe from her YouTube channel 

We also had a big salad. 

https://youtu.be/BmhCxkISFUQ

Pleasant temperatures and breezes meant we had our windows most of today

I wish everyday was like today 

Terri  this is the recipe I used for inspiration for the dipping sauce.  I didn’t cook the ham like this at all 

but for a sauce 

 I did heat up

1/2 C honey

1/4 C balsamic Vinegar 

1/4 Cup Dijon mustard 

Good pinch of red pepper flakes 

That’s all I used and it was delicious on sliced ham and grilled chicken 

Also Terri,  I’m not positive how long it blooms,  I’ll keep track of the bleeding heart but it doesn’t last long.  It is gorgeous while it’s blooms

Tammy- Jackson wears Zenni glasses too and his eye doctor approves

About the Easter buttercream eggs- I don’t have a recipe and but I think this recipe is very close to the eggs we were gifted.  

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/easter-egg-buttercream-candies/

Ours were definitely dipped in semisweet chocolate and were also decorated so pretty.  

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #21

Breakfast was a Dutch Baby - recipe is HERE

It’s one of my favorite breakfasts- very simple ingredients but it does require 25 minutes to bake 

My big job today was weeding 2 flower beds.  One was no big deal but this one in the front took several hours 

before 

And after 

It had lots weeds! It hasn’t got much care in a year and I knew it would take some effort but I’m so glad it’s looking better. 

I plan to sow a bunch of zinnia seeds to fill in all the empty spots.  

This bleeding heart looks so pretty for about a week while it’s blooming 

Terri- I’ll post a picture tomorrow of the sauce recipe.  It called for whole grain mustard but I didn’t put it in, only because we didn’t have any 

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #19 & 20 a Remarkable, a tasty sauce and I was just tired

Hello 

Sorry about missing BEDA yesterday.  

After a very fun family Easter,  I could really relate to the post by Kim 

http://outmywindowtoday.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2022-04-19T13:37:00-07:00&max-results=1&start=1&by-date=false

Some days I do go back to bed or just sit.  

Even though I wanted to on Monday and Tuesday, didn’t go back to bed and I did push through getting our home cleaned back up.  Because it was a mess! 

 I’m glad I did but I didn’t really feel like it.  

I’m sure most all my readers can relate, right?  

My son in law came home with a new device yesterday, a Remarkable.  

It looks like a very thin iPad.  It does use the internet but it’s doesn’t go to websites or play games.

It’s for taking notes as you can write on it like you do on paper. Then if you want,  it can convert your handwriting into text.

 It is also a way to keep copies of documents. And it probably does other stuff but that’s just what I learned yesterday.

John is employed by our university and does lots of paper stuff so I’m sure he will use this device a lot. I’m guessing it could be very useful for anyone that writes a lot. I looked them up on Amazon and they are very expensive but he says he got his with some sort of a benefit thing at work or something like that, I didn’t really pay attention much.  In fact he was shocked when I showed him how much they cost on Amazon. They cost as much as an iPad. I certainly don’t need one but I can see where they could be very beneficial for some people, you could keep many things on a Remarkable without having stacks and stacks of papers and notebooks.

For Easter we had a ham. I made a simple dipping sauce out of a half a cup of honey, a quarter cup balsamic vinegar and a quarter cup Dijon mustard, and a few red pepper flakes.  The recipe also called for whole-grain mustard but we didn’t have any.

The sauce was really good!

We did not have mountains of leftover ham like  

Jane at Hope and Thrift

So when my husband grilled chicken this week, He used the last of the dipping sauce to glaze the chicken at the end of cooking. That sauce was really good on chicken just like it was on ham. 

 Today has been an easy day. 

Husband and I will just have leftovers for supper and daughter’s family is eating at church.  

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #18 to do list and eggs

Hello 

Another Monday, another new to do list - plain and not pretty this time 

Today was mostly filled with laundry- I think I did 7 loads.  

We colored eggs yesterday so  today I turned them into egg salad and doubled  eggs to eat this week 

Thankfully they all peeled really easy 

Lots of egg salad for lunches and we ate most of the double eggs with our sloppy joes at supper.  

My husband bought this mushroom cutter awhile back.  We don’t eat mushrooms very often but I do use it whenever I need to chop eggs.

It works great! 

Then I crushed up the shells and worked them into one of the raised beds in the garden,  

More Parsimony - about my Zenni glasses, I do wear progressive bifocals and I have no complaints about my Zenni lenses. 

 I don’t have a very strong prescription and whether this makes a difference,  I don’t know.  I just know I’m happy with Zenni.  

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA #17 Easter fun and technical issues

Hello everyone 

The first fun thing today was a big basket by the front door from a secret Easter bunny 

Photo was taken through the dining room window looking out to the front door 

Jackson didn’t want to pose for a photo, he wanted to open the basket 😁

The basket was full of candy and treats geared to all of us like Black Rifle coffee, pickled asparagus and green beans, bath bombs, nail polish, bubbles…..

We know who brought the basket but they want to be anonymous so we keep it that way.  Isn’t this a fun family tradition for them? 

I took more photos today with my phone but they aren’t downloading to the iPad I blog on so that’s all I have for you today.

Hope you all had a special and fun Easter 

❤️ Rhonda