Cottage Sweet Cottage

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Grace at Home at Imparting Grace

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A Favorite Thing at Mockingbird Hill Lane Cottage

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

DIY~ Easy Drawer Organizer

Some might cringe at this and some might say it's most awesome! ha! I say it's most awesome!

I love super streamlined drawer organizers from places like bed, bath and beyond... but the price is something I'm not too fond of. I love me some youtubers that have serious money to organize and arrange every inch of their home~ but I can't bring myself to splurge like that. ;)

So I did a happy dance when I realized I could use the bottom of those milk jugs and juice bottles for organizing my drawer space.

Best of all~ it didn't cost a dime since I had everything and recycled! Yay for recycling!

I save my plastic gallon jugs since I make my own laundry detergent, homemade cleaners and like to use them for cleaning supply storage. I've made scoops with the top and thrown the bottoms away... until recently... when I had an a-ha moment and used the jug bottoms for drawer organizers.

I should have cut out all of my jugs like this~ but of course I eye~balled it and they are different heights and very crooked! ;) Next time I will heed my own advice!

I found some non slippy stuff in my drawers so I cut out some and hot glued it to the bottom of the jugs to avoid slippage when the drawer is opened.

Voila~! My much neater and more organized drawer!

Use the other half to make scoops for the sandbox, flour, potting soil, dog food or whatever your hearts desires!

Mondays~

Tuesdays~

One project at a time at A bowl full of lemons

Frugally Sustainable (first Tues of every month)

Wednesdays

Penny Pinching Party at The Thrifty Home

Thursday

Grace at Home at Imparting Grace

Friday

Saturday

A Favorite Thing at Mockingbird Hill Lane Cottage

Women Living Well Monthly Link Up

Friday, May 10, 2013

I Like Quiche!

I have loved quiche since I was about ten years old when I first tried it. And I've loved it ever since.

Hubby had wanted me to make him Spagetti this week, and since I'm not that big a fan, I decided to make myself a quiche. And my tastebuds are so happy!

I started out rolling up a homemade pie crust~ although you can use store bought pie shells. I use the basic Crisco pie crust recipe linked here. Storebought is good but homemade is awesome~nothing beats a flaky homemade pie crust! If you'd like an easy way to help you roll out some pie dough here's how I do it.

I started with a basic quiche recipe and threw in what ingredients I had on hand~ I hope you enjoy it too!

Prepare pie crust and put it in freezer till ready to use.

1/2 pound bacon

1 cup milk

1/2 cup heavy cream

3 eggs

1/2 tsp salt

Freshly Ground Pepper

1 cup (I used more) cheese

I also added some~

green, red and yellow peppers

mushrooms

thinly sliced onion

cut up pepperoni

Cook Bacon and sprinkle on bottom of pie. Sprinkle 1 cup of cheese on top and whatever ingredients you want to add such as peppers and onions. Blend together milk, heavy cream, salt and eggs and pour over top. Don't overfill quiche or it will overflow in oven. Ask me how I know!

Bake at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes in a preheated oven. Quiche is done when center is set.

Let sit so the center can solidify.

*added note* I think next time I prepare this I'm going to add another egg and decrease the milk so slightly so it will be a bit more solid after baking.

Enjoy!

Mondays~

Tuesdays~

One project at a time at A bowl full of lemons

Frugally Sustainable (first Tues of every month)

Wednesdays

Penny Pinching Party at The Thrifty Home

Thursday

Grace at Home at Imparting Grace

Friday

Saturday

A Favorite Thing at Mockingbird Hill Lane Cottage

Women Living Well Monthly Link Up

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Easy Tips for Perfect Pie Crust~

I love pie crust and making one that looks nice can sometimes be difficult~ If the weather is hot and humid it makes the dough difficult to work with.

Here are a few tips that I use to make a great looking pie crust.

When measuring out shortening I line my measuring cup with plastic wrap, making sure the wrap touches the entire bottom of the cup. I scoop my shortening in the cup and there is no greasy mess to clean up.

Now, on to the rolling dough~

I place two pieces of saran wrap that is about 3-4 inches larger than my pie plate all around. I overlap the saran wrap so it becomes one sheet.

Plop your pie crust in the middle and flatten it a bit.

Place two more joined pieces of plastic wrap over the top of your pie crust and roll your dough out between the two sheets of plastic wrap.

Make sure it's larger than your pie plate.

(quality of this pic stinks~ I was rushing!)

Remove the top layer of plastic wrap and place pie crust in pie plate, making sure that the crust hits the bottom of pie plate in all areas. (this next picture stinks too!)

Remove plastic wrap and trim off edges.

Crimp your edges between two pinched fingers on one hand and your index finger and~ Voila!

Look how pretty!

Easy as *cough cough* Pie!

Mondays~

Tuesdays~

One project at a time at A bowl full of lemons

Frugally Sustainable (first Tues of every month)

Wednesdays

Penny Pinching Party at The Thrifty Home

Thursday

Grace at Home at Imparting Grace

Friday

Saturday